Malena Bystrowicz and Loreley Unamuno met in 1998 while studying at the Instituto de Arte Cinematográfico de Avellaneda (IDAC). Together, they made the feature-length documentary Women of the Mine, which screened at more than 20 festivals worldwide and received 13 international awards.

Malena Bystrowicz studied film at IDAC (Instituto de Arte Cinematográfico de Avellaneda, Argentina) and photography with Adriana Lestido. She received scholarships from the Academy of the Arts in Berlin, Germany (ADK), and from the EICTV – International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. She is also a programmer for various film festivals and screening series. She is the founder and director of the International Cannabis Film Festival. She directed the following documentaries: Piqueteras (with Verónica Mastrosimone, 2002), Holes in the Roof (2008), Women of the Mine (with Loreley Unamuno, 2015), and Through the Earth (with Loreley Unamuno, 2024).

Loreley Unamuno is a graduate of ENERC in Cinematography and of UNSAM in the Teaching of Audiovisual Arts. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Gender Studies and Policies at UNTREF. She received a study scholarship at the EICTV – International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. She also coordinates feminist activism spaces through cultural projects with women from social organizations. She co-directed with Malena Bystrowicz: Women of the Mine (2015), and Through the Earth (2024).