Alexandra Codina: Making Documentaries that Matter
ALEXANDRA CODINA’s debut film, Monica & David, tells the love story of two adults with Down syndrome. The film won Tribeca Film Festival’s Jury Award, was nominated for an Emmy Award, premiered on HBO, and was broadcast in 33 countries. Monica & David was featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, ABC, Harper’s Bazaar, Variety, and Latina Magazine. A Chicken & Egg Pictures Accelerator Lab grantee and alumna of Good Pitch, Codina’s work has been supported by the Knight Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Perspective Fund, Sundance Knight Fellowship, South Florida Arts Consortium & Tribeca All Access. Paper Children, a YouTube Originals release about four siblings who fled gang violence in Honduras, is Codina’s second feature documentary as director and producer. She is currently producing Untitled: Chinese in Africa Project with Jialing Zhang (director/producer of One Child Nation).
Codina worked for over four years at the Miami International Film Festival as a Programmer and Outreach Manager. She also brought Cinema Tropical — the leading alternative distributor for Latin American cinema in the U.S. — to Miami. Codina’s film experience began in 2000, as an intern for Big Mouth Productions.
Codina is a graduate of Bowdoin College. She serves on the Boards of The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade and Coconut Grove Cares. The daughter of Cuban refugees, Codina lives in Miami and is the mother of two young boys.
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SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES: 0:59 sec.
SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES: 1:43 min.
DEVELOP A VOICE: 6:02 min.
EMPATHY: 3:57 min.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 7:48 min.
SERENDIPITY: 0:48 sec.
COMMUNITY VALUES: 4:57 min.
EMPATHY: 2:11 min.
COLLABORATION: 2:08 min.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 2:26 min.
