Pilar Timpane
Pilar Timpane (2022) is a filmmaker and producer based in Durham, N.C. Her work has focused on women’s stories, immigration and religious communities with the aim of using storytelling for social change. She co-directed and produced “Santuario” (2019, PBS/ReelSouth & Al Jazeera Witness), winner of the Best Documentary Short Jury Prize at New Orleans Film Festival 2018, as well as the Crested Butte ACTNow Award and the IF/Then Shorts American South Pitch. Her work has shown at film festivals including Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. She is an alumna of the Women in Film Finishing Fund, the Tribeca Film Institute and Working Films. She is a fellow of the IndieGrits Real Fiction Lab and the New Orleans Film Society Southern Producers Lab. She was named a 2021 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist by the Durham Arts Council. She holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and a master’s from Duke University Divinity School.
During the fellowship, Pilar will be working on “Querida (Working Title)” a feature documentary that explores the changing role of women in the global Catholic Church.