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Charo Mato is an Argentinean filmmaker who studied Image and Sound Design at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA). She has been a fellow of the Sundance Documentary Film Program, Talents Buenos Aires and RespectAbility Entertainment Lab. Nominated in the 38th IDA Documentary Awards for Best Writing with her first documentary, 8 Stories About My Hearing Loss, which is supported by Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), Instituto Nacional del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay (INCAU), and Sundance Institute. The film premiered at the 9° Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival (FIDBA), 41° Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), 18° Santiago de Chile IFF (SANFIC) and won Best Film at the 9° Construir Cine – Festival Internacional de Cine Sobre el Trabajo (International Labour Film Festival) and Best Film, Best Director and Best Editing at 19° Tandil Cine.