Ricard Almazán was born on April 23 in 1965 in the Sants neighborhood of Barcelona — when cinema was still cinema.

From a very young age he has been dedicated to production and programming of cinemas. He began by setting up cineclubs and outdoor cinema, and other events related to the cinema.

For 25 years he brought programming to the Verdi Cinemas in Barcelona and is currently directing the Texas Cinemas in Barcelona and the Albatexas Cinemas in Valencia.

Last update, May 18th, 2017

Pedagogical coordinator and professor of biology and geology at the Joan Salvat Papasseit Institute in Barcelona. Professional with experience in design and excecution of educational projects and strategic networks at both the national (Maple, Intercenters) and international (Comenius, and – twinning, Erasmus +) level.

Currently European coordinator of the Erasmus + KA219 project “4sUStainable.eu” with institutes from Greece, Germany and Belgium.  Expert in design of pedagogic activities in methodology CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) i PBL (Problem Based Learning). Trainer in the use of TICs and gamification in the classroom, finalist for the app awards of mSchools / Mobile Congress Barcelona 2014 and one of the co-creators of the educational application “Healthy Avatars” to improve healthy habits.

Last update: May 18th, 2017

Júlia Betrian is a pedagogue with a master’s degree in Visual Arts, investigating the relationship between the creation and education processes. She spent years involved in youth associations, festivals and various cultural initiatives. She is currently working on projects at the Jaume Bofill Foundation and remains linked to movements and people working in cultural activism, including a theater group in the neighborhood of Gràcia and the educational commission of the Zumzeig Cinecooperativa.

Last update: May 18th, 2017

Anna Brufau (Barcelona, 1984). Degree in audiovisual communication. She has worked in publishing several projects to promote children’s arts, anthropological documentary projects, and as a programmer for the International CineMigrante Festival.

She currently works as coordinator and programmer for Zumzeig Cinecooperativa of Barcelona.

Last update: May 18th, 2017

Montserrat Bou began working as a professional in the audiovisual field, within the production department, alternating advertising, films, documentaries and television series. She has developed her professional career working with different producers and creating her own productions. She has been Chief of Broadcasting at ICEC (an institution that unites several associations related to culture) for two years. Currently, she is PROA General Director – Federated Audiovisual Producers.

Last update: May 17th, 2017

Degree in Audiovisual Communication. In 2009 she arrived to Barcelona and decided to specialize in the field of the Documentary Creation. Since then, she has worked producing documentary films, such as programmer of the VoD platform and in the coordination of Film Education projects. Also together with two partners she founded in 2013 Lemursic, group to promote emerging music.

Last update: April 26th, 2017

Creative and executive manager with 10 years of experience developing and managing Cultural, Audiovisual and Multimedia projects. Miquel has a creative and enterprising profile with capability to detect and connect with talent, business opportunities. He also has executive and organizational skills.

His aim is to develop and distribute projects that use culture for educational purposes (EDUTAINMENT).

Last update: April 26th, 2017

Director of the Department of Public ICEC.

Last update: May 24th, 2017

Graduated in Audiovisual Communication with the feature film Júlia Ist (2017), in which she participated as scriptwriter and producer, and Master in Social Communication from UPF. She studied for one semester at the FAMU Film and Television School in Prague, where she was a reporter for the TV3 Blog Europe program.

She has performed direction, production and distribution at the production companies Nanouk Films and WhatsappDoc, and currently works in the audiovisual cooperative Compact. She has specialized in audiovisual pedagogy, collaborating with associations such as El Parlante, A Bao A Qu and Escola Súnion, and is currently developing an audiovisual festival for young people in co-production with Fabra i Coats, Reteena.

Last update: May 22th, 2017

Writer and musician from Barcelona, known for being the creator along with Carmina Roig of the famous children’s program Los Lunnis de Televisión Española. Specialized in the creation of children’s television programs, he has collaborated in the most important public and private television channels in the country. He has combined his audiovisual activity with musical composition and literary creation, having published numerous recordings and publishing works.

