Team

Sonia Méndez Director

Before the imposed austerity measures, mobility and the official statements of “look out for yourself”, a whole generation of Galician talent was already using a wide range of guerrilla strategies. Sonia Méndez is the perfect example and an emblematic member of this generation: she can not only act in films (“Rafael” by Xavier Bermúdez, “Unha Muller Invisible” by Gerardo Herrero or “El Sexo de los Ángeles” by Xavier Villaverde) but also TV series (“Terra de Miranda” and “Os Atlánticos” in TVG-Galician Public TV, “Cuéntame” in TVE-Spanish Public TV). She has directed a number of short films (selected and awarded in many film festivals), co-produces her own webseries “Angélica & Roberta”, coordinates Carballo Interplay and curates film programmes for collectives such as Casa Tomada in A Coruña and events as WOS INC in Santiago de Compostela.

Trained in various schools – in Galicia, Spain and beyond, of interpretation, script, directing actors, dramatic construction and production, cut her teeth in the daily struggle of creative people. There are very few tasks in the audiovisual field that Sonia can not carry out. She is well known for her ubiquity and ability to work, but also for her ability to laugh and have fun.

Ana Dixital Production

She is a catalyst of energy and resources. The tougher it gets to sort out something, the easier it will be to see Ana tying up loose ends and leaving all sewn up. She earned the nickname dixital by her own merit, but the way she became a skilled producer was after years of hard work in festivals such as Wos Inc, Womex, Reperkusión, S8, Sanfroidance, OUFF, Festival Galego de Cabaré and, of course, Carballo Interplay. She has also worked in all sorts of events such as Culturgal, María Casares Awards and in companies like Festikultores, Froq Eventos and Lúa Films. She is in her element working behind the scenes.

Active, proactive, passionate about music, hangout lover (there is time enough for everything), and, above all, dixital*… if you ever get in trouble, just need to ask: where is Ana Dixital?

(*Where does Ana Dixital’s nickname come from? In a non-scientific survey made amongst a dozen festivals, 40% stated that they thought that was her surname; 30% said nonsense and everybody else chose NR. But the truth is that 99% were happy to hear about her)

María Yáñez Events

Maria is a journalist, researcher and producer of digital content. She has worked for 15 years in film, television and internet, and half of them exploring the intersections between these media. She specialises in interactive narratives, web content and audiovisual distribution and promotion on the Internet. She is a partner and co-founder of A Navalla Suíza, a web communication company, and co­editor of EMBED.at, a project around contemporary audiovisual communication and open source culture.

Works independently as a professor of digital stories and interactive documentary, and designing and implementing strategies for digital content and online communication for several projects related to the audiovisual. During the last year she has been busy with: distribution and promotion of the film Encallados, events and social media coordination at Carballo Interplay, launch of Screenly, an on-demand distribution film platform for cinemas and the coordination of the Doc Next Network film archive, an European Cultural Foundation project to boost the creation of new socially engaged audiovisual discourse among young people across Europe. She is a CD Lugo and Dépor football supporter. She has a dog. She cooks all right.

Sandra Lesta Awards gala and webseries

Her career in the performing arts starts in Santiago de Compostela, at Espacio Aberto school. Then joins the group Malasombra Producciones, where she will be leading actress for two years, combining her role as Director and Professor of Theatre at Escuela de Teatro of Negreira, where she is still working. She is also the author of several Certamen Provincial da Coruña awarded plays for children and teenagers that will be published soon. Creator, scriptwriter and actress in the webseries “Angélica & Roberta”-winner of the 2013 Mestre Mateo Prize in the category of best webseries, and event coordinator at Carballo Interplay.

