Biography

Alejo Franzetti was born in Buenos Aires. He graduated in film directing at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and was Meisterschüler of Thomas Arslan at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. He has made films of different lengths and genres, such as "El contrabajo" (short), "La destrucción del orden vigente" (feature), "Panke" (medium-length). His works have been shown at Turin International Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Entrevues Belfort, Cinélatino - Rencontres de Toulouse, Bafici, Festival Márgenes, Anthology Film Archives, among others. He has been a member of the selection committee of the Berlinale Shorts since 2017 and of the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg since 2019. He was co-founder and programmer of INVASION, the Argentine Film Festival in Berlin, which has been held since 2014. He has also engaged within initiatives such as Talents Buenos Aires, Berlinale Talents, Fakultät Null / Interflugs, and Cinema en curs.
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