Malaga Talent Award Winner Elena Martín Speaks ‘Creatura’ Success and How Female Spanish Directors Are ‘Changing the Paradigm’
variety.comRafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor When Spanish multi-hyphenate Elena Martín Gimeno first got a call to say she would be this year’s recipient of the Málaga Talent Award at the prestigious Malaga Film Festival, she felt it was a “full circle moment.” Having premiered her feature debut “Júlia Ist” at the festival almost a decade ago, the director credits the launchpad as having “made her career possible,” catapulting her to premiere her sophomore effort “Creatura” to great acclaim at Directors’ Fortnight in 2023.
Gimeno directed, wrote and starred in “Creatura,” which went on to win Best European Film at Directors’ Fortnight, six Gaudí Awards, and three nominations for the Goya Awards.
As a director and screenwriter, on top of her two feature films, Gimeno has worked on fiction projects such as Canneseries double winner “Vida Perfecta” by Leticia Dolera and “Veneno” by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, their first big international breakout.
The creative also frequently works with theater and has co-founded the experimental stage laboratory Els malnascuts at Barcelona’s Sala Beckett, and the artistic collective VVAA.
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