Female Territory: Pioneers

“Espacio Femenino” is, since 2010, a permanent program of the Instituto Cervantes dedicated to feminine culture, which usually includes recent films that serve as a sample of cinematographic production directed by women. This year, for the first time, the cycle focuses on women who made their debut as film directors from the 1950s to the 1980s and, therefore, were pioneers in the history of Spanish cinematography. The six films that make up the cycle this year do not only show the work and aesthetic proposals of the pioneering women whose names we recover: each film represents an extremely interesting portrait and a particular look at the Spain of its time.