- Also see – Cecilia Araneda Biography
- Also see – Press & Accolades
EDUCATION
- MFA in Creative Writing, Screenplay writing thesis (Hart Hanson), UBC – 1993
- BFA (honours) in Theatre, Playwriting major, York University – 1991
- Selected to attend Phil Hoffman’s Film Farm – 2008, 2010, 2015
AWARDS FOR CAREER
- Joan Lowndes Award, Canada Council for the Arts (Canada), 2019 – for independent curatorial practice
- Manitoba Film Hothouse Award, Province of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada), 2017 – for independent filmmaking career
- Women in the Arts: Artists Working for Social Change (Media Arts Category), nominated by MAWA: Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Province of Manitoba, 2011 – recognition for cultural career
FILM / ARTS AWARDS
- Special Jury Mention, International Documentary Competition, Shorts México (Mexico City, Mexico), 2021 – Unarchive
- Honourable Mention, Expanded Shorts Section, This Human World: International Human Rights Film Festival (Vienna, Austria), 2020 – Unarchive
- Winner, Best Experimental Short, Arizona Underground Film Festival (Tucson, USA), 2019 – The Space Shuttle Challenger
- Winner, International Documentary Competition, Shorts México (Mexico City, Mexico), 2019 – The Space Shuttle Challenger
- Winner, Expanded Shorts Section, This Human World: International Human Rights Film Festival (Vienna, Austria), 2018 – The Space Shuttle Challenger
- 3rd Place, biannual Premio Norberto Griffa a la Creación Audiovisual Latinoamericana (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 2018 – The Space Shuttle Challenger
- VTape Award for Best Video Art, Alucine Latin Media Arts Festival (Toronto), 2010 – What Comes Between
- Best Drama, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, 2007 – Halley’s Comet
- Best Drama Short, Manitoba Blizzard Awards, 2003 – Unwoven
- Best Independent Documentary, Canadian International Annual Film Festival, 1999 – Chile: A History in Exile
- Various grants and funding awards for filmmaking, film development, writing, curatorial work, collective work, professional development and travel, including from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, Manitoba Film and Music, the National Film Board of Canada, Telefilm Canada, MTS TV and the Winnipeg Arts Council
RESIDENCIES
- International Artist Residency, Q21 (Vienna, Austria), 2019
- International Media Art Curatorial Residency, FICWALLMAPU International Indigenous Film Festival of the Mapuche Nation (Temuco, Chile), 2017
- Roberto Ariganello Residency Award, LIFT: Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (Toronto, Canada), 2017
INTERNATIONAL JURIES
- Jury Member, imagineNATIVE, Water Jury for Digital and Interactive (Toronto, Canada), 2021
- Jury Member, This Human World: International Human Rights Film Festival (Vienna, Austria), 2019
- Jury Member, FICE: Festival Internacional Corporalidad Expandida (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 2018
- Jury Member, FICWALLMAPU International Indigenous Film Festival of the Mapuche Nation (Temuco, Chile), 2017
- Jury Member, Festival International Signes de Nuit (Paris, France), 2015
FILMOGRAPHY
- The Mirror – Feature Film – work in development
- Finding Hilda – Short Experimental Documentary – work in development
- How to Survive an Earthquake – Short Experimental Documentary – work in development
- Threshold – Experimental Documentary Feature – work in progress
- Intersection – Feature Film, 99 mins, DCP, 2022 – in post production
- landing – Experimental, 4:43 mins, 16 mm / HD, 2021
- Unarchive – Experimental Documentary, 12:56 mins, HD, 2020
- Mer Bleue – Experimental, 3:50 mins, 16 mm / HD, 2019
- The Poster Guy – Documentary, 22:43 mins, HD, 2017
- The Space Shuttle Challenger – Experimental Documentary, 9:32 mins, HD, 2017
- Before – Experimental, 3:35 mins, 16 mm / HD, 2016
- Presque Vu – Experimental, 4:13 mins, 16 mm / HD, 2013
- Memory : Recollected – Film Performance, 10 mins, 16 mm, 2011
- What Comes Between – Experimental Documentary, 5:38 mins, 16 mm / SD, 2009
- Imprint – Experimental Drama, 5:30 mins, 16 mm / SD, 2007
- In Reflection – Experimental, 3:38 mins, S8 mm / SD, 2007
- Halley’s Comet – Drama, 12 mins, 16 mm, 2005
- Amnesia – Drama, 14 mins, 35 mm, 2003
- Memory – Experimental Drama, 3:57 mins, 16 mm, 2002
- Unwoven – Drama, 14 mins, 16 mm, 2001
- Chile: A History in Exile – Documentary, 28 mins, SD, 1998
MUSIC VIDEOS
