Screening of the “Carmen and María. Two paths, but one gaze” documentary at the Ellas Crean (They Create) Festival

Produced by the Princess of Asturias Foundation and inspired by the figures of singer Carmen Linares and dancer and choreographer María Pagés, the documentary “Carmen and María. Two paths, but one gaze” will be screened at the Ellas Crean (They Create) Festival, aimed at paying tribute to and disseminating the creative and artistic work carried out by women.

Attended by both artists, the screening will take place at 7:00 pm on 28 March in the screening room of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in Madrid (Calle Zurbano, 3). This will be followed by a discussion with Carmen Linares and María Pagés, which will be moderated by journalist César Suárez.

Admission will be free after previously signing up on the Academy website (www.academiadecine.com). Registration opens on 20 March.

Following its premiere at the 27th Malaga Film Festival on 8 March 2024, the documentary has been screened at the 73rd Santander International Film Festival, the 1st Granada Flamenco Film Festival, the 23rd Seville Flamenco Biennial and the 8th Mediterranean Flamenco Festival. It was presented in Asturias on 12 October as the opening event of the Awards Week, and in November it was shown in a special screening at the 62nd Gijón International Film Festival (FICX). In addition, it has been included in the official section of the Cal Film Festival (Los Angeles) and the Avignon International Film Festival online events.

Carmen and María. Two paths, but one gaze

To mark the conferral of the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, in the summer of 2022 –twenty-five years after they had last worked together– Carmen Linares and María Pagés embarked on a creative process that was to subsequently give rise to this documentary, Carmen and María. Two paths, but one gaze. An intimate flamenco work, conceived to pay tribute through singing and dance to some of the most representative voices of Spanish poetry.

The performance served as the starting point for the documentary, filmed during the rehearsals prior to the premiere of the show and which also reflects the experiences of the Laureates in the cultural and official events organized to mark the Princess of Asturias Awards. This audiovisual piece is the first documentary to be produced by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, which seeks to disseminate the work of its Laureates via different formats.

Ellas Crean (They Create)

Ellas Crean (They Create) is a multi-themed cultural festival of a marked international nature whose objective is to pay tribute to the creative and artistic work of women and disseminate this to a diverse audience. It was created to celebrate International Women's Day, 8 March, aimed at promoting and generating a gathering space for recognizing the development and artistic prominence of women as creators and generators of ideas. The festival is organized by the Women's Institute, under the Ministry of Equality, in collaboration with a variety of both public and private organizations and institutions which have wanted to join this cultural initiative, either by offering their official venues or including some of the activities within their programming.

Over the years, entities such as the Teatro Real (Royal Opera House), Auditorio Nacional de Música (National Music Auditorium), Teatro de la Zarzuela (Zarzuela Theatre), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Queen Sofía Museum), Museo Nacional del Prado (Prado Museum), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum), Instituto Cervantes (Cervantes Institute), Filmoteca Española (Spanish Film Archive), Biblioteca Nacional (National Library), Teatro del Institut Francais de España (French Institute of Spain Theatre) and the Universidad Complutense (Complutense University) have all collaborated, among other institutions.