Born in 1957 in Concepción (Chile). In the late 70s she moved to Madrid
to study Image Sciences at the Universidad Complutense, shortly
afterwards obtaining Spanish nationality. In 1983, she started working
in cinema and, having made several documentaries and art videos, set up
home in 1994 in New York, where she directed her first feature film,
Time's Up!, premiered at the Donostia-San Sebastián Film Festival in
2000 as part of Zabaltegi and with which she won several international
awards.
Concerned about the world and curious to learn about other realities,
Cecilia Barriga has lived in Chile, Madrid, New York and Havana. In
fact, travelling is a constant part of her work, which encompasses
several genres. Her most important documentaries for the prizes they
have won are La herida de mi ojo (1994), shot in Cuba, Pekin no fue un
sueño (1995), shot in China, El camino de Moisés (2004), shot in Spain,
and Ni locas ni terroristas (2005), presented at the Donostia-San
Sebastián Festival as part of the Rebels and Untamed retrospective. One
of her more outstanding experimental and videoart productions is
Meeting Two Queens, a cult work taken to several contemporary art
museums throughout the world. She is currently working on her second
feature film, El viento que regresa, and on the documentary Asia donde
vienes... Hacia donde voy...