- Cumbia 42 – Music Video, Norte Tropical (Jim Hiscott and Rodrigo Muñoz), 4:35 mins, 16 mm / HD, 2014
WORK SURVEYS / RETROSPECTIVES
- Retrospectiva Cecilia Araneda, Proyecto Corporalidad Expandida (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2018
- Inner Worlds and Soft Landings: The Films of Cecilia Araneda, Winnipeg Cinematheque (Winnipeg, Canada), Feb 2018
- In Reflection: the Films of Cecilia Araneda, presented by LIFT: Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto at PIX Film Gallery (Toronto, Canada), July 2017
- Memory Work: the Films of Cecilia Araneda, curated by Scott Birdwise, Canadian Film Institute, Café Ex (Ottawa, Canada), April 2010
FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
2022 | landing – Dawson City International Short Film Festival; Experiments in Cinema | Unarchive – Big Muddy Film Festival; Lebu International Film Festival | The Space Shuttle Challenger – Ribalta Experimental Film Festival
2021 | landing – Antimatter; L’Alternativa: Barcelona Independent Film Festival | Unarchive – Dawson City International Short Film Festival; CineFestival San Antonio; Cine del Mar; Vancouver Latin American Film Festival; Dobra International Experimental Film Festival; Shorts México; RPM: Revolutions Per Minute Festival; FIVA 10: Festival Internacional de Videoarte | Mer Bleue – Athens International Film & Video Festival | Presque Vu – Engauge Experimental Film Festival
2020 | Unarchive – RIDM; Antimatter, This Human World: International Human Rights Film Festival | The Space Shuttle Challenger – Revolutions Per Minute Festival | Mer Bleue – Brussels Film Festival; Experiments in Cinema 15.1; London Experimental Film Festival; Vancouver Latin American Film Festival; Dawson City International Short Film Festival
2019 | The Space Shuttle Challenger – ICDOCS; San Diego Underground Film Festival; Shorts México; Arizona Underground Film Festival | Mer Bleue – Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia; BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival; Dobra Festival Int’l de Cinema Experimental; WNDX; Alucine Latin Film + Media Art Festival; CÓDEC Int’l Experimental Film & Video Festival | Before – Engauge Experimental Film Festival
2018 | The Space Shuttle Challenger – Athens International Film + Video Festival; Chicago Underground Film Festival; Alucine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival; Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris; Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento; This Human World: International Human Rights Film Festival | Before – Rencontres Internationales Traverse; Arizona Underground Film Festival; San Diego Underground Film Festival; Dobra Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental; Girona Film Festival
2017 | The Space Shuttle Challenger – Images Festival; Vancouver Latin American Film Festival; Antimatter; Curtocircuito; Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival | Before – Ann Arbor Film Festival; Athens International Film and Video Festival; Alucine Latin Media Arts Festival; Revelation Perth International Film Festival; MARFICI: Festival internacional de cine independiente de Mar de Plata | The Poster Guy – Gimme Some Truth Documentary Film Festival
2016 | Chile: A History in Exile; What Comes Between – FICWALLMAPU | Memory – Alucine Latin Media Arts Festival
2015 | Presque Vu – Bienal de Artes Mediales; Currents: Santa Fe International New Media Festival | What Comes Between – Festival Signes de Nuit; Festival du Nouveau Cinema
2014 | Presque Vu – Vancouver Latin American Film Festival | What Comes Between – Bienal de al Imagen en Movimiento; Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
2013 | Presque Vu – Dawson City International Short Film Festival; Alucine Latin Media Arts Festival; Semana de cine experimental de Madrid; Festival internacional de videoarte; Festival Signes de Nuit; Antimatter; Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
2010 | What Comes Between – Visions du Réel; Ann Arbor Film Festival; Images Festival; Chicago Latino Film Festival; Festival internacional de derechos humanos; Documenta Madrid; International Short Film Festival Hamburg; Festival internacional de cine de Huesca; Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival; L’Alternativa: Barcelona Independent Film Festival; Alucine Latin Media Arts Festival; Festival Cine // B; Vizii: International Visual Culture Festival | Imprint – Experiments in Cinema v.5.1 | In Reflection – the 8fest
