Isabelle Carbonell
Isabelle Carbonell is a Belgian-Uruguayan-American award-winning experimental documentary filmmaker and a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Academic publications
Some of Carbonell's work comprise the following academic publications:
- Coming to Our Senses beyond the Talking-Head: the Panesthetic Documentary Interview (2018)
- The Ethics of Big Data in Big Agriculture (2016)
- Golden Snail Opera: the More-Than-Human-Performance of Friendly Farming on Taiwan's Lanyang Plain (2016)
Education
Carbonell is currently a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She also received her B.A. in Residential College Social Science and in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and completed her M.A. in Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Awards and Nominations
- Mellon Dissertation grant Beyond the End of the World 2019-2020
- Best Digital Media Award from Fingerlakes Environmental Film Festival 2019 for The River Runs Red
- Best Ethnographic Interactive Award from the American Anthropological Association 2018 for The River Runs Red
- Honorable Mention for Cultural Horizons Prize 2017 for Golden Snail Opera
- Berkeley Law Human Rights Fellowship Grant 2017 for The River Runs Red
- Georgetown University Environmental Initiative Grant 2017 for The River Runs Red
- Jessica Roy Award 2016 for The River Runs Red
- Best Director Award at IdyllWild Film Festival 2015 for Trashborn
- Best Editing Award at the BAWIFV Film Festival 2013 for Baffle Their Minds With Bullsh*t
- World Health Organization in Kampala, Uganda. Honorable mention Vietnam and Public Health 2008
- James H. Robertson Award for Photography and Studio Arts, Residential College University of Michigan 2007
Film Festivals
| Year | Title | Festival |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Blessed Assurance | Big Sky Documentary Film Festival |
| 2018 | River Runs Red | Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival |
| 2015 | Trashborn | IdyllWild Film Festival |
| 2014 | Somos Buzos | Documentary Film Festival in Dominican Republic |
| 2014 | One Hundred Fires/Somos Buzos | Frozen River Film Festival |
| 2013 | One Hundred Fires/Somos Buzos | Habana Film Festival (El Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano) |
| 2013 | Baffle Their Minds with Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | BAWIFV Film Festival in San Francisco |
| 2013 | Baffle Their Minds with Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | Santa Monica Film Festival |
| 2013 | Baffle Their Minds with Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | College Town Film Festival |
| 2013 | Baffle Their Minds with Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | Annapolis Film Festival |
| 2013 | Baffle Their Minds with Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | Bethesda Film Festival |
| 2012 | Baffle Their Minds with Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | DC Shorts |
| 2012 | Baffle Their Minds with Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | DC Independent Film Festival |
| 2011 | Water Warriors | Water Rights Film Festival of Japan |
| 2008 | Palindrome | Ohio Independent Film Festival |
| 2008 | Mexico: Chasing the American Dream | New Filmmakers Latino Anthology |
| 2008 | Palindrome | Athens International Film and Video Festival |
| 2008 | Palindrome | Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival |
| 2008 | Palindrome | Washington DC Independent Film Festival |
| 2007 | Water Warriors | Environmental Water Festival, Japan |
| 2007 | Palindrome | Film Farm X Festival |
| 2007 | Mexico:Chasing the American Dream | Gasparilla Film Festival |
Career
2018
Carbonell was a Leading Instructor/Course Designer for a film production course at the University of California, Santa Cruz for Ecocinema Theory and Practice[1].
2004
Carbonell worked as a Co-Instructor/Course Designer at Your World Through Your Lens: A Photo Education through the University of Michigan Detroit, MI. This was an intensive 2-month photography class with disadvantaged inner-city youths in Detroit. Here, she designed and coordinated all lesson plans and speakers for the duration of the workshop. She received several grants for projects; learned and refined grant-writing skills. Students successfully finished individual photo stories, exhibited at 555 gallery.
Isabelle was the Leading Instructor/Writer at the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) through the University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI. Here she taught an intensive theater and poetry class to incarcerated youths, engaged extremely difficult participants to successfully write and act out their own work, as well as produce a successful performance to a 500+ audience while still incarcerated.
2009
Carbonell worked as a Leading Instructor/Course Designer at Carnegie Mellon University/Q Class "Documentary Filmmaking for Software Design" in Doha, Qatar. She developed original undergraduate curriculum material for a semester-long class, taught documentary filmmaking for cross-platform applications in producing and presenting research and her students completed original documentary and screenings in front of 300+ audience on Carnegie Mellon campus.
2012
Isabelle was a Leading Instructor at a National Geographic VisionWorkshop Photo Camp in Doha, Qatar. She taught photography and film to underserved communities and youths from Qatar and Brazil.
