New Narratives for New Imaginaries / Filmmakers Transforming the Narrative

Lucia G. Romero was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1999. With an early passion for writing and storytelling, she received a full scholarship to study at ESCAC film school at the age of 18, where she graduated with a Master’s degree specialising in directing.

Her graduation film, Cura Sana (2024), received more than 140 selections and 30 international awards, including the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film in the Youth Jury Generation Kplus section at the 74th Berlinale, the Ex Aequo Award for Best Performance at the Málaga Film Festival, and the Feroz Cinema Jove Award 2024. It was also nominated for Best Short Film at the Catalan Film Academy Awards.

A deeply personal portrait inspired by her family history and her Cuban roots, Cura Sana is imbued with political and social concerns that also inform her first feature film, currently in development and financing with Filmax. The screenplay was developed with the support of a scholarship from the Spanish Film Academy’s Screenwriting Residency (GOYA), and the project won the Gen Z Award at the Berlinale Co-Production Market in 2026.

Her second short film and Master’s graduation project, Casi Septiembre (2025), premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival as part of Berlinale Shorts. Set at a campsite on the Costa Brava, the film explores the fear of abandonment and dysfunction within romantic relationships through an intimate love story.

Romero’s filmmaking centres on universal themes and experiences such as love, fear, psychological wounds, family relationships and coming of age. She approaches these subjects with empathy and sensitivity towards her characters, while bringing a distinctly political perspective shaped by her experience as an Afro-Spanish and queer woman.

Specialist in connecting Latin American projects with international markets. President of MIA (Women in the Animation Industry), where she promotes the visibility and access of women in Ibero-American animation. Director of Business Development and Production at Morgana Studios. More than 20 years of experience connecting co-production, market strategy and distribution across the Ibero-American and international audiovisual ecosystem, with productions selected for international festivals such as the Miami Film Festival and Annecy.

Born in Madrid in 1980 into a Roma family. She graduated from ECAM, specializing in criminology, psychology, forensic psychopathology, deviant behavior, criminalistics, criminal law, diversity, and social issues.

Screenwriter of the 2025 documentary Pendaripen, about the history of the Roma people in Spain, made with the collaboration of Televisión Española and Canal Sur.

Xisi Sofia Ye Chen is a Chinese-descendant filmmaker based in Barcelona. She holds a degree in Humanities and a Master’s degree in Creative Documentary from Pompeu Fabra University. Her work explores identities shaped by migration.

In 2026, she premieres her debut feature film, La Noche de la Infancia, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Visions du Réel. The documentary centres on her brother, bringing together a gangster past and a spiritual search against the backdrop of the uprooting and displacement experienced by the Chinese community in Spain.

Herminia Loh Moreno (Tetouan, 1993) is a Spanish-Moroccan musician, composer, producer, DJ and actress. Raised in Tetouan and now active within the Spanish arts scene, she develops her work through a multidisciplinary practice that brings together music, audiovisual production and performance.

In 2018, she began working professionally as a DJ, developing a distinctive identity rooted in dance music and global sounds.

Alongside her work as a DJ, Herminia develops her artistic project, restinga, as a composer, singer and producer. In 2023, she began releasing her own music, writing, recording and producing her songs independently. Her sound blends pop, electronic music and North African folk traditions, incorporating elements of bedroom pop, global bass and club music. Her songs, primarily in Spanish and also in Darija, explore intimacy, desire, heartbreak, identity and relationships from a personal perspective.

In 2025, she released Free Baby, her debut album, which she has presented at venues and festivals including Primavera Sound and Sound Isidro.

Alongside her own project, Herminia has worked as a producer for other artists and cultural projects, composing music for theatre, audiovisual works and fashion. Her practice is characterised by an interest in crossing genres and disciplines, combining electronic music, composition and sonic experimentation.

In the audiovisual field, she stars in Iván & Hadoum, a feature film directed by Ian de la Rosa, which premiered internationally at the Berlinale and was subsequently presented in Spain.

Herminia Loh’s work takes music as a space for exploration and connection — a territory where different languages, references, genres and disciplines converge to create an ever-evolving artistic identity.