Never Before
Raquel Marques, Blanca A. Mató
Synopsis
The lockdown imposed to combat the Covid-19 pandemic has created previously unimaginable scenes. Our lives have become a series of routines interspersed with moments when we find catch ourselves doing something for the first time.
Bio/Filmo
Blanca A. Mató (Girona, 1989) studied audiovisual communication and literary journalism at the UAB. Her shorts Fresas (2018) and Estimada Àvia (2015), made as part of the group project Chantal Akerman, un recuerdo, are dedicated to her two grandmothers.
Raquel Marques (Porto, 1979) studied film at the Universidad NOVA in Lisbon and Pompeu Fabra Univeristy in Barcelona. Her films include the shorts O Peso do Horizonte (2011), F(r)icciones entre el trabajo y la vida (2017) and Vecines (Laboratorio Reversible, 2017) and the features A Casa Que Eu Quero (2010) and, together with MarÃa Zafra, Arreta (2016).
Raquel's documentary feature Tiempos de deseo is competing in this year's Spanish Films official section.