Ariadna Alvarado-Betancourt

Peacebuilding, Humanitarian, and Film/Video Producer in Washington, DC

Ariadna Alvarado-Betancourt

Peacebuilding, Humanitarian, and Film/Video Producer in Washington, DC

Ariadna is a creative humanist, peacepreneur, humanitarian, human rights advocate, film documentary maker, producer and communication strategist with a career encompassing the fields of peacebuilding, human rights, Film/Video/Multimedia production, strategic communication4development (C4D), marketing, outreach campaigns, film festivals, performing arts, cultural and arts development, gender related issues, human rights issues, culturally based youth and women leadership, capacity building and empowerment programs within the UN community and the civil society and private sector serving in Afghanistan, Spain, Timor-Leste, India, Colombia, Haiti, the United States, Mali, Lebanon and Venezuela, USA and Mali, as well as working with non-profit organizations developing & implementing transformational projects related to peacebuilding & reconciliation efforts within the context of Human Rights, Youth, and Women’s Rights issues, among others.

Ariadna has worked as a producer for various award-winning shorts, feature and documentary films. Some of the latest projects as a creative adviser and producer include Afghanistan International Human Rights Film Festival (AHRFF), Mali’s International Human Rights Film Festival, Afghanistan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF), "We believe in balloons" peace youth campaign, The Bohemians Film project, Creative Despite War Films, TEDTalk Kabul, Cirque du Soleil, GALA Hispanic Theatre, and Washington, DC Indy Film Festival, among others.

She is currently on assignment as the Head of the Multimedia Unit of the UN Mission in Mali implementing and developing strategic and creative multimedia advocacy projects for the peace and reconciliation process, while working together with Malian media and cultural actors, musicians, governmental leaders, local change-makers, policy-makers, multi-ethnic communities, human & women's rights activists and other members of the civil society, in order to promote the culture of peace and national dialogue in Mali.

She holds a BA on Arts & Humanities from the University of Maryland and an MA in Documentary Filmmaking from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) in Barcelona, Spain. ​She is currently studying a second MA degree in Peace and Conflict studies from the University for Peace.

Ariadna is a member of the D.C. Women in Film&Video, & the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP).

  • Work
    • Peacebuilding
  • Education
    • University of Maryland (UMD)
    • Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB)
    • University of Peace