Sonia Díaz Press

With a degree in Journalism, Sonia devoted the first years in her career to expand her knowledge travelling and taking several courses. She did a degree in Cultural Studies in United Kingdom, a PhD in Audiovisual Communication in Barcelona, an MA in Cultural Management in Chile and is an ICEX advisor in Entrepreneurial Internationalisation. In 2008 she established herself in the Galician countryside and, from here, works on numerous cultural projects as coordinator of communication and creative content. She has designed and implemented communications strategies for various festivals, markets and trade fairs in different disciplines. Works independently as a professor of cultural communication. Also coordinates communication of various projects of all sizes and disciplines, such as publishing houses Galaxia and Mar Maior, Festival de Cans, Festival Reperkusión, Festival Son Rías Baixas, Festival Agrogay da Ulloa, Carballo Interplay, Escolma de Cinema Galego in Sarria and some stage plays by de Eme2, Inversa, Culturactiva and Os sete magníficos. Although she is quite focused on strategic communications, she sometimes works as scriptwriter and content manager for literary, photographic or exhibition projects. She used to have a blog.

Tamara de la Fuente Social Media

Tamara is a photographer, astronaut and cultural agitator. She returned to Galicia 5 years ago, because she was missing lacón con grelos (typical Galician dish) and coffee liquor. Combines her work as a photographer with others in communications and cultural management. She works in all the following festivals WOS INC, Play doc, Curtocircuíto and CIP.

Her motto is: full speed ahead!

David Méndez Alonso  Graphic design

David is a visual artist who creates magnificent imaginaries arranged on different media. His vibrant patterns and acid sculptures cover all the brightness of the colour palettes. Constantly busy working on projects including fashion, publishing or creating large format gouache paintings with his well known pop imaginary. The references to David are, amongst others, Matisse, Morrissey, Jodorowsky and the yellow colour.

He has created Carballo Interplay’s trophies of former editions.

Miriam Rodríguez  Production assistant, translator

Miriam born and raised in A Coruña. She studied Film Production and Management, and then worked for a few Galician production companies. Her favourite projects have been film festivals: Curtocircuíto, Amal and Mostra (S8). And, of course, Carballo Interplay. Her most exotic job so far was the production of the feature film “Una Noche en La Habana”. Went to London to study for a year and ended up staying for four. She is currently editor of Brit Es Magazine. Loves films, reading and travelling -doesn’t matter where.

Roberto Conde Production assistant and runner

Multidisciplinary professional in the fields of media and communication. Formed as a scriptwriter and audiovisual producer, he has developed his career in Galicia, Barcelona and Cologne (Germany) getting involved in all audiovisual projects he could as a producer, video-editor, scriptwriter or director.

During the last year he has worked in several film festivals in Andorra and Catalonia managing as well the communication department of Catalunya Film Festivals. Back in his galician homeland, he has created the project “Aborigine – Communication for social transformation” in an attempt to create new discourses, alter codes turn the collective attention towards social and cultural initiatives.

Fran Arnoso “Pixi” Screenings and copies

David Tombilla  Photographer

The other David holds a degree in film and audiovisual communications. An active associate of Pontevedra’s Liceo Mutante, he has photographed most of the Galician and Spanish underground, as well as festivals such as Primavera Sound, Resurrection Fest and WOS Inc. He collaborates with magazines of all sorts and is the editor of his own fanzine “Mutant Mind”.

He likes eating pizza and watching the series B.

Manuel Silva Video coverage

Multidisciplinary artist, with degrees in Sculpture, Illustration and Graphic Design at EASD Mestre Mateo (Santiago de Compostela) and Pablo Picasso (A Coruña). He did also film studies at ECIB in Barcelona. In a continuous professional evolution, combines all the aforementioned and also takes part in a number of artistic interventions and exhibitions.

His career started in teaching and graphic design. In recent years he has specialised in film working in animation projects such as “Leo” and “O Apóstolo” and filming and directing documentaries like “Ejes” and “FAC” (work in progress). He also created his own film company, “Edición Rusa”, to give coverage to artistic and cultural contents. He worked as an editor for TV programs in Voz TV and was show-runner in a number of broadcasts for TVG-Galician Public TV. He does web design and layouts for several institutional bodies.

Victor González Guillán Web Designer

Full time Matrix software architect; buddhist monk when he decides to have his medications and choses the red pill; and just sometimes, may be because of the excitement after a Ben Frost gig or for the almost eternal waiting for his annual appointment with Nils: he collaborates, develops and fights in everything that comes up and catches his attention.