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Maui Alena
Project Coordinator and Curator

EFilm enthusiast, communicator, programmer and researcher, a well-known specialist in Curating and Development of Cinematographic and Audiovisual Projects from the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (Spain), and also a full film and TV editor from the Cinematographic Research Centre (Argentina).Between 2007 and the present day he has worked as programmer, lab coordinator and tutor at festivals and cultural institutions such as the Buenos Aires BAFICI, the Mar del Plata Festival, Márgenes Madrid, Doc Lisboa, Bilbao’s ZINEBI, the Recoleta Cultural Centre and the Buenos Aires “Bienal Arte Joven”.

Noemi Cuetos
Curator and communicator

She has a degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication, also a specialist diploma in Cultural Communication, and a Ph.D in Film Curating from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola Film School. She spent seven years as coordinator for Comunicación de Documental Ambulante A.C., a Mexican organisation which fosters the documentary genre. She has also worked with Vitrine Filmes, Doxa Producciones, Tabakalera-Donostia, the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts-ICAA’s Marketing Department, Donostia’s Human Rights Film Festival, and also Crew United. She now heads up the Films Sector at ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones.

Jorge Tur
Filmmaker and directing/script tutor

Lecturer and coordinator on the UAB Creative Documentary Master’s course, filmmaker and directing/script tutor, with over 10 years’ experience in the field. He has sat on subsidy committees and his films have been a feature at festivals such as Bafici, Doclisboa, Visions Du Réel, Zinebi, Punto de Vista, Vila do Conde and Dei Popoli, among others. His work has been included in collections such as “La última risa” [The last laugh] at The Lincoln Center in New York. He has worked as programmer for Xcèntric-CCCB. He is co-author of the book Territorios y Fronteras II, and has contributed to the periodical Caimán.

Aida Vallejo
Professor at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

Lecturer in films at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/ EHU), specialising in creation documentaries and film festivals. She co-edited two books, Documentary Film Festivals (Vol. 1 & 2) and Film Festivals and Anthropology, and also headed up the ikerFESTS research project (about festivals in the Basque Country). She has been a member of documentary selection committees (for Zinemaldia’s forum and the Bizkaia Provincial Council), and a member of the jury panel at a number of international festivals. She is coordinator of the European Film Academy in Spain’s university awards.

Alejandro Alvarado Jódar
Filmmaker, lecturer and researcher at the University of Málaga

Alejandro Alvarado Jódar is a filmmaker, lecturer and researcher at the University of Málaga. As director he teams up in a creative tandem with Concha Barquero. Together they have directed, scripted and edited a dozen films, mainly creation documentaries and experimental work. One of their best known short films is Descartes (2021), while the feature films include Pepe el andaluz (2012) and Caja de resistencia (2024). He has sat on the Selection Committee for the official short film section at the Málaga Festival and the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts-ICAA Committee for Selective Aid for the Production of Feature Films and Short Films.

Antonio Miguel Arenas
Coordinator of the ECAM distributor.

AAntonio Miguel Arenas (Granada, 1986) has a Degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Málaga. In 2012 he created Revista Magnolia, an online film analysis and critique publication, which he coordinated for five years. He soon began to alternate his film critic vocation with communication and management of festivals, working with the Punto de Vista Festival’s press department in 2016 and 2017. In 2018 he was selected in the first intake of the Curating postgraduate course at San Sebastián’s Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola Film School. He has been artistic director of Granada’s Young Filmmakers Festival since 2021. He is now coordinator of the ECAM distributor.

Montserrat Armengou Martín
Director of “Sense Ficció” by Televisió de Catalunya TV3

Her research work, such as “Los niños perdidos del franquismo”, “Las fosas del silencio”, “Devolvedme a mi hijo”, “Abuelo, te sacaré de aquí!” or “Los internados del miedo”, have brought a number of hitherto unknown aspects of Franco’s dictatorship to light, and have won her international awards (National Culture Award, FIGRA Grand Prix, Memorimage, Montecarlo, IFTA, Liberpress-Radio France Internationale etc.). In the absence of any public memory policies on the part of the Spanish state, her documentaries have served as a tool of reparation for the victims.