2009 | What Comes Between – Antimatter; Festival du Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
2008 | Imprint – Short Cuts Cologne; Edges Showcase of Contemporary Media Art; Oblò Film Festival; Festival cinematográfico del Uruguay; Dawson City International Film Festival
2007 | Imprint – Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris; Festival de Cinéma International en Abitibi Teminsamingue; St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival; Festival du Nouveau Cinéma | In Reflection – Festival internacional de video y cine experimental Vallecas: Puertas del cine
2006 | Halley’s Comet – San Francisco Women’s Film Festival; Female Eye Film Festival, Festival cinematográfico del Uruguay; DC Independent Film Festival | Memory – NSI-Canada FilmExchange; Festival cinematográfico del Uruguay
2005 | Memory – Gimli Film Festival
2004 | Amnesia – International Short Film Festival in Drama | Memory – $100 Film Festival
2003 | Amnesia – Festival internacional de cine independiente de Ourense; Gimli Film Festival | Memory – Semana de cine experimental de Madrid; Reel Island Film Festival; send + receive | Chile: A History in Exile – One World Film Festival
2002 | Unwoven – Festival chileno internacional del cortometraje; Gimli Film Festival; Victorial Film Festival; NSI-Canada FilmExchange
1999 | Chile: A History in Exile – Festival del cortometraje de Santiago; San Antonio Cine Fest; Chicago Latino Film Festival; Festival del nuevo cine latinoamericano
CURATED GROUP SCREENINGS / EXHIBITIONS
2022
• The People’s Revolt: A New Constitution, curated by Anto Astudillo, presented by the Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, USA) – Unarchive
• cygnus congress landing, curated by Deborah de Boer and Todd Eacrett, presented at Deluge Contemporary Art (Victoria, Canada) – landing
2021
• Cinémathèque Temporaire, curated by Collectif Jeune Cinéma, presented at Mains d’Œuvre (Paris, France) – The Space Shuttle Challenger
2020
• The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, curated by Anto Astudillo, presented by the Maysles Documentary Center (Harlem, USA) – What Comes Between
• The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, curated by Anto Astudillo, presented by the Amherst Cinema (Amherst, USA) – What Comes Between
• The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, curated by Anto Astudillo, presented by the Anthology Film Archives (NYC, USA) – What Comes Between
2019
• Unless You’re Living It: Dis/Integration, curated by the re:assemblage collective at KLEX: Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video and Music Festival (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) – The Space Shuttle Challenger
• Unless You’re Living It: Dis/Integration, curated by the re:assemblage collective at Arkipel: Jakarta International Documentary + Experimental Film Festival (Jakarta, Indonesia) – The Space Shuttle Challenger
• We Are Going Home, part of the Film Farm: 25 Years of the Mount Forest Independent Imaging Retreat Programme, curated by Chris Kennedy for TIFF Wavelengths, presented at the TIFF Cinematheque (Toronto, Canada) – What Comes Between
• Film Farm: 25 Years of the Mount Forest Independent Imaging Retreat Exhibit, curated by Philip Hoffman at the TIFF Reference Library (Toronto, Canada) – Before
• Memoria, curated by Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, at the Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires, Argentina) – The Space Shuttle Challenger
2018
• Lo Pictórico, curated by Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento: VER, at the Instituto de Cultura de Baja California for VIDEOFEST2K18 (Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico) – Presque Vu
• 5° Jornada Audiovisual Feminista, curated by Mujeres Audiovisuales Casa Sofía (Buenos Aires, Argentina) – In Reflection
• Time and Place / L’Heure et L’Endroit, part of Found in Translation / Traduction Fidéle, Canada/Europe tour curated by Stephanie Berrington for the Winnipeg Film Group (Winnipeg, Canada) – What Comes Between
• Film Farm: A Pact with the Process, curated by Phil Hoffman, presented by VISIONS Montreal at La Lumière (Montreal, Canada) – Before
2017
• Mujer Artista: Speaking in Tongues, aceartinc (Winnipeg, Canada) – The Space Shuttle Challenger
• A Sense of Belonging, curated by Caroline Monnet, part of the #EyesOnVU series on VUCAVU.COM (Toronto, Canada) – Presque Vu
