Manuela Martelli
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April 16, 1983
Manuela Martelli | |
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 Martelli at a Q&A for a screening of her film Chile '76 in 2023 | |
| Born | Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich April 16, 1983 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Actress |
Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich (born April 16, 1983) is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the Chilean-Italian film Il Futuro, based on Roberto Bolaño's novel A Little Lumpen Novelita. As a film director, her feature debut 1976 was shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival at the Director's Fortnight section.[1][2]
On April 16, 1983, Martelli was born in Santiago de Chile. Martelli's parents are Nicolás Martelli, of Italian descent,[3] and Marian Salamovich, of Croatian descent.[4]
Martelli studied at Saint George's College, Santiago and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In 2010, she enrolled at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she graduated with a master's degree in film studies.[5][6]
She started acting in her teenage years. Martelli played the main role in the film B-Happy by Gonzalo Justiniano. Later she had roles in the TV series Huaiquimán y Tolosa and movies like Machuca, Radio Corazón and Malta con Huevo. In 2010 she appeared in Canal 13's telenovela Feroz.[7]
In 2014, she emerged as a director with a short film, Apnea.[8] Her 2015 short Land Tides was a part of Factory Programme and premiered at the Cannes Director's Fortnight. In 2021, she filmed her feature debut 1976.[7] It was screened at numerous festivals around the world and won multiple awards, among them the Sutherland Award for best first feature at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival,[9] Best Debut Film Award at Jerusalem Film Festival, Best Actress Award at TIFF, Platino Award for Best Debut Film, etc.[10]
In 2022, Martelli worked on a second feature, The Meltdown (El deshielo). It was presented at Ventana Sur’s 5th Proyecta co-production forum,[11] and won the second Coprocity Development Prize.[12] The Meltdown is the second part of the trilogy initiated with 1976.[10]
