About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
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Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
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Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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Research groups
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Research interests
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Current research
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Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
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Teaching
I have taught several modules on Spanish cinema, Film Production, Cultural and Creative Industries, Film Industry and Film Policy. I am currently teaching the following modules:
-FILM3025: International Film Industry: Issues and Debates
-FILM6034: Film Policy
-FILM6033: Current Issues in Film Distribution and Exhibition
-FILM1002: Intro to Film II: European Cinema
-FILM3003: BA Film Dissertation
-FILM6060: MA Film Dissertation
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Courses and modules
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External roles and responsibilities
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Biography
My research focuses on film policy, film industry, contemporary European cinema and popular culture. Within this framework, I have published in the peer-reviewed journals Film Studies, Studies in European Cinemas, New Cinemas. Journal of Contemporary Film, Hispanic Research Journal, International Journal of Cultural Policy, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Journal of Digital Media & Policy, as well as several chapters in edited books for the San Sebastian International Film Festival, Las Palmas International Film Festival, Seminci.Valladolid International Film Festival, Nosferatu, Peter Lang, Tirant Lo Blanch and Catedra. I am the author of Spanish Film Policies and Gender (Routledge, 2024).
Before coming to Southampton in 2022, I had lectured at the University of Exeter (UK), the University Carlos III (Madrid) and the University of Kent (UK). I conduct my current research in the international research group TECMERIN (Televisión-cine: memoria, representación e industria) of the University Carlos III of Madrid.
Outside academia, I have worked as a film curator for several institutions in Spain -Cineteca, CA2M, MNCARS, Cruce-, as a film critic for Cahiers du Cinema. Spain, as a project manager for the Spanish Film Institute (ICAA) and as a cultural critic for Serie B. Cultural Magazine. I have also worked as an advisor for Proimagenes, the Colombian film funding body, and as member of the selection committee of Documenta International Film Festival and Animario International Film Festival.
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Prizes
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