Celia Rico Clavellino

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Celia Rico Clavellino
Born1982
Occupation(s)writer, film director

Celia Rico Clavellino is a Spanish writer and film director.

She holds a degree in audiovisual communications from the University of Seville and in literary theory and comparative literature from the University of Barcelona, as well as a DAS degree in film studies.[1] For more than 10 years, she worked at Arcadia Motion Pictures and Oberon Cinematográfca.[2] For the Joan Miró Foundation, she co-directed TV series Mironins.[3]

In 2012, she played Canguro in Childish Games. In the same year she released her directorial debut, a short Luisa no Está en Casa, which was screened at festivals all over the world and won the Gaudí Award for Best Short Film.[4][2]

In 2014, she worked as an assistant director on Claudia Llosa's Aloft.[2]

In 2018, her feature debut Journey to a Mother's Room became a big success. It won the Youth Jury Award at San Sebastian Film Festival,[5] got Best Actress, Best Script, Best Supporting Actress and Audience Award at the 2019 Gaudí Awards,[6] was nominated four times at Goya Awards, and brought the Best Supporting Actress Award to Anna Castillo at the 6th Feroz Awards.[7][8]

Her sophomore feature, Los pequeños amores (Little Loves), premiered at 2024 Málaga Film Festival and received Special Jury Prize as well as Best Supporting Actress for Adriana Ozores.[9][10][5]

She teaches directing and scriptwriting at ESCAC and ECIB in Barcelona.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Celia Rico Clavellino". Mujeres de Cine. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  2. ^ a b c "Celia Rico Clavellino". Torino Film Lab. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  3. ^ Muiños Ruiz, Alexia (2019-11-23). "Shortlisted projects of EWA NETWORK 2020 Scriptwriters' Residency in Berlin". Ewa Women. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  4. ^ a b "Six Female Directors We Are Watching". Cinema Attic. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  5. ^ a b Jones, Holly (2024-03-08). "San Sebastian Award-Winner Celia Rico Talks Málaga Competition Title 'Little Loves': 'I Want to Show Mothers and Daughters With Nuance'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  6. ^ "'Les Distancies' wins Best Film at Gaudí Awards". Catalan News. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  7. ^ Prats, Marina (20 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". huffingtonpost.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  8. ^ Hopewell, John (24 September 2018). "Celia Rico on Family, Loving Freely, Being Part of a 'Generation Without Role Models'". Variety. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. ^ Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (9 March 2024). "Festival de Málaga 2024: Palmarés completo con todos los ganadores de la edición". Fotogramas.
  10. ^ Holland, Johnatan (2024-03-05). "'Little Loves': Malaga Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  11. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (2018-09-29). "Celia Rico Clavellino Director". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-04-02.