Intimate Scenes and Consent

Lola Clavo is one of the first Intimacy Coordinators (IC) in Spain and provides guidance regarding intimate scenes featuring simulated sex or nudity, especially with LGBTIQ+ content, BDSM and sex work. She works as an IC in mainstream productions for Netflix, Movistar, Filmax and Disney, as well as for independent projects, short films and music videos. She teaches for the MA in Film Direction at ESCAC and the BA in Acting at the Institut del Teatre and is a member and founder of RED ICIE and AESCI, the Spanish Association of Intimacy Coordination Professionals. She works closely with the abuse prevention service in the audiovisual sector of the Catalan Film Academy.

Ariadna Dot Casanovas is an up-and-coming producer who works for the companies Lastor Media and Vilau?t Films. Her recent projects include the acclaimed features Alcarra?s, directed by Carla Simon (Golden Bear at the 2022 Berlinale); Suro, by Mikel Gurrea (official competition at the San Sebastián Festival 2022); Libertad, by Clara Roque (Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival 2021); and Costa Brava, Lebanon, by Mounia Akl (Extra Horizons at the Venice Film Festival 2021).

Laura Jou began her career as a professional actress in the late 1980s. In 2001 she started working as a coach for child and teenage actors. She has served as an acting coach for filmmakers such as Alejandro Iñárritu, Juan Antonio Bayona, and Agustín Villaronga, among others. She also runs her own studio, where she trains both new actors and professionals in acting techniques. In 2019 she directed her first feature film, La vida sense la Sara Amat, which won several awards and excellent reviews. In 2021 she directed Cucut, a five-episode series for TV3, followed by Fácil, alongside Anna R. Costa, for Movistar+. She is currently in postproduction for her film Caída libre and in preproduction for a new series for Prime Video, La academia.

Carme Puche is a director and screenwriter. She worked in journalism for over fifteen years before throwing herself into filmmaking. Camille (2011) won Best Screenplay by a New Director at the Sitges Festival. She is currently working on her second documentary feature, Totes les mares, alongside projects engaging with artificial intelligence, such as My Word (selected for the +Rain Film Fest and featured as part of the AI exhibition at the Barbican Centre and the CCCB). She is vice-president of Dones Visuals and a mother of two.