Miradas Críticas - Miradas Afroindígenas
Workshop on Contemporary Non-Fiction Criticism
Contemporary Non-Fiction Criticism
Workshop on Contemporary Non-Fiction Criticism
Film criticism is the culmination of something every cinephile experiences: the pleasure of being a spectator. In this workshop, image and sound students from Tenerife are initiated into film analysis and criticism. It’s an opportunity for lovers of non-fiction cinema, of discussion and analysis, to explore the landscape of contemporary non-fiction cinema.
Crítica Cinematográfica invites international non-fiction film specialists, generating a space for film analysis with our audience through the screening of a film from the Official Selection. With this initiative, the Miradas AfroIndígenas Festival offers a “menu” that is the finest selection of non-fiction cinema. This menu becomes a real adventure, one that we will use to offer a firsthand experience of the processes that enable critics to understand and assess a film.
Experts
Javier Tolentino
Javier Tolentino is a lecturer on the Master’s Degree in Radio organised jointly by the UCM and RNE. Throughout his career, he has directed programmes specialising in film information such as De Cine on Radio 1, El otro cine es posible on Radio 5 and El séptimo vicio on Radio 3, the latter of which won the Critics’ Award in 2000.
Lorenzo Benítez
Lorenzo Benítez is a film and television documentary director, producer, and screenwriter, as well as a journalist. His second feature as a filmmaker, Negro limbo (Black Limbo, 2024), has been screened at various festivals such as the Seville European Film Festival and Docs Barcelona.
Mercedes Afonso
Born in El Paso, on the island of La Palma, Afonso is a screenwriter, film director, and producer. In her filmography, several works stand out for having been screened at national and international festivals and earning numerous awards: La tierra desde la luna (2001), El amor se mueve (2008), Madres bajo la piel (2012), La vida en las manos (2012), Autobiografía (2014), Iyena (2015) or Tanat (2019).
Cayetana Cuyás
Cayetana H. Cuyás is a filmmaker and painter. After completing her studies, she completed a three-year internship at Zentropa, Lars von Trier’s production company. In 2011, she founded Studio Las Coloradas, a creative hub where she directed and collaborated on a multitude of projects.
Javier Cerdá
Javier Cerdá lives on the island of La Palma, where he focuses on his work as a director and screenwriter. He is a cinematographer, director, screenwriter, and teacher with 25 years of professional experience. Trained at ECAM and EICTV, he has worked on international projects that have been nominated for and awarded Goya Awards.