Pedro Valiente
Pedro Valiente

PRESS

 

IMDb

IMDb registers 100 press entries on film work including 5 magazine covers. The film festival in Mexico gathered over 2000 press mentions in 20 countries.

 
“Features including The New York Times, NY Village Voice, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Weekly, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and El País, as well as press releases by MoMA, PBS, BBC, RTVE, and Canal+.”
— LinkedIn
 

New York Spin reviewed in Variety; presented in Spanish National Television press release, and 100+ media internationally. Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival featured in 200+ media in 20 countries. I Cuba 15 appeared on US media: The New York Times, NY Village Voice, LA Weekly,, New York Magazine, The Independent, Miami Herald, Entertainment Weekly… I Academic sites: edX by MIT/Harvard Univesity, Stanford University, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, European Project by UC3M. I TV: POV/PBS, Bloomberg TV (US), BBC, BFI (UK), RTVE (Spain), Canal+ (France, Spain).

The Buzz

Photo: Artist Talk on Penelope is Waiting with Eva Morales, director ARTSevilla International Contemporary Art Encounter & Exhibit, Spain

 
 

Featured by edX by MIT/Harvard University, MIT Documentary Film Lab and Stanford University.

— Photo: Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Mexico

  • New York Spin reviewed in Variety; presented in Spanish National Television (RTVE) press release, and 100+ media internationally. 

  • Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival featured in 200+ media in 20 countries.

  • Cuba 15 appeared in US media: NY Village Voice, LA Weekly, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Independent, Miami Herald, Entertainment Weekly, Bloomberg TV. International media El País, El Mundo... Press releases by MoMA, PBS, BBC, Canal+.

  • PBS P.O.V. (US), BBC, BFI (UK), RTVE (Spain), Canal+ (France, Spain)

    Press I TV

 
 
 

NY I LA

New York Spin reviewed in Variety; Cuba 15 in LA Weekly in Los Angels; The World Says No To War in MoMA and Whitney Biennial in New York.

— New York Spin photo by Laurie Churba

The Days Before DDDIII by Robert Wilson at Lincoln Center was featured in The New York Times, El País, and media including the US, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Japan.

The New York Times I "Several of the scenes are unqualified stunners, both exquisite and deeply disturbing." — Ben Brantley. 

Los Angeles Times I "Still and documentary images are projected on elegant screens. God, for Wolsin, is in the details, and the details in The Days Before are stunning." — Mark Swed

The Wall Street Journal I “Snippets of history, mostly archival footage projected on traslucent screen." Debra Jo Immergu I Behance

THE NEW YORK TIMES

New York Spin by Pedro Valiente was featured in Variety, Spanish National Television (RTVE), and 100+ media internationally.

Variety I "Part experimental tone poem, part heartfelt elegy for 9/11 and part paean to the cultural richness of Gotham, Pedro Valiente's documentary focuses on six New Yorkers, each separately put in the spotlight in segments very differently conceived, shot and scored. As film's coda makes clear, shooting wrapped shortly before 9/11, and the scattershot insertion of references to the World Trade Center disaster, though perfectly understandable, tends to work against the carefully modulated internal rhythms of the film. Still, at 63 minutes, this engrossing, imagistic portrait of the city and its denizens should prove a welcome short addition to fest and arty cable lineups. […] DV lensing, editing, and music choices are strong." — Ronnie Scheib I Variety

VARIETY

Cuba 15 by Elizabeth Schub, producer Pedro Valiente, was featured in The New York Times, NY Village Voice, LA Weekly, New York Magazine, The Independent, Miami Herald, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly; and international media: El País, El Mundo... Press releases by MoMA, PBS, BBC, and Canal+.

NY Village Voice I “Cuba 15 is a portrait of a young girl turning fifteen in a small town on the outskirts of Havana. It takes the form of a show-and-tell. The girl introduces us to her friends and her family, her home, and her hangouts. She loos straight at the camera. She talks, she dances, she horses around, she gets serious. She’s irresistible. We learn more from her in 15 minutes -about adolescent experience and aspirations and what life in Cuba is- than from a half-dozen feature documentaries.” — Amy Taubin I Behance

NY VILLAGE VOICE

The Days Before DDDIII theater

New York Spin feature film

Cuba 15 short film

 
 

MX

Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival was first presented to the public at Museo Tamayo, one of Mexico's premier contemporary art museums. The event also marked the first time Senate members attended the museum.

— Museo Tamayo, Mexico City

The Festival was first presented in Museo Tamayo Mexico City. Opening Night in Xcaret (Years 1, 2) hosted online by Hollysood actor/director Andy García, and Hacienda Tres Ríos (Year 3) hosted by Danny Glover, Natalia Córdova, Ana Claudia Talancón, et al.

Reforma I "The Festival was presented in Tamayo Museum with the presence of Senator Carlos Sotelo and Jesús Ochoa. A Caribbean festival for Cancun that could mark a new era." — Minerva Hernández 

Premiere I “This Festival seems to be the most attractive in southern Mexico, and in the best international touristic reference in the country.” — Antonio Ponce

 
 
 

ON THE NET

Near 50 articles on LinkedIn and features including the Embassy of Spain in the US, Stanford University, British Film Institute, and interviews on edX and UC3M. I IMDb Press I Production Beast I Behance

— Photo visiting an art exhibition in Madrid in El País

LinkedIn

NOTES SpainRed Embassy of Spain in the US, edX, Stanford University (US), British Film Institute, Plymouth Art Festival (UK), iArtes (Portugal), La Neomudéjar Museum, Ñaque Ed., ARTSevilla, UC3M (Spain) INTERVIEWS edX Interview, UC3M Interview BIO LinkedIn FILM Production Beast ART Behance Portfolio I Behance Artwork • IMDb Press I IMDb

 
 

AUP

Arts University Plymourh (UK)

edX

MIT / Harvard University (US)

 
 

WORDS

Director Robert Wilson; film programmers Carole Dean and Deborah Cravey; professor José Ramón Pérez Ornia; dean Jesús Meza, et al.

— Photo by Leonardo Martínez for Tarahumara Project in Northern Mexico

  • “Thank you for your work. Your images are greating.” [The Days Before DDDIII]

    Robert Wilson New York

  • “New York Spin shows filmmaking talent."

    Carole Dean, director Roy W. Dean Foundation, New York

  • "I’m fascinated by this project, its concept, people, structure, everything intrigues me." [New York Spin]

    Deborah Cravey acquisitions director Digital Media Center, Portland, US

  • "A very good film." [New York Spin]

    Francesca Garrigues director Discovery Channel Ibérica, Madrid

  • “Pedro took his area to a different level thinking out of the box. It triggered the project in unexpected ways as participants immersed themselves in a unique experience in education, art, and life.” [Media work]

    Sonsoles Herreros Laviña director European Project, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  • "I was extremely impressed in how quickly he was able to assimilate his previous experience into the role bringing new ideas and contributing positively to the program." [Managing work]

    Tony Smith, head-Media, Arts University Plymouth, UK

  • “The dissertation shows an integral scope, and it’s very well written. In Spain very few scholars could discuss the subject.” [Research work]

    José Ramón Pérez Ornia PhD dissertation director, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  • “Pedro Valiente’s inquiring and curious nature always translated into initiative and interest. I must add the high level of dedication and hard work that characterized him as a scholar and as a professional.” [Lecturing work]

    Jesús Meza regional dean Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

 
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