Celia Rico Clavellino

Celia Rico Clavellino was born in Seville (1982) and lives in Barcelona. She has a degree in Audiovisual Communication, a second degree in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature and a DAS in Film Studies. As a Writer-Director, her career debuted with the award-winning short flm “Luisa is not home”. It was the only Spanish flm at the 2012 Biennale di Venezia and it was featured in more than a hundred festivals. It also participated in the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival, won a Gaudí Award for best short flm (Catalonia Film Awards). Celia has worked as a First Assistant Director and Second Unit Director of Claudia Llosa’s latest flm, “Aloft” (Berlin Film Festival, 2014) and has spent over a decade working in several film production companies such as Arcadia Motion Pictures (“Blancanieves”, “Blackthorn”) or Oberon Cinematográfca (“The Milk of Sorrow”, “Dictado”) among others. “Viaje al cuarto de una madre” (Journey to a mother’s room) is her frst feature flm, which premiere was in 2018 at the San Sebastian Film Festival (New Directors) were she won the Young Jury Award, a Special Mention of the Jury and the Fedeora Critic’s Award (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and Mediterranean). The flm, which script was selected in the Script Station Lab at the Berlinale Talents in 2015, has been released in theaters in Spain, France, the United States and Argentina and has been nominated for four Goya Awards. Celia has published the picture book “Celia is bored” (Penguin Random House - Boolino Award, 2017) and is working as a screenwriter for the children’s animated TV Series “Mironins”, based on the work of the artist Joan Miró, which she will co-direct in 2020-2021. "The little loves" is her second feature film in development.