Bruno Montenegro
Bruno Montenegro | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991 Arequipa, Peru |
| Alma mater | National University of San Agustín |
| Occupations |
|
Bruno Montenegro Mamani (born 1991 in Arequipa, Peru) is a Peruvian film director and activist for the rights of trans people in Peru.
Biography
[edit]Montenegro was born in 1991 in Arequipa, Peru.[1] He studied communications at the National University of San Agustín in Arequipa (UNSA). He has developed his career as a filmmaker by participating in several audiovisual laboratories and in other productions as an editor.[2]
As a transgender rights activist, Montenegro is the founder of Fraternidad Trans Masculina - Arequipa,[3] as well as the LGBT Network of Arequipa.[4]
In 2019, after having problems due to the use of his deadname in university classes,[5][6] Montenegro managed to get the UNSA University Council to approve, through Resolution No. 0577-2019, the use of the social name of all transgender people in University administrative documents.[3][7][8][9][10]
In 2020 Montenegro premiered his first film, Casarnos, a documentary short film about a lesbian couple who travel to Argentina, where same-sex marriage is legal, to get married.[1]
In 2021, Montenegro was a jury member for the Gio Awards, given by the communications platform Crónicas de la Diversidad.[2] That same year, his Identidad project, scripted by Montenegro and designed by Chechi Chávez, won the National Competition for Animation Projects.[11] The short film, released in 2024, tells the story of Mariano, a trans man from Arequipa who decides to visit his grandparents in Chivay, a town where ancestral customs survive.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Montenegro is a trans man. He began his transition in 2017 when he made his gender identity public.[3]
Filmography
[edit]- Casarnos (short film, 2020)
- Identidad (short film, 2024)
Awards and recognitions
[edit]In 2019, after achieving the recognition of the use of the social name of trans people by the National University of San Agustín, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights awarded Montenegro the Human Rights Award, given by the Minister of Justice, Ana Teresa Revilla.[13][14]
In 2020, Casarnos won the first prize as Best National Short Film at the Outfest Perú film festival.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pereyra Ravello, César (2020-08-15). "ENTREVISTA AL DIRECTOR TRANS BRUNO MONTENEGRO: " EN PERÚ, EXISTE MUCHOS PREJUICIOS Y CONSERVADURISMO"". Fielalarte.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ a b c "Crónicas de la Diversidad entregará los Premios GIO". Lima en escena (in Spanish). 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ a b c Vargas, Esther (2019-08-05). "Bruno Montenegro, el estudiante trans que cambió las reglas en la Universidad San Agustín de Arequipa". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ a b Red Iberoamericana de Educación LGBTI (RIE – LGBTI) (2020). "Generando referentes: Diversidad sexual y de género en el contexto educativo" (PDF). 3.er Encuentro de actorías claves sobre educación y diversidad sexual y de género.
- ^ RedacciónRPP (2019-05-24). "Universitario transgénero inicia proyecto para que lo reconozcan por su nombre social en Arequipa". rpp.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Condori, Zenaida (2019-05-28). "Arequipa: estudiante trans busca ser reconocido como hombre en la UNSA" (in Spanish). El Comercio. ISSN 1605-3052. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Díaz, Carolina (2019-08-28). "Él está detrás de la lucha por la igualdad trans en Arequipa". canalipe.gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Redacción EC (2019-08-02). "UNSA aprueba reforma que reconoce identidad de género de alumnos transgénero" (in Spanish). El Comercio. ISSN 1605-3052. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "Arequipa: UNSA aprueba normativa que reconoce el nombre social de sus estudiantes transgénero". Peru21 (in Spanish). 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ P. Melgar, Ginno (2019-08-01). "Bruno Montenegro, el corazón detrás de la Reforma Trans en la UNSA de Arequipa". redaccion.lamula.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "Identidad". Crónicas de la Diversidad (in Spanish). 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ CCELima. "OutfestPerú 2024: Festival de cine LGTB+ en resistencia". CCELima (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Arequipa: Estudiante transgénero de la UNSA recibió el Premio de Derechos Humanos". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Reconocen a personalidades y entidades por su labor a favor de los derechos humanos" (in Spanish). 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2024-07-14.