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Carmen Ávalos, Tábata Cerezo, Lucía Delgado, and Beli Martínez complete the teaching staff

Bueu 06/05/2024 —  The II edition of the FICBUEU Residency, which will take place during the month of October, announces today the team of professionals who will accompany the residents during their stay on Ons Island. The training program, dedicated to the comprehensive treatment of short films in their development stage, will once again feature different prestigious figures from the film industry, who will personally accompany and mentor each project.

This time, the training team will be led by director and screenwriter Estibaliz Urresola as a mentor. Graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the University of the Basque Country and in Film Editing from the ECIT, her debut film, 20,000 especies de abejas, screened during the last edition of FICBUEU, was awarded at this year’s Goya Awards for Best New Direction and Best Original Screenplay. Throughout a week, the Basque director will conduct individual sessions with each of the authors for the review of the works and their progress.

In addition to individual tutorials and group exchange spaces with Urresola, the residents will have access to three specific training sessions on different subjects to strengthen their projects: gender perspective scriptwriting taught by Carmen Ávalos. Doctor, screenwriter, and anthropologist with extensive experience in film and teaching. She has conducted various seminars and courses on writing scripts with a gender perspective, being a reference at the national level; the importance of intimacy coordination on set by IntimAct (Tábata Cerezo and Lucía Delgado). Founded in 2021, IntimAct becomes a pioneering project in intimacy coordination in Spain, being among the first professionals certified as such in our territory; and first steps after finishing a script, taught by Beli Martínez. Doctor in Audiovisual Communication and founding producer of Filmika Galaika, she becomes one of the main promoters of Novo Cinema Galego.

After completing the program, the organization will once again select one of the participating scripts for its development and production, which will be carried out through a collaboration agreement with a Galician production company.

The proposal reception period is now open and will extend until May 15. All information and documentation regarding the call is available on the website www.ficbueu.com/residencia