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Su último trabajo es el guion original de la película Violetas que ha conseguido hasta la fecha dos premios: Premio al mejor largometraje del Festival Inquiet de Valencia y mención especial y premio del público en Festival ZOOM de Igualada.
Directora y guionistas de los cortometrajes Ciudadanos de ninguna parte y Riesgos laborales.
Productora, directora y guionista del cortometraje Enjauladas.
Directora y guionista del documental Jesucristo Flamenco, el documental.
Miembro de CIMA (Asociación de Mujeres Cineastas y de Medios Audiovisuales).
Miembro del Jurado para las Ayudas al Desarrollo de Guiones del Instituto de la Cinematografía y las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)(Ministerio de Cultura) Año 2009 y 2010
Asesora del Comité que Adjudica las Ayudas para las el Desarrollo de Proyectos del Instituto de la Cinematografía y las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)(Ministerio de Cultura)Año 2010
Miembro del Jurado de Guiones de Cortos de Archidona Cinema 2009 y 2010.
Reviews
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)
An essential film. Fantastic.
An essential film. A necessary film for every filmmaker. An essential document for future filmmakers but also for experienced filmmakers who want to apply the gender perspective to walk towards a better and more just world. A basic guide that should be disseminated in all film schools around the world. A meticulous and very careful job. Contains examples of films with a gender perspective film analysis. Very interesting interviews that open a new horizon to society. It is a courageous work very well founded and perfectly explained. That is why it can be very uncomfortable for the industry. Congratulations.
The Forsaken (2015)
Mirrors of the id
"The wrong we have done, thought or intent-ed, will wreck its vengeance on our souls" C.G Jung. The Forsaken (2015) begins with this quote. The story has as its starting point the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman's daughter by four men and a woman who are hired to abduct the girl, without knowing each other. This kidnapping becomes the worst nightmare for every one of them.
The story grabs the viewer effortlessly. The film dispenses mystery and suspense elegantly, disturbing and disconcerting. It is remarkable that an independent film of these technical and budgetary characteristics has such an interesting final result.
The film is based on a screenplay by Joan Alvarez and has recurring elements that we saw in his earlier work, The Afterglow: the use of mirrors, the dark side of human nature, internal conflicts, and the struggle against unknown forces... A story which entraps their development and invites us to discuss and philosophize after viewing the film. The Forsaken pays tribute to The Exterminating Angel, as an episode of the Twilight Zone. The film absorbs you effortlessly and leaves you thinking.
The film was directed by Yolanda Torres, in a genre which always appreciates a woman's regard. Emphasizing the use of shots featuring impossible perspectives mystifying and trapping our subconscious. The female characters, into which the film delves further, offer very noteworthy performances by Claudia Trujillo and Sarah Tyler Shaw. Claudia stands out for her versatility and Sarah for her conviction. Perhaps the male figures are more blurred, although they standout for their disturbing bearing. In short, a more than remarkable movie for lovers of intrigue, terror... and horror. We do not know if after seeing this movie, we'll be able to look at ourselves in the mirror in the same way.
The Afterglow (2014)
A small gem of vampires
THE AFTERGLOW
A small gem of vampires that traps us in a hypnotic narrative telling a story of impossible love. In line with films like Let the right one in,The Afterglow becomes one of those cult movies that reviews the vampire genre with the elegance of Murnau or Herzog.
Intelligently structured, the script maintains a sense of tension, guiding us through a series of events, each increasing the suspense throughout the film. With carefully chosen, minimalist dialogs. The treatment of the atmosphere, characters, aesthetics lead us on an internal quest of the characters, alluding to classic expressionist themes such as the state of the soul, fears, fantasies and dreams. It is this element, dreams, that brings great beauty to the film. They are present in the shots and angular perspectives that give the work an air of mystery and uncertainty. The shadows so present, mainly connected to the protagonist, are one of the many details that have been taken carefully crafted in the film.
The actors are fantastic; Paul Coaster is drawn as a writer haunted by a memory which drags him into an addictive degradation towards Claudia Trujillo, Laura in the film, a magnetic woman who at times makes you want to hug her and at others, makes you want to run, great work by the directors of the film.
In short, a small vampire cult gem to whom lovers of good vampire movies would not mind offering our best blood film.
Laura Muñoz (Screenwriter)