Albertina Carri

Albertina Carri was born in 1973 and presently works in Buenos Aires. In 1991 and 1992, she studied screenwriting, cinematography and direction at the Fundacion Universidad del Cine. In 2000, with the support of the National Film Institute and the Hubert Bals Fund, she wrote and directed her first dramatic feature film, I Won’t Go Back Home, about the intersecting lives of two Buenos Aires families brought together by a murder, which was selected for the Buenos Aires, Vienna, London and Rotterdam festivals, among others.

Carri received the Antorchas Foundation’s creation grant, which she used to investigate animation techniques, resulting in Barbie Can Also Be Sad, a polysexual pornographic soap opera starring Barbie and Ken that has screened at festivals around the world. Her second feature, The Blonds was completed with the support of The National Arts Fund. Carri is currently at work on her next dramatic feature, Gemini, which has received the Fonds Sud grant and began production in 2004.


Carri received the Antorchas Foundation’s creation grant, which she used to investigate animation techniques, resulting in Barbie Can Also Be Sad, a polysexual pornographic soap opera starring Barbie and Ken that has screened at festivals around the world. Her second feature, The Blonds was completed with the support of The National Arts Fund. Carri is currently at work on her next dramatic feature, Gemini, which has received the Fonds Sud grant and begins production in 2004. (3/04)

The Blonds
A film by Albertina Carri, Produced by Barry Ellsworth, 2003, 89 min., Color/BW
Albertina Carri’s second feature is a look at Argentina’s recent history from the perspective of a generation forced to mourn those of whom they have ...