Juries
Pepe Coira
Screenwriter, teacher and film critic.
He has a degree in geography and history from the USC and diploma in history and aesthetics of cinematography from the University of Valladolid. He was a film critic and editor at El Correo Gallego; Director of the CGAI and associate professor at UVigo. He also held the position of director of development and deputy director of the production company Voz Audiovisual, as well as the head of development and executive producer of Filmax TV. As a screenwriter he has written for the TVG programs Extramuros and Luces da Cidade and the multi-award-winning fiction series Hierro and Rapa. He recently co-wrote and co-directed the feature film Beiras. Vivir 2 veces.
Melania Cruz
Actor.
She specialized in textual interpretation at ESAD in Galicia. She has a master’s in pedagogy and theatrical animation from the University of Vigo. In 2012, together with four other professionals, she founded ilMaquinario Teatro, a company with which she received several awards and participated in national and international festivals. In 2016 she undertook a personal project with director and actor Tito Asorey: A Quinta do Cuadrante. In cinema she has worked on projects such as A Esmorga, Sicixia, María Solinha, Dhogs, Arima, Contou Rosalía, Trote and Ons, receiving numerous awards in both national and international competitions.
Luisa Romeo
Film producer.
She graduated from EAVE in 2016, being selected by the ICAA as the Spanish representative in Producers on the Move in the 2018 edition of the Cannes Film Festival as well as in ACE Producers in 2021. In addition, she is a member of the Film Academy, the Galician Audiovisual Academy, of the Audiovisual Cluster of the Canary Islands and the Audiovisual Cluster of Galicia. She is part of the board of directors of the Galician Association of Independent Producers (AGAPI). In 2008 she founded Frida Fims, with which she has produced titles such as Trote, Gallo, María (y los demás), The Walker, El arca de Noé, Los increibles and La mujer del eternauta.
