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JOANA GRANERO SANCHEZ Director
Born in Tarragona, Joana studied Law in Barcelona. After living in Italy she then went to London, where she worked in publishing and studied for a MSc in Political and Social Theory from Birkbeck College. Out of a passion for cinema she created the London Spanish Film Festival in 2005, an event that was to fill in a gap in London's cultural panorama by bringing contemporary Spanish cinema together in a well-defined context. Using Tristana Media as platform, she curates and produces other cultural and film related events in London and other cities. In 2008 the Ambassador of Spain in London awarded her with the civil merit medal (Orden de Isabel la Católica) in recognition of her work. |
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NOEMI CUETOS FERNANDEZ Press Relations
Born in Vitoria, 1983, Noemi graduated in Journalism & Audiovisual Communication from the University of Navarra, with an intercalary semester studying at the University of Sheffield. She has worked at various Spanish newspapers, in radio, a Non Governmental Organisation, a film distribution company, on a movie as a production coordinator and as a press officer at several international film festivals (San Sebastian, Punto de Vista, London Latin American Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, The Times BFI London Film Festival). |
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KAREN McDONALD Graphic Designer
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Karen has lived in London since 1993. Following a design background culminating in employment as Design Manager for a London based publishing company, she now runs Kargan Media, a graphic design company, delivering both print and online projects. Kargan Media has also worked on several digital arts and media projects. She has been involved since the beginning with Tristana Media and the London Spanish Film Festival. |
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MARIA UGARTE GALIANA
Born in San Sebastián, Maria graduated in Journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid. She has completed internships in radio and at the press office of San Sebastian International Film Festival. She has also worked on several film festivals as a volunteer. In 2009, Maria studied a Master in Documentary and Society at ESCAC, Barcelona, and she was responsible for the direction of sound and production in the short documentary of the master called Pecho a las balas. |
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MAITE VILLARINO VICENTE
Maite was born in Barcelona where she studied her BA on Audiovisual Communication. During her career she has worked on several international film festivals (Sitges, BAAF, In-EDIT, BFM, DLA) as well as in TV and the Theatre Industry. She has recently finished her MA in Global Cinemas at SOAS, University of London. Before working with the London Spanish Film Festival, she worked for a year at Momentum Pictures within their internship scheme program. |
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JESUS MATEOS DE LA VARGA
Jesús was born in Madrid, 1982. After completing a degree in Media and Communications and several year's experience as an events producer, Jesús left Spain to pursue a career as a filmmaker in London. In 2009 he wrote and directed his first short film, began programming for film festivals and founded a film exhibition organisation, Land in Focus, combining his passion for cinema and his previous experience in events. Currently he is pursuing an MA in Film Curating through the London Consortium at the London Film School and working on the script of his second short film. |
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PROFESSOR MARIA DELGADO
Professor of Theatre and Screen Arts at Queen Mary (University of London), Maria is also Programme Advisor to the London Film Festival and chairs the Board of the theatre company ATC. She has published works on theatre and film, which have been translated into several languages. Her film reviews have appeared in Sight and Sound and on BBC Radio's Night Waves, Front Row and the Film Programme. |
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PROFESSOR PETER W. EVANS
Professor of Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, Peter has published several books on Spanish (for instance, on Bunuel, Almodovar and Bigas Luna), Hollywood, and British cinema, as well as articles on varied subjects such as Catherine Deneuve, Tango (Carlos Saura, 1998), and the films of Jose Luis Borau. His book on Top Hat (Sandrich, 1935) will be published in September 2010. |
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PROFESSOR ISABEL SANTAOLALLA
Isabel is Professor of Spanish and Film Studies and Director of the Hispanic Research Centre at Roehampton University London. She has published on USA and European (especially Spanish) cinema. She has recently completed a book on Iciar Bollaín (Manchester University Press, Iberian and Latin American Filmmakers Series). She co-organised the 'Buñuel 2000' and 'Transnationalism in Iberian and Latin American Cinemas' conferences, and is involved with the 'FISahara' International Film Festival (Dakhla, Algeria) and the 'European Psychoanalytical Film Festival' (London). |
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