2004
Carbonell as participated in numerous photo exhibitions and film festivals such as the DC Film Festival,[2] Athens International Film and Video Festival,[3] and Gasparilla Film Festival,[4] and has been featured in a Michigan Difference PSA.[5] She is noted for her work with NGO Crossing Borders in Vietnam,[6] and has been discussed in numerous press articles including the New York Times,[7] the Michigan Daily,[8][9][10] and the University of Michigan LSA Magazine,[11] as well as being featured in a Local Point television interview.[12]
Her work has been published in several places including Skipping Stones Magazine,[13] Gourmet.com,[14] Convergence Journal,[15] and the Oleander Review;[16] she received special and honorable mentions in the World Health Organization's photo competition[17] and the Islands 19th Annual Photo Contest.[18] Her documentary work has taken her to countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Vietnam, Taiwan, the Dominican Republic, India, Qatar, Uruguay, and Argentina.
Filmography
Played all roles (Producing, directing, cinematography and editing).
| Year | Title | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mexico: Chasing the American Dream | Izaca Productions |
| 2006 | NGO Crossing Borders in Vietnam | NGO Crossing Borders |
| 2007 | Palindrome | Izaca Productions |
| 2007 | Vietnam: Three Short Poems | Izaca Productions |
| 2007 | Water Warriors | Izaca Productions |
| 2007 | Shakespeare's Sonnet 2 | Izaca Productions |
| 2009 | Books Unbound: The Heritage Library in Qatar | Carnegie Mellon University & Qatar Foundation |
| 2010 | Zubarah | University of Copenhagen & Qatar Museums Authority |
| 2010 | Miki Flow: Cuban Hip Hop | Izaca Productions |
| 2010 | Tango in Jerash, Jordan | Izaca Productions |
| 2010 | 6 Day in Kazakhstan | iCarnegie |
| 2011 | Beirut International Tango Festival | Izaca Productions |
| 2011 | Trashborn | Passion River Distribution |
| 2011 | Mi Aldea Mi Langosta: My Village, My Lobster | Nomading Films |
| 2009/2012 | SHOOT.EDIT.SHARE, Experimental Ethnographic Shorts | Izaca Productions |
| 2012 | Baffle Their Minds With Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | Izaca Productions |
| 2012 | The Souk of Aleppo | Izaca Productions |
| 2012 | Nepal: Prayer Wheels | Izaca Productions |
| 2013 | Las Palomas, Me Encantan (I Love Pigeons) | Izaca Productions |
| 2016 | The Golden Snail Opera | Cultural Anthropology |
| 2018 | The River Runs Red | Izaca Productions |
| 2018 | The Blessed Assurance | Izaca Productions |
| 2018 | The Camel Race | Izaca Productions |
Exhibitions/Screenings
| Year | Work Exhibited | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Songs of Mud - audio | Poetics and Politics Symposium / University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 2016 | Tomo/veillance - audio | University of California, Santa Cruz Underwater Concert |
| 2013 | Syria: Before the Civil War | Affinity Lab |
| 2012 | BaffleTheir Minds with Bullsh*t, Kerry Leigh | DC Source Theater |
| 2011 | Cuba documentary photographs | Havana Village in Washington, D.C. |
| 2008 | Our Environment; the Good, Bad, and the Ugly | Colorado at the Center for Fine Art Photography |
| 2007 | Palindrome | Residential College Art Gallery in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2007 | Vietnam documentary photographs | Tryst Gallery in Washington, D.C. |
| 2006 | Mexico: Chasing the American Dream | Residential College Art Gallery in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2006 | Vietnam documentary photographs | Michigan Union in Ann Arbor |
| 2006 | Cuba documentary photographs | Cafe Ambrosia in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2006 | Cuba documentary photographs | RGB Communications in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2006 | Vietnam documentary photographs | Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Michigan |
| 2005 | Tattoos | Residential College Art Gallery in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2005 | Tattoos | Protest Art Show in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2004 | Long Hair | Soho Tea & Coffee in Washington, D.C. |
| 2004 | Cuba documentary photographs | Rendez-Vous Cafe in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2004 | Cuba documentary photographs | Soho Tea & Coffee in Washington, D.C. |
References
- ^ "Special Topics in Film and Video Production: Ecocinema theory and practice: Making Films in the Anthropocene | Film+Digital Media BA, PhD / MFA in Social Documentary Production at UC Santa Cruz". film.ucsc.edu. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ [1] Archived March 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.athensfest.org/?film=PaintingWithLight
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "UofM News". Umich.edu. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "CSEAS: crossing borders". Umich-cseas.org. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ Stainburn, Samantha (November 5, 2006). "Ratio, Schmatio – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Crossing borders, one photo at a time". The Michigan Daily. November 2, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "How the 'U' markets itself on TV". The Michigan Daily. November 21, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "It takes two to tango". The Michigan Daily. March 29, 2004. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.izaca.com/pdfs/skippingstones.pdf
- ^ "Dear Lobster: Food + Cooking". gourmet.com. August 1, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ http://www.izaca.com/media/press/whole_convergence.pdf
- ^ http://www.izaca.com/media/press/whole_oleander.jpg
- ^ "WHO | Winners photo contest "Daily life of a health worker"". Who.int. March 17, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "Photo Contest 2008 Winners". Islands.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
