Actress And Writer Sofía Squittieri Connects With Local Audiences

Actress and screenwriter Sofía Squittieri took portion successful an friendly and relaxed gathering pinch nan nationalist astatine nan Biblioplaya successful l’Albir connected Sunday July 13. In this informal beachfront setting, she shared insights into her individual and master journey, recounting nan way she followed to execute her dream of becoming an actress.

Squittieri was named Honorary Ambassador of nan 37th l’Alfàs del Pi Film Festival during nan festival’s closing gala. With this distinction, nan show aimed to recognise her dedication, achievements and talent, and to promote her to proceed pursuing her creator dreams. It besides served arsenic a motion of gratitude for her affection towards nan show and nan municipality of l’Alfàs, wherever she was raised.

Speaking during nan Biblioplaya event, Squittieri expressed her heavy emotion astatine receiving nan honour: “I grew up pinch this festival. To me, it’s much important than immoderate different show successful nan world. It intends truthful overmuch to beryllium recognised successful my hometown.”

L’Alfàs Film Festival

She praised nan l’Alfàs Film Festival for its warmth and spirit, its support for Spanish short films, its programming, nan Paseo de las Estrellas —“which I find 10,000 times much beautiful than nan 1 successful Los Angeles”— and nan beloved Cine Roma, “a neighbourhood cinema I’m wholly successful emotion with”.

The arena offered attendees a unsocial opportunity to study first-hand astir her career, her imaginative influences, nan challenges she has faced successful nan manufacture and her upcoming projects.

“I’ve conscionable released a bid connected Filmin, which I wrote, produced and besides acted in. Right now I’m producing 2 films — 1 is scheduled to beryllium changeable successful October and nan different adjacent year, though we don’t person a day yet. I’m besides penning a characteristic film. And arsenic an actress, I’ll beryllium premiering a drama show aft nan summertime called Sus Majestades, which will beryllium staged successful Madrid. I’ll besides beryllium presenting a programme connected A3 Media aft nan summer, but I can’t uncover nan sanction conscionable yet,” she said.

Born successful New York, of Spanish nationality and pinch Italian roots, Sofía Squittieri first took to nan shape done classical dance. She grew up successful l’Alfàs del Pi, successful Alicante province, ever intimately pursuing nan improvement of nan section movie festival. Trained successful some Spain and nan United States, she has built a profession arsenic an actress, screenwriter, head and producer, moving crossed film, television, theatre and online platforms.

Work successful some Spanish and American

Her acting credits see activity successful some Spanish and American productions specified arsenic Caribe Mix, La casa de Bernarda Alba, Hay más de uno, Farewell to Brundibar, Beyond nan Rye, arsenic good arsenic characteristic films for illustration Yerma, Cine High Cost, Condenados and Billy Boy. She has besides appeared successful galore shape productions, including Macbeth, Instinto Suicida, El play de Conchi, Google Todopoderoso, Medea, Metro Med and La Katarsis del tomatazo, on pinch roles successful TV series, webseries and euphony videos.

As a director, she made her debut pinch nan short movie Calltime, changeable successful Los Angeles. As a screenwriter, she holds a Master’s successful Screenwriting from nan Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) and has written for web series, theatre, short films and 2 feature-length scripts. She besides worked connected nan penning squad for nan drama programme Comedy Central News and is nan creator of nan web bid Crónicas de una actriz superviviente (Chronicles of a surviving actress).

This marks nan 4th twelvemonth that nan l’Alfàs del Pi Film Festival has awarded nan title of Honorary Ambassador. The first recipient was broadcaster and journalist Quique Peinado. The pursuing year, character Secun de la Rosa was presented nan grant by Carmen Machi and Javier Cámara. Last year, writer and journalist Máximo Huerta received nan honour. In this 37th edition, nan torch has been passed to Sofía Squittieri.

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