Concha Barquero Artés
Filmmaker, programmer and lecturer at the University of Málaga

Concha Barquero Artés is a filmmaker, programmer and lecturer at the University of Málaga. She combines research into documentary films with programming and cinematographic creation. As director she teams up in a creative tandem with Alejandro Alvarado. She has sat on the Official Documentary Selection Committee for the Málaga Festival, she has also worked as coordinator of Málaga Docs. Encuentro de Cine Documental (Mafiz), and consultant for ICEX (Cannes and Hotdocs). She helped write the books Film Undone. Elements of a Latent Cinema (Archive Books) and No se está quieto.

Maria Basagoiti Salazar
Joint head of antenna rights and co-productions

With a degree in Audiovisual Communication and a master’s in Film Industry Business Management, María has worked for more than 10 years on the production of programmes, reality shows and fiction in Mediaset, Video Media and Pausoka, among others. Between 2021 and 2024 she worked on administering the creation of the OTTs Primeran and Makusi , and now works at EITB as joint head of antenna rights and co-productions.

Arkaitz Basterra
Director and scriptwriter

As a director and screenwriter, Arkaitz Basterra completed films that premiered at San Sebastian IFF and Montreal World FF and is currently developing two documentary series. Arkaitz is also a specialized film consultant, advising international producers on script and film development, international funding, international sales and marketing strategies. He is, at the same time, a creative producer for Garachico Film Service and adviser of Moby Dick Film Capital, a venture capital fund.

Paola Buontempo
Filmmaker, programmer and lecturer at the Film University (FUC)

She holds a degree in Audiovisual Arts from La Plata’s Universidad Nacional (UNLP). She studied History of Art and Photography Directing. Her short films Las instancias del vértigo (2010), Los animales (2012) and Las fuerzas (2018) were screened at Cinéma du Réel, Film at Lincoln Center, FICUNAM, BAFICI among others. She was programmer for La Plata’s Independent International Film Festival (Festifreak). From 2018 to 2023 she worked on the programming team at the La Plata International Film Festival. She lectures at Universidad del Cine (FUC), the Film University.

Raphaëlle Cittanova
Networking and coproduction at Cannes Docs

Raphaëlle Cittanova is a producer at Itsi Bitsi Films with over a decade of experience in film production for cinema and television. She is also producing workshops for filmmakers and media artists at UnionDocs, a documentary art center in New York. Since 2023, she is managing networking events and coproduction meetings at Cannes Docs, the documentary industry platform of the Marché du Film at the Festival de Cannes.

Marion Czarny
Programmer and project manager

Marion Czarny is a programmer and project manager based in Paris. Holder of a master’s degree in Cultural Project Management from la Sorbonne Nouvelle, she did part of her studies in the United States (OSU) and Ireland (UCD). She was an editorial assistant for cinema magazines and worked on the selection committees of several festivals. Head of Campus at Fipadoc, she supervises all editorial content for the young audience, students and emerging professionals.

Ione Feijoo
Head of marketing, communication and international development of Basque. Audiovisual.

She holds a degree in Humanities and Communication from the University of Deusto, and worked for twelve years at a communication agency, where she started out as an accounts executive managing clients and carrying out digital projects, and coordinating events and trade fairs, among other functions. In 2022 she joined Zineuskadi to work on the marketing, communication and international development of the Basque Audiovisual brand, through market presence, strategies in digital environments and brand content via specialist media.

Tamara García Iglesias
Curator and filmmaker

She was artistic director of the Aguilar de Campoo International Short Film Festival for five years, and also spent four years as programmer for the MAPA Collective associated with the Arteleku Art Centre. Within the last decade she has curated the following films: “Mujer/Máquina/Fábrica”, “Imágenes Secuenciadas” (2021); “Marcar. Signar. Notar” (2020); “BRBA Irratia” (2021); “Mitominas. Narcisa Hirsch” (2016); “This is Just To Say” (2016). She also took charge of cinematographic production for the following films: “Sobre Todo de Noche” (2023); “O Gemer” (2022)“, “La Piba de Oro” (2021) and “Zarata” (2023).

