Celia Rico Clavellino
Celia Rico Clavellino | |
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 Rico in 2024 | |
| Born | 1982 Constantina, Andalusia, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, film director |
Celia Rico Clavellino (born 1982)[1] is a Spanish writer and film director.
Rico holds a degree in audiovisual communications from the University of Seville and in literary theory and comparative literature from the University of Barcelona, as well as a DAS degree in film studies.[2] For more than 10 years, she worked at Arcadia Motion Pictures and Oberon Cinematográfica.[3] For the Joan Miró Foundation, she co-directed the TV series Mironins.[4]
In 2012, she played Canguro in Childish Games. In the same year she released her directorial debut, the short Luisa no está en casa, which was screened at festivals all over the world and won the Gaudí Award for Best Short Film.[5][3]
In 2014, she worked as an assistant director on Claudia Llosa's Aloft.[3]
In 2018, her feature debut Journey to a Mother's Room became a big success. It won the Youth Jury Award at San Sebastian Film Festival,[6] won Best Actress, Best Script, Best Supporting Actress and the Audience Award at the 2019 Gaudí Awards,[7] was nominated four times at the Goya Awards, and won the Best Supporting Actress Award for Anna Castillo at the 6th Feroz Awards.[8][9]
Rico's sophomore feature, Los pequeños amores (Little Loves), premiered at the 2024 Málaga Film Festival and received the Special Jury Prize as well as Best Supporting Actress for Adriana Ozores.[10][11][6]
Rico teaches directing and scriptwriting at ESCAC and ECIB in Barcelona.[5]
In June 2024, Rico was shooting her third feature film, La buena letra, an adaptation of the novel by Rafael Chirbes.[12]
Filmography
[edit]- Luisa no está en casa (short, 2012)
- Journey to a Mother's Room (2018)[13]
- Los pequeños amores (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ Pereira, María Jesús (3 February 2019). "Celia Rico, directora de «Viaje al cuarto de una madre»: «El verdadero gesto de amor es dejar volar a los hijos»". ABC.
- ^ "Celia Rico Clavellino". Mujeres de Cine. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ a b c "Celia Rico Clavellino". Torino Film Lab. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ Muiños Ruiz, Alexia (2019-11-23). "Shortlisted projects of EWA NETWORK 2020 Scriptwriters' Residency in Berlin". Ewa Women. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ a b "Six Female Directors We Are Watching". Cinema Attic. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ a b Jones, Holly (2024-03-08). "San Sebastian Award-Winner Celia Rico Talks Málaga Competition Title 'Little Loves': 'I Want to Show Mothers and Daughters With Nuance'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "'Les Distancies' wins Best Film at Gaudí Awards". Catalan News. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ Prats, Marina (20 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". huffingtonpost.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Hopewell, John (24 September 2018). "Celia Rico on Family, Loving Freely, Being Part of a 'Generation Without Role Models'". Variety. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (9 March 2024). "Festival de Málaga 2024: Palmarés completo con todos los ganadores de la edición". Fotogramas.
- ^ Holland, Johnatan (2024-03-05). "'Little Loves': Malaga Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "La buena letra". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 6 June 2024.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (2018-09-29). "Celia Rico Clavellino Director". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
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