Marta Medina del Valle

Raised in Soria, she has a degree in Journalism from the University of Valladolid and a diploma in Film Direction from the School of Cinema and Audiovisuals of the Community of Madrid (ECAM). As a screenwriter, she has written the thriller ‘Siege’, directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas and starring Natalia de Molina, which is scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2023. As a director, she is responsible for the short film ‘Despertar’, selected at various festivals around the world. She has also recently directed ‘La turista’, a short film for the NotodoFilmFest commissioned by the Valladolid Film Office. She herself is now working on editing a longer version. Since 2016, she is the main film critic of the newspaper ‘El Confidencial’ and collaborates with magazines such as ‘So Film’ and ‘Cinemanía’. She is also a regular on television and radio programs such as ‘Historia de nuestro cine’ on Televisión Española and she leads the ‘Sesión continua’ section of the radio program ‘Carne cruda’. She has also participated in monographic books such as ‘Álex de la Iglesia: art and essay’, by Norma Editorial. ‘Lapland’ was selected by the Film Academy to participate in the third edition of its Residences.