Gema Juárez Allen (Argentina) is a film producer based in the city of Buenos Aires. With a career spanning over 30 feature films, all of which are international co-productions, her films have been featured in major film festivals worldwide.

Among her recent films are “REAS” (2024, Berlinale) directed by Lola Arias, “MIXTAPE” (2023 San Sebastián) directed by Andrés Di Tella, “EL CASTILLO” (2023, Berlinale) by Martín Benchimol, and “PORNOMELANCOLIA” (2022, San Sebastian Official Competition) by Manuel Abramovich. Her filmography also includes titles such as “FICCION PRIVADA” (2020, Andrés Di Tella), “LINA DE LIMA” (2019, María Paz González), and “TEATRO DE GUERRA” (2018, Lola Arias), among others.

Currently, she is immersed in the development of new projects alongside Lola Arias and Andrés Di Tella.

In addition to her work as a producer, Gema has served as a jury member at prestigious festivals such as the San Sebastián International Film Festival, IDFA, Visions du Réel, Lima, FICCI Cartagena, among others. She has also been a member of selection committees and juries for IDFA Fund, Sundance Documentary Fund, Torino Film Lab, among others.

For nearly 10 years, Gema has been involved in tutoring activities in various training and project development initiatives for documentary filmmakers. She has recently become a group leader at EURODOC, but she has been working alongside IDFA Project Space IDFA Academy, EAVE Puentes, and Campus Latino, among others.

Gema studied Social Anthropology at the University of Buenos Aires and continued her studies in Visual Anthropology at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester (England); she later pursued her PhD at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is a Sundance alumni since 2006, she is member of EAVE and EURODOC networks, and has been part of AMPASS since 2018.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

• “REAS” (Lola Arias, 2024, Berlinale Forum)

• “Mixtape La Pampa” (Andrés Di Tella, 2023, San Sebastián Zabaltegi)

• “El Castillo” (Martín Benchimol, 2023, Berlinale/Panorama)

• “Pornomelancolia” (Manuel Abramovich, 2022, San Sebastián Competencia Oficial)

• “Lina de Lima” (María Paz Gonzalez, 2019, TIFF Encounters)

• “Ficción Privada” (Andrés Di Tella, 2019, San Sebastián/Zabaltegi)

• “Teatro de Guerra” (Lola Arias, 2018, Berlinale, Forum)

• “La Cama” (Mónica Lairana, 2018, Berlinale, Forum)

• “The Dread” (Martín Benchimol y Pablo Aparo, 2018, IDFA) – Best Film Award

• “Soldado” (Manuel Abramovich, 2017, Berlinale Generation)

• “Oscuro Animal” (Felipe Guerrero, 2016, Tiger Competition IFF Rotterdam)

• “Damiana/Kryygi” (Alejandro Fernández Mouján, 2016, HOT DOCS)

• “Camino a La Paz” (Francisco Varone, 2015, New Directors Busan IFF)

• “327 Cuadernos” (Andrés Di Tella, 2015, San Sebastián IFF Zabaltegi)

• “Invasión” (Abner Benaim, 2014, IDFA)

• “Midsummernight’s Tango” (Viviane Blumenschein, 2014, Munchen IFF)

• “Corta” (Felipe Guerrero, 2012, Bright Future IFF Rotterdam)

• “El Ojo del Tiburón” (Alejo Hoijman, 2012, Roma IFF)

• “¡Vivan las Antípodas!” (Victor Kossakovsky, 2011, Película de Apertura Venecia IFF)