A Conversation with Producer Marisa Fernández Armenteros
Date and time: Tuesday, Nov. 3rd. 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Campus Castellana. Universidad Camilo José Cela
Tickets:
Free admission until full capacity is reached
Type of activity: Talk
Participants:
- Marisa Fernández Armenteros (Spain), producer.
- Piluca Baquero (Spain), producer and director of the Film and Audiovisual Fiction Degree at Camilo José Cela University.
Marisa Fernández Armenteros began her career at the Eurimages film fund and in the audiovisual division of the European Parliament. Between 2004 and 2020, she was associated with The Mediapro Studio, where she participated in the production of more than thirty-five films, including The Good Boss and Midnight in Paris.
In 2020, she co-produced The Mole Agent, directed by Maite Alberdi, a documentary nominated for an Academy Award.
In 2021, she founded Buenapinta Media, through which she produced Lullaby, premiered at the Berlinale and winner of three Goya Awards, and The Movie Teller, directed by Isabel Coixet, which received seven nominations at the Goya and Feroz Awards.
In 2025, she released Sleepless City, which received the SACD Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and The Sundays, winner of the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and five Goya Awards, including Best Film.
In 2026, she presented Three Goodbyes, directed by Isabel Coixet, which premiered in Toronto and at the Seminci Film Festival, as well as Better Class, directed by Víctor García León, at the Málaga Film Festival.
She is a member of the Spanish and European Film Academies and a mentor for The Incubator programme at ECAM.
Piluca Baquero began producing films at the age of 19. Her first feature film, Ojala Val del Omar, was presented at the Venice Film Festival. Since then, she has produced more than twenty feature films and documentaries. In 2017, she made her only foray into directing with the animated documentary El silencio roto, which premiered at SEMINCI. She is currently also Executive Producer at Ramen Studio, where she is developing several fiction formats and is currently co-producing Each of us, a feature film starring Diane Kruger, which is currently in production. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, specializing in production. She was Executive Producer of the 39th Goya Awards, held on February 8 in Granada. She is already preparing for the 40th Goya Awards in the same role.
