Pamela Biénzobas

Pamela Biénzobas is a Chilean-French film critic, journalist and consultant, graduated from University of Chile’s Journalism School.

As a freelance writer, she has contributed to a number of daily newspapers (Chile’s La Tercera, El Mercurio…), magazines (Filmkrant, L’Avant-Scène Cinéma, Senses of Cinema, Revista IN, GQ Latin America…) and books (Larousse’s Dictionnaire Mondial du Cinéma; El novísimo cine chileno –Uqbar; Objetivo: planeta Tierra. El documental de medio ambiente –Universidad de Sevilla…). She co-founded Revista de Cine Mabuse.cl (active until 2016) in 2002. She wrote the booklet “Errancias” (2016) for the Ibero-American film association Cinema23.

Vice-president of the Académie des Lumières, of foreign journalists supporting French cinema through the Prix Lumières. Former vice-president of FIPRESCI (2005-2010), still in charge of coordinating special awards.

She has a long experience as a consultant for film funds, special programs and industry platforms, mainly from Europe and the Middle East, and collaborating with film festivals.