Judith Colell on Women's Cinema in Spain
Speaker(s): Judith Colell Pallar猫s (Catalan Film Academy and Universitat Ramon Llull)
Judith Colell Pallar猫s joins us to talk about some of her movies and to address the current state of affairs for women cinema creators in Spain.
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"Nosotras tambi茅n existimos: La eclosi贸n de las mujeres cineastas en la Pen铆nsula Ib茅rica"
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En 2006, un grupo de mujeres directoras de cine espa帽olas creamos CIMA (Asociaci贸n de mujeres cineastas) en respuesta a la sensaci贸n generalizada de nuestra invisibilidad enfrente de nuestros compa帽eros directores. "Es que no hay" era la respuesta cada vez que exig铆amos m谩s presencia femenina en nuestro cine. 16 a帽os m谩s tarde, las mujeres se han ido poco a poco situando en primera l铆nea de la cinematograf铆a espa帽ola y europea en general. Los festivales de Cannes, Venecia y Berl铆n tuvieron como ganadoras a pel铆culas dirigidas por mujeres el 2021. Esta eclosi贸n no es casual. La aparici贸n de nuevos referentes que se empezaron a fraguar ese 2006 ha contribuido claramente a este auge del cine femenino.
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Judith Colell is a Film Director and screenwriter, President of the Catalan Film Academy, Ex-Vice President of the Spanish Film Academy, and founder member of CIMA (Association of Audiovisual Women.) Born in Barcelona, she graduated from Art History at the University of Barcelona and obtained her Certificate in Film from the New York University. Combining her work as director with university teaching, she has taught cinema and script at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Universitat of Girona, among others, and since 2017 is professor and director of the Degree in Audovisual Communication at Blanquerna (Universitat Ramon Llull.)
She has directed a number of films, including Dones/Mujeres (2001,) awarded at the Sitges Film Festival, and Elisa K (2010,) winner of the Jury鈥檚 Special Award at the San Sebast铆an International Film Festival, the Honorable Jury Mention at Nantes, a Goya for best adapted script and nominated to 5 Gaud铆 Prizes. She has also directed the telefilms Fragmentos (2003,) Positivos (2008,) Radiaciones (2012,) and El ultimo baile de Carmen Amaya (2014.) Her most recent film, 15 horas, a story of a female victim of gender violence, shot entirely in Santo Domingo, is a production of the Dominican Republic which has been recognized with the Signis Prize at the M谩laga Film Festival.听
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Respondent: Cristina Moreiras-Menor (University of Michigan), Visiting Professor in ILAC AY22-23.
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Before the talk, on October 27, we will screen the film that Colell will discuss. The film and talk will be in Spanish (castellano), questions may be asked in Spanish, Catalan, or English. This two-part event is part of the course on "The Female Gaze" (ILAC 104) in which we are exploring questions of gazing, gender, and positionality in Iberian cinema, photography, and narrative fiction.
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If you have any questions, please contact the ILAC 104 instructor, Laura Men猫ndez Gorina, lauramen [at] stanford.edu (lauramen[at]stanford[dot]edu)
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This event is possible thanks to an grant, with co-sponsorship from the Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures (ILAC) and . (More co-sponsors will be added as we receive their confirmations.)