• BIM: Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento – VER touring program at the Museo de Bellas Artes Rosa Galisteo (Santa Fe, Argentina) – Presque Vu
2014
• Festival Signes de Nuit International Tour to Mostra Joven ICAIC (Havana, Cuba), Sleepwalker Festival (Tallinn, Estonia), Rencontres du film court (Antananarivo, Madagascar), Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema (Pesaro, Italy) – Presque Vu
• On the Fort projection loop, curted by Heidi Phillips, Festival du Voyageur (Winnipeg, Canada) – Presque Vu
2012
• My Precious Novella, curated by Mireille Bourgeois, Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton, NB) – What Comes Between
2011
• Melodies en Mercredi, curated by Michael Petkau Falk, West End Cultural Centre (Winnipeg, MB) – Memory: Recollected, What Comes Between, Imprint, In Reflection, Halley’s Comet, Memory, Unwoven
• Winnipeg to Saskatoon, curated by Solomon Nagler, National Arts Centre: Prairie Scene (Ottawa, ON) – What Comes Between
• My Precious Novella, curated by Mireille Bourgeois, SAW Video (Ottawa, ON) – What Comes Between
• again + again, curated by Tom Kohut, PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts (Winnipeg, MB) – What Comes Between
• New Prairie Cinema: WNDX Collective, curated by Double Negative Collective, Cinémathèque québécoise (Montreal, QC) – What Comes Between
2010
• On IAIR microCinema: Reconstruction, curated by Mary Magsmen, Artpace / Aurora Picture Show (Austin, USA) – What Comes Between
• EYE AM: Another Experiment by Women, curated by Lili White, at the Film Anthology Archives (New York City, USA) – What Comes Between
• No Ficciones IV: Latinoamérica, curated by Cecilia Barriga, at MUSAC: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (Leon, Spain) – What Comes Between
• How to (not) Forget: New Filmmakers and the Narration of Pinochet’s Dictatorship, curated by FranceDoc, at the University of Warwick (Coventry, UK) – What Comes Between
• iFPOD 2010, curated by Pablo de Ocampo, Images Festival year-long online series (Toronto, Canada) – Memory
2009
• Winnipeg DIY, curated by Mike Maryniuk, Shutter2Think (Terrace, Canada) – Imprint
2008
• Prairie Dreaming, curated by Solomon Nagler, AFCOOP (Halifax, Canada) – Imprint
• Optical Allusions, Cineworks (Vancouver, Canada) – Imprint
• Centred Screenings, Island Media Arts Co-op (Charlottetown, Canada) – Imprint
2006
• Alone on the Landscapes of Forever: New Experiments in Prairie First Person Cinema, curated by Solomon Nagler, Winnipeg Cinematheque (Winnipeg, Canada), 2006 – Memory
2003
• Manitoba Mania, curated by Solomon Nagler, The Blinding Light (Vancouver, Canada) – Memory
• Fortress of Film, Ladyfest Halifax (Halifax, Canada) – Memory
• Shadowy Encounters: Rites of Passage in Film & Video, Winnipeg Cinematheque (Winnipeg, Canada) – Memory
2002
• Three Stories from Haunted Lands, curated by Dave Barber, Winnipeg Cinematheque (Winnipeg, Canada) – Chile: A History in Exile
2001
• Videoteca del Sur (New York City, USA) – Chile: A History in Exile
COLLECTIONS
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Léon (Léon, Spain), 2010 – What Comes Between
- Proyecto Adrienne – a gift from Governor General Adrienne Clarkson to the National Library of Chile in 2003, collecting works made by Chileans in Exile in Canada, Santiago (Chile) – Chile: A History in Exile
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Unarchive, by Francesco Cazzin, L’Emergere del Possibile: Il Cinema Futuro è l’Immortalità (Italy), March 16, 2021
- “Running Like an Echo: Thoughts on Six Experimental Films from Winnipeg,” by hannah_g, Prairie Artists’ Cinema: A WNDX publication (Winnipeg), 2021
- Before, by Francesco Cazzin, L’Emergere del Possibile: Il Cinema Futuro è l’Immortalità (Italy), August 1, 2018
- The Space Shuttle Challenger, by Francesco Cazzin, L’Emergere del Possibile: Il Cinema Futuro è l’Immortalità (Italy), July 24, 2018
- Diasporic sights: Place, Memory and Decay, by Dan Browne, presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference (Toronto), March 17, 2018
- Curtocircuito 2017: Ver Donde Nadie Ve, by Tita Barreiro, A Cuarta Parede (Spain), Oct 18, 2017
- Filmmaker’s work informed by personal history – Cinematic Chile, by Randall King, Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg), Sept 29, 2012, p J16
- Palimpsest, Figuration, Non Spectant: A Response to the Video Program again+again, by Tom Kohut, in Palimpsest, PLATFORM Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts (Winnipeg), 2012, pp 213-235
