This conversation proposes an approach to Carlos Balbuena’s cinema based on the idea of memory as a process rather than a closed narrative. Drawing on his work in the Central Mountain of León, the filmmaker’s homeland, the dialogue will address how experimentation with time and exploration of the landscape, among other issues, become fundamental tools for filming a story that lies dormant in its silences.

Place: Filmoteca de Catalunya Date: Sunday 22/2 at 18:00

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Carlos Balbuena. A graduate of ESCAC, his professional experience has focused on the field of editing. He has been an editor and film critic for various digital publications and has contributed articles to several collective books, such as Vientos del Este. Los nuevos cines en los países socialistas europeos, Elegías íntimas. Instantáneas de cineastas and Cine XXI. Directores y direcciones. He is currently pursuing a PhD in media studies at Carlos III University, researching the representation of collective memory in contemporary Spanish cinema. As a filmmaker, he has directed the short films Un poco de sal para la lubina (2005), Detalles sórdidos (2007), Toward morning I Climb Down and Wander Back Into de House (2021) and Lejano (2024). He has also directed music videos for Spanish artists and groups such as Copiloto, Anicet or Nacho Vegas. His first feature was Cenizas (2014), followed by Elefantes (2017), Tres Quarteres (2019), Coto privado de caza (2025) and Tal vez la niebla (2026).

Mireia Iniesta. Graduate in Romance Philology and Italian Philology from the University of Barcelona. Master’s degree in Contemporary Film and Audiovisual Studies from the University for the Advanced Study of the Humanities. Critic, lecturer in Spanish cinema and vice-president of the Catalan Federation of Film Clubs. Contributor to Transit, La Furia Umana and Pickpocket. Actress in La Academia de las Musas (2015), by José Luis Guerin, and Aniversari (2016), de Judith Colell.