Rethinking Feminist Film Cartographies

Ever since 1896, women have brought to cinema an abundance of creations, works that are both admirable and deeply rooted in their particular experiences of the world. The discovery of this surprising, inspiring, and significant archipelago of women’s culture has been the raison d’être of the Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona (MIFDB) throughout the thirty years of its existence.

In this panel, learn about the festival's work and some of its most interesting projects, led by Alba Villarmea, one of its programmers, and Sarah Lauzemis, in charge of the Production of the MIFDB.

How can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.

Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca

Alba Villarmea

Programmer of the MIFDB:

She holds a degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and a Master’s in Contemporary Film and Audiovisual Studies (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). She was part of the content and communications team for the program Soy Cámara (2018) at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona and worked as a member-owner of the exhibition space Zumzeig Cinecooperativa (2019–2020). Since 2024, she also organizes the Ciclo Pulga. Queer Cinema and Counterculture in Asturias. She is part of the programming team of the Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona since 2021 and co-organizes the Contrazines Feministas reading club at La Bonne. Francesca Bonnemaison Women’s Culture Center.

Sarah Lauzemis

Producer of the MIFDB:

She was born and raised in Brussels and has been based in Barcelona since 2018. She holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from IHECS (Brussels) and a Master’s in Communication and Journalism ( Université Libre de Bruxelles), as well as a Master’s in Creative Documentary from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona. She is a member of the feminist sound collective doneSSonores, which is in residence at La Bonne (Francesca Bonnemaison Women’s Culture Center). Over the years, she has contributed to various European projects and international networks, including ECAS and ICAS (International Cities of Advanced Sound). In 2015, she co-founded Schiev, a music festival in Brussels that is part of the European project SHAPE. 
She works for the Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona since 2023.

Organized by Rosanna Maule, Professor, Film and Moving Image, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona (MIFDB, and SSHRC.

The event is part of a SSHRC-funded partnership project directed by Rosanna Maule, professor at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, in collaboration with the MIFDB.