Melina Pafundi

Biography

Melina Pafundi was born along the Atlantic coast in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Very early in her life, through the influence of the International Film Festival, she discovered the power of images in and beyond the cinema space. It was this relentless passion for film that led her, at age 19, into formally studying Film Direction, Philosophy and Fine Arts. It was also at this time that she began her studies of the German language. Soon after, she started working on the restoration and cataloging of a film collection in the Pablo D. Hicken Film Museum in Buenos Aires. Due to the political nature …