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Violeta Ayala is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Cinematography Australienne born on 16 february 1978 at Cochabamba (Bolivie)
Violeta Ayala (born Violeta Michelle Ayala Grageda. 16 February 1978, Cochabamba, Bolivia) is an indigenous film director, producer and writer best known for the highly controversial documentary Stolen (2009), that uncovers slavery in the Sahrawi refugee camps in south-western Algeria and in Western Sahara.
Ayala has lived in Australia and the USA. She has a degree in journalism from Charles Sturt University in Australia.
In 2006 Ayala began her collaboration with Dan Fallshaw on Between the Oil and the Deep Blue Sea, a documentary set in Mauritania, about corruption in the oil industry, that follows the investigations of world renowned mathematician Yahyia Ould Hamidoune against Woodside Petroleum. On the same subject Ayala co-wrote Slick Operator an article published in the front page of The Sydney Morning Herald.
Ayala is an alumnus of the Film Independent Documentary Lab, the Berlinale Talent Campus, HotDocs Forum, Britdoc Good Pitch and a Tribeca Film Institute Fellow. Ayala has given masterclasses at the National Film and Television School in London and at the Scottish Documentary Institute as part of the Bridging The Gap Masterclasses. Since June 2013 Ayala has been invited to host a blog at the Huffington Post as part of 12 prominent bloggers writing about the War on Drugs, that include Susan Sarandon, Arianna Huffington and Russell Simmons. Ayala is a recipient of the Bertha Britdoc Journalism Fund.
Accolades include Best Feature Doc at the 2010 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, Grand Prix at the 2010 Art of the Document Film Festival in Warsaw, Golden Oosikar Best Doc at the 2010 Anchorage International Film Festival, Best Doc at the 2010 African Film Festival in Nigeria, Audience Award at the 2010 Amnesty International Film Festival in Montreal, Best Film at the 2010 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca in Ecuador and many more.
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Birth name Violeta Michelle Ayala Grageda
Nationality Australie
Birth 16 february 1978 (46 years) at Cochabamba (Bolivie)
Nationality Australie
Birth 16 february 1978 (46 years) at Cochabamba (Bolivie)
Ayala has lived in Australia and the USA. She has a degree in journalism from Charles Sturt University in Australia.
In 2006 Ayala began her collaboration with Dan Fallshaw on Between the Oil and the Deep Blue Sea, a documentary set in Mauritania, about corruption in the oil industry, that follows the investigations of world renowned mathematician Yahyia Ould Hamidoune against Woodside Petroleum. On the same subject Ayala co-wrote Slick Operator an article published in the front page of The Sydney Morning Herald.
Ayala is an alumnus of the Film Independent Documentary Lab, the Berlinale Talent Campus, HotDocs Forum, Britdoc Good Pitch and a Tribeca Film Institute Fellow. Ayala has given masterclasses at the National Film and Television School in London and at the Scottish Documentary Institute as part of the Bridging The Gap Masterclasses. Since June 2013 Ayala has been invited to host a blog at the Huffington Post as part of 12 prominent bloggers writing about the War on Drugs, that include Susan Sarandon, Arianna Huffington and Russell Simmons. Ayala is a recipient of the Bertha Britdoc Journalism Fund.
Accolades include Best Feature Doc at the 2010 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, Grand Prix at the 2010 Art of the Document Film Festival in Warsaw, Golden Oosikar Best Doc at the 2010 Anchorage International Film Festival, Best Doc at the 2010 African Film Festival in Nigeria, Audience Award at the 2010 Amnesty International Film Festival in Montreal, Best Film at the 2010 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca in Ecuador and many more.
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Filmography of Violeta Ayala (1 films)
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Stolen (2009)
, 1h18Directed by Dan Fallshaw, Violeta Ayala
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating67%
Scriptwriter
Stolen (2009)
, 1h18Directed by Dan Fallshaw, Violeta Ayala
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Writer
Rating67%
Production
Stolen (2009)
, 1h18Directed by Dan Fallshaw, Violeta Ayala
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Co-Producer
Rating67%
Team
Stolen (2009)
, 1h18Directed by Dan Fallshaw, Violeta Ayala
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Cinematography
Rating67%