- Lo que separa: Cecilia Araneda, by Cecilia Barriga, for No Ficciones IV: Latinoamérica at MUSAC: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (Spain), 2010
- Shorts by female filmmakers include contemplation, animation, by Alison Gillmor, Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg), Nov 18, 2006, p C10
- Films document Chile’s Sept 11 Suffering, by Randall King, Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg), Sept 5, 2001, p D7
- Close look at another Sept 11, by Alison Gillmor, Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg), Sept 6, 2001, p C10
- Screen Play, by Dinah Clarkson, Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg), Aug 21, 2001, p D9
- Chilean community not willing to forget brutal Pinochet rule, by Maureen Littlejohn, Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg), Dec 4, 1998, p D10
MEDIA ARTS CURATORIAL
- Curator | Franci Duran: In Departure’s Wake, at WNDX, presented in partnership with Harbour Collective and Video Pool, 2021
- Curator | From Nunavik to Kitigan Zibi: Short films by Indigenous filmmakers based in Quebec, at imagineNative online, presented in partnership with Harbour Collective, daphne and GIV, 2021
- Essay | “Penny McCann: Within the Unsaid,” a response to Land Lines (of time and space) in no particular order, presented at Gallery 101, 2021
- Curator | !in.site; Dallas Flett-Wapash and Taylor McArthur, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Main Gallery, 2020
- Curator | Senderos: Los Cortometrajes de Caroline Monnet, FICWALLMAPU International Indigenous Film Festival of the Mapuche Nation, 2018
- Commissioning Curator / Curator Mentor | Geographies/Géographies, VUCAVU, 2018
- Curator | A Geography of Words: Short Poetry Films, Envoi Poetry Festival, 2015
- Curator | In Search of Impermanence: The Documentary Shorts of Sam Green, Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival, 2015
- Curator | Memetic Drive: The Video Work of Scott Benesiinaabandan, WNDX, 2014
- Curator | 40 Years On: The Narration of Chilean Resistance and Exile in Cinema, Winnipeg Cinematheque, 2013
- Curator | Biography: Films by Prairie Women Filmmakers, WNDX, 2012
- Co-Curator | The New Wave, DVD publication produced by the Winnipeg Film Group, 2012
- Essay | “The WFG’s First Decade in a New Century,” accompanying The New Wave program, 2012
- Essay | “Guy Maddin and the Language of Early Cinema” accompanying Guy Maddin’s Hauntings, presented at PLATFORM, 2011
- Co-Curator |Wafaa Bilal and Andrew Milne: Cyborg Cinema, WNDX, 2011
- Essay | “The Machine as an Act of Peace,” accompanying the Cyborg Cinema program, 2011
- Curator | A Process of Seeing: A Barbara Sternberg Retrospective, WNDX, 2010
- Editor | PLACE: 13 Essays, 13 Filmmakers, 1 City . Edited by Cecilia Araneda. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Film Group Inc., 2009, ISBN 9781926665016, 136 pgs
- Curator | Poetic Passages: A Philip Hoffman Retrospective, WNDX, 2009
- Curator | A Fragile Transition: Past and Present in Chilean-Canadian Cinema, WNDX, 2009
- Essay | “A Fragile Transition: Past and Present in Chilean-Canadian Cinema,” accompanying the curated program of the same name, 2009
- Co-Curator | Great Experiments! Manitoba Shorts Just for Kids, WNDX, 2009
- Co-Curator | Time, Space and Light: The Photographic Memories of Jason Britski and Ian Toews, WNDX, 2007
- Curator | The Other September 11th, Winnipeg Cinematheque, 2003
PUBLISHED WORKS
- The Ocean: A Novel. FriesenPress, 2012 (248 pages)
- Place: 13 essays, 13 filmmakers, 1 city. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Film Group, 2009 (136 pages) – Editor
- Scar Tissue (short story), Treeline literary e-zine, winter 1998
- The Day: Vanishing (short story), Zygote literary magazine, fall 1996
- In Reflection (poem), Zygote literary magazine, fall 1995
RELATED ACTIVITY
- Media Arts Sector Consultant, Various Contracts (National) – 2017/current
- Digital Initiatives Manager, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon) – 2018/2020 (2 year contract)
- Co-Founder and Member, Mujer Artista (Winnipeg) – 2014/current
- Vice President, Independent Media Arts Alliance (Montreal) – 2015/2017
- Vice President / President / Governance Committee Chair, Artspace (Winnipeg) – 2006/2014
- Executive Director, Winnipeg Film Group / Winnipeg Cinematheque (Winnipeg) – 2006/2017
- Co-Founder and President, WNDX Festival of Moving Image (Winnipeg) – 2005/2014