biography

María Alché (born 23 April 1983; Buenos Aires) is an Argentian actress, director, scriptwriter, who starred in "The Holy Girl" by Lucrecia Martel (2004). Her first feature film "A Family Submerged" premiered in Filmmakers of the Present at Locarno Festival 2018 and won the Horizons Award at San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018, Best Screenplay at Lima Latin American Film Festival 2019, Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at Gothenburg Film Festival 2019, Critics’ Award at Barcelona D’A Film Festival 2019 and Best Director at FICUNAM International Cinema Festival 2019, among others.