VGOW The Testament of Ann Lee

Guest editor Sofía Subercaseaux talks with Roberta Bononi BFE about her work on The Testament of Ann Lee.

Sofía Subercaseaux

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Sofía Subercaseaux is a Chilean editor based out of New York City. Most recently, she edited Mona Fastvold’s third feature, THE WOMEN CLOTHED BY THE SUN (Venice 2025) starring Amanda Seyfried. She has worked with Chilean Filmmaker Pablo Larrain in his last two films, EL CONDE (Venice 2023) and MARIA, (Venice 2024) and they are currently working on his NETFLIX limited series “Mis Muertos Tristes”.

She began her career editing Sebastian Silva's CRYSTAL FAIRY (Sundance Best International Film 2013). She continued collaborating with Silva on NASTY BABY (Sundance 2015), TYREL (Sundance 2018), FISTFUL OF DIRT (Telluride 2019) and ROTTING IN THE SUN (Sundance 2023) for which she was nominated for an Indie Spirit Award for best editing. She also edited Antonio Campos’ CHRISTINE (Sundance 2016), THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME (Netflix 2020), and his HBO series THE STAIRCASE (HBO 2023). She has edited a number of other independent films such as Nicolas Pesce’s PIERCING (Sundace 2018), the documentaries DINA (Grand Jury Prize - Sundance 2017 / Best Feature - IDA awards) and MALA MALA (Tribeca 2014) for which she received a US Social Impact Media Award for Best Editing. In 2017, she was named one of the “25 new faces of Film” by Filmmaker Magazine and in 2024 she was honored as one of Variety’s 10 artisans to watch at SCAD Film festival.

Hosted by Roberta Bononi BFE

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Roberta’s story as a Film Editor started in 2008 with Giuseppe Bertolucci's 'Officinema' course on Film Editing at the Cineteca di Bologna in Italy.

She worked on the latest Spitting Image: The Rest is Bullsh*t with director Matt Stronge. Her most recent work includes Dog Man for Jellyfish/Dreamworks; 7 Keys, directed by Joy Wilkinson, premiered at SXSW and FrightFest; Redenzione (Redemption), directed by Maria Martinelli, was in the official selection at the 40th edition of Turin Film Festival, Trouble Will Find Us, directed by Alex Milo Bischof, won Best UK Feature at Manchester Film Festival.

She’s a full BAFTA member, an AMC member, and she’s been a Governor of the Board of BFE since 2020.