Chelo Loureiro

Galician filmmaker (Ferrol, Galicia). She has produced more than 25 films that have won over 300 awards at international festivals, as well as 5 Goya Awards (and 13 nominations), 1 Gaudí Award, 1 Carmen Award, and 13 Mestre Mateo Awards, consistently supporting auteur cinema and young filmmakers. With her first feature film as director, Valentina, she won the 2022 Goya Award for Best Animated Feature. She also produced The Sultan's Dream by Isabel Herguera, the first European animated film in the Official Section at the San Sebastián Film Festival and nominated for Best European Film at the EFA Awards.