Santiago Loza （Argentina）

　　

He was born in 1971 in Cordoba, Argentina. He studied at the Cinema School of the National Institute of Cinematography and at the Municipal School of Dramatic Art. As a writer, he has published two non-fictions, three novels and two theater books. He also wrote more than 30 plays as a scriptwriter and received the National Prizes Trinidad Guevara, Theaters Of the World, Konex And Nominations To The Prizes Florencio Sanchez And María Guerrero. In 2023 he won the National Literature Award, Film Screenplay Category. In 2019 he was selected for the International Writing Program residency at the University of Iowa in the United States. As a film director, his films have appeared in numerous festivals, obtaining multiple national and international awards. He was a jury at the festivals of Lima, Bafici, Cannes too.