Alba Sotorra

Born

1980-05-22

Birthplace

Reus, Tarragona, Cataluña, Spain

Biography

Alba Sotorra Clúa (Reus, Tarragona, May 22, 1980) is a film director, independent producer and Spanish video artist. She studied for a degree in film production at the Complutense University of Madrid, and a Master's degree in Mediterranean Cultural Studies at the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona. She continues her professional video postgraduate training and has participated in several documentary workshops, including SOURCES2 through MEDIA (2008), Berlinale Talent Campus (2011), IDFA Academy (2012), Dok Leipzig NetLab (2013), Medimed Cross-media Training (2014) and Dok.Incubator (2014). As an independent producer, she develops her work with experience in filming abroad. Her works present human stories from a personal point of view and intend to open spaces for reflection. She has worked around the world, in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cuba, the United States, Guatemala, England, Iran, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Qatar, and Syria. She has organized the «Espai Líquid», a video, music and performance festival in Tarragona and actively participates in the Ixmucane NGO in Guatemala that supports Mayan girls so they can study. In 2015-2016 she worked on a transmedia project on climate engineering and also on a documentary about subversive maternities.