Last update: May 22th, 2017

His parents founded the video club Video Instan in 1980. Therefore, Aurora had a closed relationship with movies. When she was 16 years old, she started working at Video Instant. Later, she wento to Law School, until she decided to return to Video Instan and dedicate herself fully to the company.

She is dedicated to preserve the physical format of videos, with an archive of 44.000 references. Her intention is to turn Video Insta into a cultural center, a meeting place to exhibite and to present Spanish and Catalan films and connect with the community.

Last update: May 24th, 2017

Xavier’s training has revolved around marketing and business management and his professional experience has focused mainly on business development in different sectors and markets. He has devoted his last eight years to the development of projects and cultural services, education and cultural tourism, a fact that has enabled him to collaborate with institutions like the Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Musée National Picasso in Paris, La Caixa Foundation, FC Barcelona Foundation and MAPFRE Foundation, among others. Xavier is a curious and analytical person, and he enjoys teamwork both personally and professionally.

Last update: April 26th, 2017

Degree in Law from the University of Barcelona (UB) and MBA in Business Management in Audiovisual Communication by the Universidad Ramón Llull.

Founding partner and current business director of A CONTRACORRIENTE FILMS. He is also a Europa Distribution board member, an association that gathers more than 140 distributors from all over Europe.

He started his professional activity in the audiovisual field at Filmax Group as business affairs. At the same company he has also participated at the beginning of their international operations.

Moreover, he took part in implementing a specializing department in the animated feature films production (FILMAX ANIMATION).

In NOTRO FILMS he has participated as a partner and working as general director. Later NOTRO FILMS and MANGA FILMS were integrated at Vertice 360º where he held a position as cinema area deputy director.

Last update: May 9th, 2017

Marta is a professional specialized in cultural management and communication, with 10 years of experience in the development and execution of cultural projects with emphasis in the audiovisual and musical sector. She has national and international experience in the production of events such as festivals, shows, exhibitions and training activities, as well as in the management of their communication.

Last update: April 26th, 2017

Editor – Founder @ Go Books! Llibres i serveis editorials / Partner and head of publishing Flow Press.

With over 15 years of experience in the publishing world, especially in the field of textbooks and educational materials, he has worked in companies such as McGraw-Hill and Cruïlla-SM, where he was always in touch with the schools.

Currently he runs his own publishing company and educational services, Go Books! and is co founder and head of publishing at Flow Press Media – Visual books that explain the world.

Last update: May 24th, 2017

Degree in Audiovisual Communication at the Pompeu Fabra University and a Masters in Film Business at l’ESCAC. Specializing in the distribution of films has worked Paco Poch, Olwyn Films and currently Compact, where she is carrying out a distribution plan aimed at young audiences.

Last update: May 22th, 2017

Graduated in film and photography, he began his relationship with film in the department of photography in fiction and documentary projects and alternated with the direction of some works.

In 2007 he won the first prize with the short film “El meu amic Amaruk” at the DiBa Express festival.

Since 2011 he has been a professor of photography and head of studies at the cinema school Plató de Cinema.

His most recent project is the Cinema and Series of Barcelona, which is director and that had his first edition in 2016.

Last update: May 19th, 2017

Predoctoral researcher in the Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Graduated from the Official Master’s Degree in Communication and Journalism Research.

Graduated in Audiovisual Communication at the University of Valencia.

Last update: May 16th, 2017

Bernat Saumell, 29 Years, Barcelona.
Cinema, actor and producer. Co-founder of film and TV production company called Playtime Movies with film director Dani de la Orden. Movies (feature films) produced: Barcelona nit d’estiu, Barcelona nit d’hivern, The corpse of Anna Fritz. Videoclips: David Bisbal, Leiva (Pereza), Joan Dausà. Documentaries: Dreamers (TV3).

Awards: 1 Gaudí and 10 nominations. INTV Award for audiovisual innovation by RTVE.
CEO and founder of App and Web platform called Artistic Island. A kind of Linkedin for the artistic and audiovisual sector where we connect artists, companies and the public to generate relationships and synergies.

Last update: May 17th, 2017