Nadia Hotait

Nadia Hotait is a multimedia artist and filmmaker. In her work work she uses video, found footage, and photography to deal with events in contemporary history, emphasizing and prioritizing the experience of individuals above the accepted historical narrative.

Nadia had her first large exhibition at the University of Illinois University Galleries in 2011, and later on at the Numismático Museum of México City in 2016. She has also participated in different exhibitions in venues such as: Arsenale-Venecia, Bienal de Arte Joven de Moscú, La Tabacalera-Madrid, La Casa Encendida- Madrid, LABoral- Gijón, Zolla Lieberman Gallery -Chicago, Zico House -Beirut, Plataforma Revolver (Lisbon), Isabel Ignacio Gallery -Seville, etc.; and broadcasted in BBC Arabic, Documania channel, etc. She is the recipient of the BBVA foundation award, Injuve award, Circuitos award and Generaciones award for the production and exhibition of her video-installations. She has been artist-in-residence at La Granja (Mexico), WARP-Artist Village Program in Genk, Belgium and Wekalet Behna in Alexandria.

Nadia combines her artistic practice with working in film production; she is head of development of the film production company Lolafilms, working in feature film and TV series. She co-founded with her sister LAAVENTURA, where she produces documentaries and films.

She holds a BA in Audiovisual Studies from Complutense University in Madrid and Waseda University, Tokyo. She received a full fellowship from La Caixa Foundation to study at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon graduating with a MFA in Film, Video and New Media she received the Louise Raymong Fellowship. She pursued a second Master in Audiovisual Management (MEGA) at the Media Business School as a Mohamed Farsi foundation grantee, from which she graduated with honors. Hotait was a selected producer for the ACCESS production program in the Arab Mediterranean region, and she was selected as Berlinale Talent Producer in 2019.

Professional Experience

• Head of Development. -Lola films- Madrid. 2014 - Present

• Co-founder and producer of Laaventura, Madrid. 2010 - Present

• Production Assistant. Avalon, Madrid, 2013

Academic Experience

• Instructor Workshop “From Fiction to Reality: Making Films Based on Real Characters” Hakaya, MISK Foundation, Riyadh, KSA. 2018

• Instructor Workshop “Making a film in the Kingdom” Hakaya, MISK Foundation, Bahrein. 2017

• Guest Speaker: Workshop “The beginning of a story” Hakaya, MISK Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 2017

• Instructor Workshop on Video-art with archive material. “There, Somewhere Where I Thought I Lost it”, Casa Encendida Art Center, Madrid. 2016

• Guest Speaker, Academic Leader Program. University: Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. 2016

• Instructor Workshop, Video-installation, “Toma(r) Madrid”, Intermediae, Matadero Art Center, Madrid

• Instructor Video Production. National Museum of Mexican Fine Art, Chicago. 2009 - 2010

• Instructor Video Production. Street Level Youth Media, Chicago. 2009

• Teaching Assistant of the course: Video Production. Prof. Frédéric Moffet, SAIC. 2008

Academic Background

• European Master in Audiovisual Management. Media Business School (MBS), Spain, 2014

• Master of Fine Arts. Film, Video and New Media.The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, (SAIC), Chicago, USA, 2009

• BA, Audiovisual Communication -One Year Study Program- Waseda University Tokyo, Japan, 2006

• BA, Audiovisual Communication. Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, 2006