Lola Arias

Lola Arias (she/her) is an Argentinian writer, theatre and film director. She is a multifaceted artist who brings together people from different backgrounds (war veterans, young refugees, sex workers, etc.) in theatre, film, literature, and visual art projects. Her most recent theatre works play with the overlap between reality and fiction.  Her first feature film, Theatre of War (2018), was selected for the 68th Forum of the Berlinale Film Festival and received several prizes, including the CICAE Art Cinema Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. The film received the Movistar+ Prize for Best Documentary Film at Documenta Madrid and the Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Script. Lola Arias’s theatre work has been performed at the most prestigious theatre festivals in the world. Arias also won the Best Director Award at the 20th BAFICI Festival in Buenos Aires.