EDUCATION
2025 Camera Acting, Roberto Matus, Chile/Berlin
2024 International Theatre Creators Workshop, Grupo Yuyachkani, Peru
2017-2021 FILM STUDIES Freie Universität, Berlin – Bachelor’s degree
2019 SCREENWRITING MASTERCLASS UFA, Potsdam, Germany
2018 MASTERCLASS WITH WERNER HERZOG Playlab Films, Puerto Maldonado, Peru – Film Directing and acting
2010-2013 LA CASONA Institute of Dramatic Arts, Barcelona, Spain – Degree in Acting and Directing
2026
THE SHAME | Theatre | Principal Role Directed by Ilya Moschitsky from Chronotope Temporary Association / Sundukyan State Academic Theatre, Yerevan, Armenia
MARABEL & HUAYRO | Theatre | Lead Role & Director A journey tracing the potato’s journey from the Andes to Germany and the communities that have sustained it for generations.
Photo by Maxim Artemchuk
2025
MUTANTiN | Feature Documentary | Director A film by Amor Schumacher & Sonja Ortiz / Funded by Saarlandmedien, Premiere Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
LECTURER| Freie Universität Berlin Film Seminar „Finding poetry in common places“
THE SHAME | Theatre | Principal Role Directed by Ilya Moschitsky from Chronotope Temporary Association / Gorod Cultural Centre, Munich, Germany
2024
TARUKA | | Theatre | Lead Role & Director by Emilio Urbay & Sonja Ortiz
MOMENTO MOCHE | Performance | Lead Role & Director by Emilio Urbay & Sonja Ortiz / Funded by IMPACT
2023
THRYMSKVIDA | Fiction Short A film by Sonja Ortiz / Funded by NPN Stepping Out
CULTURE MOVES EUROPE | Grantee Cultural exchange project fostering artistic co-productions between Berlin and Sardinia / Funded by the European Union implemented by Goethe Institut
IMPULSE FESTIVAL | Invited artist Participation in a networking platform for the independent arts scene / Funded by FESTIVALFRIENDS
LA DAMA DE NAZCA| Theatre
Engaging mediation format at KulturMarktHalle to attract new audiences / Funded by LAFT Berlin Performing Arts Program Berlin
2022
WHY DO WE DANCE | Performance Documentary A film by Sonja Ortiz / Currently on worldwide festival tour
LA DAMA DE NAZCA | Theatre
Peru Tour / Funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa
(K)ein leeres Land – Dekoloniale Perspektiven in der Performancearbeit | Artistic research project Exploring colonialism and power dynamics in the performing arts / Funded by Fonds DAKU
2021
TELL ME | Feature Documentary
A film by students of Werner Herzog’s Masterclass / Funded by Estonian Film Fund/ Premier at Tallin Black Nights and Jih.lava
MACHA | Performance
Director Interdisciplinary Colective performance / Funded by UDK Interflugs.
2020
THE ABSENT SOUL | FICTION SHORT
Realized under the guidance of Werner Herzog during his masterclass in Peru. In the heart of the Amazon, an abandoned teenage boy searches for a way to nourish his deceased mother’s soul with butterflies.
SONJA ORTIZ - Actress/Director 