DARDARA

MARINA LAMEIRO (Pamplona, 1986)

She holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Rey Juan Carlos University, a Master in Creative Documentary from IDEC-Pompeu Fabra University, and a Postgraduate in Audiovisual Editing from the same university. She was likewise an artist in residence for one year at the Collaborative Studio (CoLAB) of the UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art of New York. Marina has produced, written, and directed several documentaries like the feature film Young & Beautiful (2018) –recipient of the Audience’s Special Prize at the Punto de Vista Festival–, a generational portrait whose protagonists question a social system that they neither understand nor accept. Before that, she had made several short films such as 300 Nassau – the result of her stay at New York. In 2017 she co-founded her own production company to promote films by female directors, such as Enero (January, Ione Atenea) or 918 gau (918 Nights, Arantza Santesteban). Marina’s work focuses on non-fiction with a strong presence of the first person. Some of her pieces are based on her own personal experiences; others are in the form of a filmed portrait, with a very intimate and visceral approach to the person they are portraying; in others, although the protagonists are blurred, their personal history is present. Dardara is her second feature film, this time produced by Arena Comunicación and Txalap.art.