Maestra
Maggie Contreras, USA 2023, 88’
Polish premiere
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Nuclear Now
Maggie Contreras shows the Parisian La Maestra competition for women conductors as not a place of fierce competition, but a space of community and unifying the participants in their struggle for existence in an environment dominated by men and patriarchal orders.
Jakub Demiańczuk
Maggie Contreras
Director and producer Maggie Contreras graduated from Boston University and George Washington University. She began her career as a theatrical actress in London, later she played in episodes in television series (including Criminal Minds and Colony), and ultimately settled on directing various documentary forms: short and full-length films, and social campaigns. Maestra is her directorial debut.
Filmography
2023 Maestra
Cast & Crew
director
Maggie Contreras
screenplay
Neil Berkeley, Maggie Contreras
cinematography
Neil Berkeley, Patrick Bolton, Olympia Mytilinaiou, Isabelle Razavet
editing
Elisa Bonora, Finola Couling, Rupert Hall
music
Anne Chmelewsky
cast
Marin Alsop, Anna Sułkowska-Migoń, Ustina Dubitsky
producer
Neil Berkeley, Maggie Contreras, Lauren Lexton, Melanie Miller, Emma West
production
BRKLY, Foothill Productions
sales
BRKLY
language
English
coloration
colour
festival partners
