INTERNATIONAL CONTEST JURYNATA MORENO HOME / OFFICIAL JURY / NATA MORENO She studied Dramatic Art at the Corazza Acting Studio. She combines her facets as director and playwright. Stage director of Ara Malikian’s shows, as well as creator and producer of his music videos and campaigns. In 2016 she created her own production company Kokoro…
IBEROAMERICAN CONTEST JURYAIDA FOLCH HOME / OFFICIAL JURY / AIDA FOLCH Aida Folch (Reus, 1986) has a solid professional career, making her one of Spain’s most promising actresses. She studied acting at Juan Carlos Corazza’s workshop and at Cristina Rota’s school, as well as staging at centres in Madrid and Barcelona. In 2000 she got…
IBEROAMERICAN CONTEST JURYLUCA APOLITO HOME / OFFICIAL JURY / LUCA APOLITO Luca Apolito is the artistic director of the Giffoni Film Festival. A screenwriter and director, he has produced short films, documentaries, television programs, serial productions, shows, and live events. Since 1999, he has been in charge of the official selection of feature films for…
IBEROAMERICAN CONTEST JURYARMANDO CASAS HOME / OFFICIAL JURY / ARMANDO CASAS Film director, writer, and producer. He holds a degree in Cinematography from the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos and has been a full-time academic at the institution since 1991. He has produced over twenty feature-length fiction and documentary films, and directed the feature films…
DOCUMENTARY CONTEST JURYPATRICIA ESPAÑOL HOME / OFFICIAL JURY / PATRICIA ESPAÑOL Monzón, 1974. Graduate in Philosophy and Letters. Since 1999, she has worked as a cultural executive in the Sobrarbe region (Huesca). In 2002, she founded the Sobrarbe International Ethnographic Documentary Festival, Espiello, and has been its director ever since. She is the vice president…
DOCUMENTARY CONTEST JURYJESÚS GARCÉS HOME / OFFICIAL JURY / JESÚS GARCÉS He has directed some of the most successful documentaries in the history of Italian cinema and television, reaching over 170 million viewers in 160 countries. His documentaries have been produced by the most prestigious broadcasters and platforms in the world: Amazon Prime, National Geographic,…
JURADO CONCURSO DOCUMENTALCYNDI LARA PORTELLA INICIO / JURADO OFICIAL / CYNDI LARA PORTELLA Licenciada en Máster de Documental y Estudios Latinoamericanos por la Sorbona y la Universidad Paris Diderot, actualmente es programadora de cortometrajes para el Festival Biarritz Amérique latine. Ha trabajado para diversas organizaciones de creación y distribución de documentales (42º Cinéma du réel,…
CARLOS SAURA CITY OF HUESCA AWARDISAKI LACUESTA HOME / TRIBUTES / CARLOS SAURA CITY OF HUESCA AWARD Filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta will receive the Ciudad de Huesca Carlos Saura Award at the 52nd Huesca International Film Festival. Lacuesta (1975, Girona) has written and directed eleven feature films, as well as short films, television series, various installations,…
LUIS BUÑUEL AWARDVICTORIA ABRIL HOME / TRIBUTES / LUIS BUÑUEL AWARD Actress Victoria Abril will receive the Luis Buñuel Award at the 52nd Huesca International Film Festival. She was born in Madrid (1959) and she showed her passion for the arts from a young age and at just 14, she made her acting debut in…
SELECTION BOARDLORENZO MONTULL HOME / SELECTION BOARD / LORENZO MONTULL Huesca, 1970. Director and filmmaker of documentaries, short films, music videos, and television. Graduated with a Higher Degree in Image and Sound specializing in Audiovisual Media. He participated in various workshops at the School of Cinema in San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba). He began…
SELECTION BOARDANTONIO LACHÓS HOME / SELECTION BOARD / ANTONIO LACHÓS Belver de Cinca (Huesca), 1974. Graduate in Audiovisual Communication. He is currently a professor of Image and Sound in the Higher Cycle of Realization of Audiovisual Projects and Shows at the IES Martínez Vargas in Barbastro (Huesca, Spain).
SELECTION BOARDCINTA TABUENCA HOME / SELECTION BOARD / CINTA TABUENCA Cinta Tabuenca’s academic and professional trajectory is multidisciplinary and revolves around cinema, cultural management, and writing. She studied Audiovisual Communication, then specialized in film at the Metrópolis School in Madrid, and later studied Art History at the University of Salamanca. In 2022, she co-directed, along…