A Namibian policewoman who lives in Extremadura and investigates crimes of gender violence; it is fiction, but it could very well be reality. The writer Susana Martín Gijón writes crime novels starring women, her great passion, and actively defends women's rights, her great commitment. Her literary career and her profession are intertwined. She is the author of two crime sagas starring Annika Kauda and Camino Vargas. She debuted in 2013 with Más que cuerpos, to which, among others, Náufragos; Expediente Medellín; Planeta, La Babilonia 1580.
Martín Gijón studied law and went on to work as a legal advisor for NGOs, in addition to having been general director of the Youth Institute of Extremadura (2007-2011). She has also collaborated in national and international platforms in defense of gender equality and in the network of Young African and Spanish Women.
Martín Gijón will talk with Laura Hojman from Seville;
Laura Hojman is a screenwriter and film director. She has written and directed the documentary feature films Tierras Solares, Antonio Machado. Los días azules, and A las mujeres de España. María Lejárraga, for which she was nominated for the Goya Awards, Feroz Awards, and Forqué Awards. She was also nominated for these awards for Antonio Machado. Los días azules.
With a degree in Art History and a Master's in Cultural Management, she has been a partner at the independent film production company Summer Films since 2016. Among other accolades, she has received the RTVA Award for Best Filmmaker of Andalusia at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, the ALMA Award from the Spanish Screenwriters’ Guild for Best Documentary Screenplay, the Silver Biznaga Women in Focus Award for Best Feature Film at the Málaga Film Festival, the Carmen Award from the Andalusian Film Academy for Best Documentary, and eight ASECAN Andalusian Film Awards.
Her documentaries have been screened at prestigious national and international festivals such as SEMINCI, the Seville European Film Festival, the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, Alcances, and the Málaga Film Festival. After their theatrical release, they have become available on streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Filmin.
She has served as president of AAMMA (Andalusian Association of Women in Audiovisual Media) and is a columnist for *eldiario.es*.
Un hombre libre is her fourth feature film as a director. In this documentary, she revisits the life of exiled writer Agustín Gómez Arcos and, through his story, reflects on Spain’s recent history, memory, and the role of culture in shaping counter-narratives.
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