Ainhoa González Sanchiz
Head of Creative Europe Desk – MEDIA Basque Country

She holds a University of Deusto diploma as technical officer for businesses and tourism activities. She drew most of her employment experience from the MEDIA Basque Country Creative Europe Desk, where she has been working since 2002, and has headed up as of 2012. She has been working from this office to promote Basque films, and has been involved with some of Europe’s major international markets.

Berry Hahn
Sales Agent and film programmer

Berry Hahn is currently representing fiction and documentary features at Square Eyes. Regularly serving as jury member and decision maker on various international events, she has been actively involved in supporting emerging storytellers shaping a strong film ecosystem between the Global South and North. Getting Real fellow (2024), she is also a Realness Institute alumna and participated to U30 (2023) with Locarno Pro and to the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy (2021).

Louise Martin Papasian
Filmmaker and film curator

French filmmaker and programmer of Armenian origin, with a Master’s qualification from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (2023). After studying philosophy in Paris and Buenos Aires, where she began her trajectory in documentary films, she made her first short film, Appelé-զորակոչիկ (2021), which was premiered at Visions du Réel and selected for a number of festivals in France and elsewhere. She has been a member of the FIDMarseille selection committee since 2021. She has sat on a number of jury panels (Beirut Shorts, Go Short Nijmegen, FICValdivia), and recently worked with the periodicals Sabzian and Fidback.

Noé Mendelle
Head of the Scottish Documentary Institute

She began her film career at Steel Bank Films (1982), a Channel 4 film workshop based in Sheffield. She is an experienced director and producer on the international scene, and has worked on numerous prizewinning documentaries for festivals and broadcasting channels. She created the Scottish Documentary Institute in 2004 and set up a number of programmes to develop creative documentary in Scotland, such as Bridgend the Gap, This is Scotland, Right Here, and Edinburgh Pitch. In 2019 she was appointed as a member of the Academy for the documentaries section.

Nevena Milašinović
Sales agent and distribution specialist

As part of Lightdox team, Nevena oversees distribution and sales in Central & Eastern Europe, Asia, LATAM and Africa. She embraced the challenge of mastering the most promising and excitingly evolving markets with worlds of creativity and innovativeness. She graduated Painting at the Academy of Arts Banjaluka and holds a Master’s degree in Stage Design from Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. Nevena has been working in sales and distribution of documentary films since 2015, with a deep focus on VOD and festival distribution.

Ana Peláez
Executive Producer of Co-Production Documentaries at RTVE

With twenty-nine years under her professional belt in communication media, press, radio, agencies and television, she is currently Executive Producer of Co-Production Documentaries at RTVE. She has been working full-time on documentaries at RTVE since 2007, initially as scriptwriter and director of in-house documentary productions for various spaces (La aventura del saber, Monográficos, Los oficios de la cultura) and subsequently as director of Imprescindibles (2013-2021) and Los oficios de la cultura (2009-2013).

Leticia Pérez Rico
Head of documentaries and music with Movistar Plus+

Currently at Movistar Plus+ as head of documentaries and music. She holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from UCM (Madrid’s Universidad Complutense). A specialist in contents and national and international market trends. She has over twenty years’ experience in functions related to programming, selection and production of contents on free-to-air and pay TV – documentaries, factual, films and series. She has extensive experience in the sector at leading companies such as Canal Satélite Digital, Cuatro, Mediaset and Movistar Plus+.

Daria Voumard
Locarno Pro Industry Manager at Locarno Film Festival

Media Management graduate, began her career in communications and journalism, working for several media platforms. She has worked at the Locarno Film Festival’s industry hub Locarno Pro for 7 years, now as Industry Manager. She coordinates industry activities and curates the First Look work-in-progress section and the Heritage Online classic films database.