2many Films? Artefact, Climax and Outcome

Jorge Caballero is a teleconnections engineer and audiovisual communicator. He has an MA in Interactive Media and is working on a PhD in Film and Artificial Intelligence and an MA in Data Science. His research measures impact metrics in film and explores cinema’s capacity to create prosocial behavioural changes. He has carried out several data studies on filmmaking. He is the cofounder of GusanoFilms and Estocástica production companies. He has directed Bagatela, Nacer, Paciente, Crónica o Dora and produced Del otro lado, El síndrome de los quietos, Robin Bank and TORO, among others.

Anna Giralt Gris graduated in audiovisual communication and has an MA in Social Communication Research. She works as a new media consultant and teaches digital narrative. Her latest work as co-screenwriter and user experience designer was the virtual reality experience Chronicle of a Vanished City. She directed and produced Robin Bank and 44 Messages from Catalonia, as well as several internationally acclaimed documentary shorts in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. She is cofounding member of Gusano Films and Estocástica production companies.

Víctor Alonso-Berbel is cofounder of Fractal 7 Films production company. He was recently awarded the Jury Award for Best Latino Director by the Directors Guild of America at the Student Film Awards for the sci-fi short Perfectly Natural (2018), which has been watched by over five million people. He has worked in development departments at Lionsgate, Endurance Media and La Panda and has developed projects as a screenwriter for Atresmedia and Movistar+. He is currently developing his first narrative feature, Moderación.

Nely Reguera made her directorial debut with María (y los demás), which premiered at San Sebastián, before going on to win a Feroz Award for Best Leading Actress and two Goya nominations. In 2017 she was awarded the Pepón Coromina Award for Innovation, Creativity and Risk. She works closely with A Bao A Qu on the Cinema en curs project and teaches at UPF and ESCAC. Her second feature, La voluntaria, premiered at the Málaga Festival. She has directed several episodes of the series Benvinguts a la família (TV3) and Valeria (Netflix) and is currently shooting two episodes of the Movistar+ series Galgos.

Gabriela Iacob is a screenwriter and script doctor at her storytelling studio Storyliners. She studied film directing at univesity in the University in Bucharest. She was head of development at Media Pro Pictures studio, where she set up a content department to handle intellectual property and talent tutoring. She has worked with emerging screenwriters throughout most of her career. She is currently head of content development at Pro TV, sits on the selection committee at Cinema Pendent and is overseeing the new Mentoring Projects programme at Alternativa Pro.

Jana Díaz Juhl is a multidisciplinary producer based in Los Angeles and cofounder of Amplitud, a production company focused on new Latin queer and female voices. Its first feature, The Chambermaid, premiered at TIFF and was Mexico’s candidate for the 2020 Oscars. She previously worked as a producer at La Panda Productions: Open Windows (Berlín), 10,000 km (AFIF), Anchor and Hope (SXSW) and Nobody’s Watching (TFF). Farrucas, the short she cowrote with Ian de La Rosa, won a Gaudí Award for Best Short Film.

Miquel Escudero is a programmer and film critic. He is a member of the selection committee for the Semaine de la Critique at Cannes and a programmer at Festival Entrevues in Belfort. He works as a project reader and consultant at La Fabrique de Cinémas du Monde, Rawi Screenwriters Lab in Jordan, Residència de guions at the Acadèmia del Cinema Català and Cinema Pendent. He is a contributor to magazines such as Sofilm, Dirigido Por and Caimán Cuadernos de Cine. He programmes for Cinechilex and is an agent and curator for the avant-garde filmmakers collective Obscuritads.

Ana Pernia is a member of the team of curators and conservators at State Museums in Spain. She has worked professionally as a cultural manager in several areas in the field of heritage. She works at the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) to coordinate support for audiovisual work, labs and incubators and cinema and other venues.

Jorge Caballero is a teleconnections engineer and audiovisual communicator. He has an MA in Interactive Media and is working on a PhD in Film and Artificial Intelligence and an MA in Data Science. His research measures impact metrics in film and explores cinema’s capacity to create prosocial behavioural changes. He has carried out several data studies on filmmaking. He is the cofounder of GusanoFilms and Estocástica production companies. He has directed Bagatela, Nacer, Paciente, Crónica o Dora and produced Del otro lado, El síndrome de los quietos, Robin Bank and TORO, among others.

Iris Martín Peralta is the founder of the distribution company Exit Media, which has distributed several Spanish films in italy. She runs the Festival del cine español de Italia, held annually in over twenty cities and which this year celebrates its 15th edition. She produced the documentary Goodbye Ringo, the short Garbatella and the feature Lejos de los árboles, by Maritxell Colell (in development with Allegra Films).

Pilar Toro graduated in journalism and audiovisual communication. She has over ten years’ experience in the audiovisual entertainment industry. She took her first professional steps with the launch of Canal+ Xtra, was closely involved with Calle 13’s project #littlesecretfilm and was community manager for DeAPlaneta for the film La llamada. She has worked in companies such as NBCUniversal and Netflix, where she was first social media brand strategist in Amsterdam and later marketing manager in Madrid. She is currently director of marketing and communication at Filmin.

Virginia Pablos graduated in audiovisual communication and has a Master’s Degree in Digital Film. In 2011 she set up Sin Fin Cinema, based in London and Amsterdam, to promote the screening and distribution of films in general and Spanish cinema in particular. She has crafted and produced several film programmes for institutions and festivals. In 2015 she helped set up the Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival.