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Juana Macías

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Juana Macías
Macías in 2014
Born
Juana Macías Alba

1971 (age 52–53)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter

Juana Macías Alba (born 1971) is a Spanish filmmaker.

Life and career

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Juana Macías Alba was born in Madrid in 1971.[1][2] She earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[3] Her short film Siete cafés for semana won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film.[1] After making seven short films, she shot her full-length directorial debut Plans for Tomorrow.[4] It earned her Best Direction and Best New Screenplay awards at the 2010 Málaga Film Festival as well as a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Director.[4]

Her sophomore feature, the comedy Embarazados was released in 2016.[5] It was followed by comedy Under the Same Roof (2019),[6] romantic comedy Sounds Like Love (2021),[7] screwball family comedy El favor (2023),[8] and drama The Girls at the Station (2024).[9][10]

She is a member of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain and the European Film Academy.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pérez Gil, Lila (28 February 2000). "Reflejo la vida en Madrid como es: fugaz, impersonal". El País.
  2. ^ Sardá, Juan (29 January 2016). "Juana Macías". El Cultural – via El Español.
  3. ^ Núñez Domínguez, Trinidad; Vera Balanza, Teresa (2023). Directoras contemporáneas de cine español. Seville: Editorial Universidad de Sevilla. p. 190. doi:10.12795/9788447224494. ISBN 978-84-472-2449-4.
  4. ^ a b "Unos noveles que saben mucho de premios Goya". rtve.es. 8 February 2011.
  5. ^ Dopazo, Antonio (3 February 2016). "'Embarazados': Con capacidad de entretener". Diario de Mallorca. Prensa Ibérica.
  6. ^ Kay, Jeremy (29 January 2018). "Sony, Spain's FeelGood Media to produce 'Under The Same Roof'". ScreenDaily.
  7. ^ Silvestre, Juan (22 June 2021). "'Fuimos canciones': Tráiler de la comedia romántica con María Valverde y Álex González". Fotogramas.
  8. ^ Hopewell, John (31 October 2023). "'Elite' Producer Zeta's 'Favor' to Filmax (Exclusive)". Variety.
  9. ^ "'Las chicas de la estación', primeras imágenes del rodaje de lo nuevo de Juana Macías". rtve.es. 17 July 2023.
  10. ^ "The 2024 HSBC Spanish Film Festival opens with a stunning homage to cinema". Beat Magazine. 20 May 2024.
  11. ^ Núñez Domínguez & Vera Balanza 2023, p. 190.
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