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Touring exhibition of Spanish films made by women, who travel in its first edition, five Spanish cities.

The objective of this initiative is to reclaim and make visible the creative work of women while supporting the Spanish film industry.

The Women's Institute, in collaboration with the Municipality of Murcia, opening today in this city, the project "Women in Film," a touring exhibition of recent Spanish films, directed by women.

This initiative of the Women's Institute aims to raise awareness of the creative work of women and assert their role in the film industry, while supporting the Spanish film industry.

Selected titles are backed by critics and numerous awards at international festivals.

The sample consists of 14 films being screened in five locations in cycles consisting of four films.

In addition to screenings in each of the venues will be held panel discussions will address issues related to the audiovisual world from a gender perspective (presence of women within the industry, representation of women in films and roles and archetypes more frequent).

There will also present some of the directors of the films shown.

"Women in Film" is developed over the last quarter of 2010 and the five villages that make up the route are: Benidorm, Lugo, Jaén, Murcia and Gijón.

This initiative of the Women's Institute with the collaboration of CIMA (Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain.

MURCIA PROGRAM

Instead of projection: Centro Cultural Puertas de Castilla (Miguel de Cervantes Avenue, 1 - Murcia).

Admission: Free

Calendar:

November 22: 21:00 pm Screening of "The effort and courage" of Arantxa Aguirre and "inhabited" by Anna Sanmartí.

November 23: 21:00, Projection "Paisito" Ana Díez.

November 24: 21:00 pm Screening of "The Empty Nest" by Claudia Llosa.

SOME DATA ON THE PRESENCE OF WOMEN IN THE SPANISH CINEMA

Despite the lack of women in senior positions within the Spanish film industry (only 8% of films produced in our country are run by women and women's participation in script and production is not as high as 20%) There is a strong representation of female creativity, offering a different and complementary perspective of our world through his films and exemplified, among others, Juana Macías with plans for tomorrow (Best Director Award at the last Festival Málaga), three days with the family of Mar Colll (Goya for Best New Director) and The Empty Nest, by Claudia Llosa (Golden Bear Award and FIPRESCI International Critics at the Berlin Film Festival).

Source: Delegación del Gobierno en Murcia