Julia Bonetto (Argentina)

Julia Bonetto is an Argentine screenwriter, director and university professor. After receiving her Degree in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires, she completed her Master’s Degree in Documentary Filmmaking at the Universidad del Cine with a thesis on feminist film theory. She wrote and directed the short films El cajón de los espejos (2017), La niebla (2018) and Los días después (2021), which premiered at national and international festivals. In 2022 Julia won a grant to attend the Can Serrat Art Residency writing program in Barcelona. That same year she was a participant at the Buenos Aires Talents, where she was officially selected as a screenwriter and where her project Les aveux received mentoring from Albertina Carri at the Script Atelier. Julia currently lives and works in Buenos Aires, where she writes, teaches film history and coordinates a research team on documentary films made by women.

Les aveux A young woman moves to the big city to study at the university. When she finds out that she has little money left, she launches a plan from which only her friends can save her.