Alison McAlpine is a Canadian filmmaker and writer living in Montreal, Quebec, best known for her films CIELO[1] and perfectly a strangeness.

[2] Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she began her career as poet, playwright and theatre director.

Second Sight was presented at more than 35 international film festivals, winning the Special Jury Mention at Slamdance 2009.

[5] The film is about the beauty of the night sky as experienced in the Atacama Desert and was released in its final version in 2018.

[6][7] Named as “One of the 10 best documentaries of 2018” by Esquire and “The best films of 2018…that you didn’t see” by The Guardian, Cielo has also been critically acclaimed by Variety, The Village Voice, The Globe and Mail, and Le Devoir.