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Friday, 01 October 2021

Who does not want to attend screenings, conferences, workshops or presentations in person again? We have been looking forward to it for so long… This is the reason why the 4th edition of the Film Festival for Women has prepared some very attractive parallel activities.

To improve our reality which is so uneven we must make visible new female references that are inspiring to the youngest women. Therefore, one of our objectives is to highlight the talent of women throughout THE VALUE-CREATING PRODUCTION CHAIN (Cultural Value Chain): creation & training → production & screening → distribution & sales → promotion & marketing → consumption and accessibility.

Under the motto #Visibilidadparalaigualdad -#visisbilityforequality- we have organized 5 round tables, 2 master classes, 2 dialogues with directors, 1 talk, 1 online course and 14 film presentations and talks with their creators, in which we will deepen in the audiovisual training of our audience. For 10 days you will have the opportunity to learn live with all these experts.

Check our program and DON’T MISS IT!

ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

October, Thursday 28th
Activities promoted by the Comunidad de Madrid
Salón de Actos de la Comunidad de Madrid. Calle de Alcalá 31
Free entrance, until capacity is completed.

5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Round table: "Composing music for cinema"
Participants:

Eva Gancedo. Composer. Winner of a Goya award for Best Original Music for L Buena Estrella and recipient of the Medal of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers for Best Music.
Aránzazu Calleja. Winner of a Goya award for Best Original Music for Akelarre, along with Maite Arroitajauregi. Composer of soundtracks for films such as El Hoyo, Pagafantas, Psiconautas and Los Niños Olivos.
Isabel Royán. Composer, orchestrator and sound designer. She has put music and sound imagery to films, stage works, video games and other audiovisual formats.

Host: Carolina Hengstenberg, composer, arranger, orchestrator, music director and composition delegate at the CIMA.

6.45pm to 8.15pm. Master class by Shahrbanoo Sadat, Afghan film director, winner of the 3rd edition of the Women's Film Festival and member of the jury of the 4th Festival 2021

Facilitator: Elena Manrique. Film producer and member of the festival's programming committee.

shahrbanoo sadat

Movie director Shahrbanoo Sadat from Afghanistan

October Friday 29th
Activity promoted by the Fundación Pedro Zerolo
Cinemateca Pedro Zerolo. Calle Tribulete nº 20.
Free entrance, until capacity is completed.

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Round table: “Will she eventually? Living and dead lesbians in audiovisual fiction"

Why is death the fatal end of many lesbians in audiovisual fiction? Is it really a repeating pattern? The Dead Lesbian Syndrome, a narrative cliché used by critics and theoreticians, is still present in films and series ... But what are the reasons behind it? What other narratives can be considered? These questions will be answered in a round table where experts, professionals and the audience will discuss on the persistence of this phenomenon.
Participants:

Lucía Vázquez Rodríguez. Researcher in Latin American queer women in the movies.
Marta Pérez Adrohez. Psychologist, specialized in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Facilitator: Eva Hernández, professor of audiovisual text theory at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid

November, Tuesday 2nd
Activity programmed by the Casa de América
Casa de Ámerica. Plaza de Cibeles s / n.Free entrance, until capacity is completed.

6.30 pm Talk : "The stories I want to tell and from the place I want to tell them", with Paula Hernández, director of Las siamesas.

Activity promoted by the Camilo José Cela University
Salón de Actos de la Escuela de Postgrado de la Universidad Camilo José Cela. Calle Almagro nº 5.
Admission: free until full capacity (40 seats).

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Master class with María Luisa Gutiérrez, from Bowfinger, producer of many blockbuster films in the Spanish industry
Host: Piluca Baquero. Director of the Film Degree at the Camilo José Cela University.

November, Wednesday 3rd
Activity programmed by the Casa de América
Casa de América. Plaza de Cibeles s/n.
Free entrance, until capacity is completed.

6.30 pm. Talk: "Construct and de-construct in a certain way". The work of Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez will be introduced by María Luisa Ortega, PhD and Professor of Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The talk will take place before the screening of the restored copy of the feature film De cierta manera -In a certain way- (Cuba, 1974), which was concluded by Tomás Gutiérrez-Alea and Julio García Espinosa, after the passing away of the filmmaker.

November Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd
Online activity promoted by the Goethe-Institut in Madrid
Free online participation by prior registration enclosing a motivation letter at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (25 places).

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Online course: "German Cinema: austere feminism / exuberant feminism", with Lucía Salas, film critic, curator, Argentine filmmaker and member of the programming committee of the Punto de Vista Festival in Pamplona.

directoras participantes en el festival

Film directors Ángeles Cruz (Mexico), Cecília Felméri (Hungary and Romania) and Paula Hernández (Argentina)

Thursday, November 4th
Activities promoted by Fundación Telefónica
Auditorio del Espacio Fundación Telefónica. Calle de Fuencarral nº 3
Free entry with prior registration on the Espacio Fundación Telefónica website.

5:30 pm to 19:00 pm. Round table: "How did you get there? Case studies of the film directors participating in the festival"
Participants:

Ángeles Cruz, director of the film Nudo Mixteco. Mexico
Paula Hernández, director of the film Las siamesas. Argentina
Cecília Felméri, director of the film Spiral. Hungary and Romania
Clara Roquet, director of the film Libertad. Spain.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, director of Clara Sola. Costa Rica and Sweden

Facilitator: Elena Manrique. Film producer and member of the festival's programming committee.

7.30 pm to 9.00 pm. Round table: "Home cinema. What do platforms want? Debate with directors and programmers of large audiovisual platforms"
Participants:

Jaume Ripoll. Co-founder and head of content and development at FILMIN.
María Rubín. Responsible for Spanish cinema at Movistar +.
Antonio Trashorras. Creative executive of original programming for HBO Spain. Screenwriter, Director and Executive Producer of television and cinema.

Moderator: Carlos Heredero. Film critic and historian, director of the magazine Caimán Cuadernos de Cine and author of the book Encrucijada: cinema, festivals, platforms (IBAFF / Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 2020-2021).

expertas participantes en el festival

Experts Barbara Orlicz-Szczypuła (Krakow Film Festival), Stefanie Görtz (IFFF) and Gaia Furrer (Venice Festival)

Activity promoted by Fundación Telefónica and organized with the collaboration of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).
Auditorio del Espacio Fundación Telefónica. Calle de Fuencarral nº 3
Free entry with prior registration at the Espacio Fundación Telefónica website.

From 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Round table: "The role of festivals and marketplaces in the age of digital platforms"
Participants:

Barbara Orlicz-Szczypuła. President of the Krakow Film Foundation and deputy director of the Krakow Film Festival. Poland.
Stefanie Görtz. Programmer of the IFFF, Internationales Frauen * Film Fest Dortmund + Köln. Germany.
Gaia Furrer. Artistic director of Giornate degli Autori, Venice Film Festival. Italy.

Facilitator: Elena Manrique. Film producer and member of the festival's programming committee.

Saturday, November 6th
Activity programmed by Casa de América
Casa de América. Plaza de Cibeles s/n.
Free entrance, until capacity is completed

6.30 pm. Dialogue: "Diversity is wealth", with actress and filmmaker Ángeles Cruz, director of Nudo Mixteco