Spanish writer and film director
Celia Rico Clavellino
Rico in 2024
Born 1982 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
References
^ 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 .