Fernando Bonelli

With a degree in Law and a master's degree in Economic-Financial Management and Tax Consultancy, he began working in the audiovisual media in Globo Media, leading, during his final years there, the artistic department (negotiations, contracts, budgets,...). His work on TV series like Médico de Familia, Compañeros, 7 Vidas, Periodistas, Policías, El Grupo,... led him to open in 2003 his own company, Bonelli & Asociados, today a consolidated and well-known company specialized on advice and legal support in the artistic field. Years later he founded two film production companies: Consuelo Films and Mayfield Pictures, with which he began to produce theatrical and audiovisual works as producer and executive producer. Between 2011 and December 2017 he's been also working as the Almagro International Festival of Classical Theatre manager. In 2015, his passion for writing led him to open two publishing houses: "Editorial Cuenta atrás" and "Editorial Sonora". In 2017 he finished his first short film, '[Still] love you', winning the Jury's Best Director Prize at the 2018 Delhi Shorts International Film Festival, at the Indian World Film Festival (2019) and at the South Film and Arts Academy Festival (2019). He has also won the Jury's Best Screenplay Prize at the 2018 Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival and the Best Screenplay Award + an Honorable Mention for the Best Score at the South Film and Arts Academy Festival (2019). With his second short film, "Planet Earth calling Ana" (2019), he has been awarded with the Best Director Prize at the Cerdanya Film Festival (2019) and Best Original SoundTrack Award at the Festival de Cine de Comedia de Tarazona y el Moncayo (2019).