Maria Elorza
Spain
Overview
María Elorza shares her vision of cinema as a thread that connects projects, where each film leaves remnants that she rescues in the next one. Fascinated by the manual and the artisanal, she finds in documentary cinema a way to discover stories and deep conversations that daily life does not allow. Through the use of archival material, she connects with the past and turns it into a mirror of her own imagination. Her latest work, “A los libros y a las mujeres canto,” is an intimate dialogue between memory, literature, and cinema, where the personal merges with the collective.
Chapters
Why are you making films?
How do you conceive the use of archival material?
How do you approach the writing of this film, and how do you create its beginning?
How do your films come to life? What triggers the impulse to make one?
For you, how important is it to have a style as an author?
Is there a relationship between your films?
How do you reconcile your personal life with your professional life?
Bio
Maria Elorza is a Spanish director known for her interest in the everyday and the use of language in film. She has directed several notable short films, such as "Gure hormek," "Ancora lucciole," and "Quebrantos." Between 2015 and 2020, she worked at the Tabakalera Center, where she began collecting materials for her first feature film, "A los libros y a las mujeres canto" (2022), which premiered at the San Sebastián and Rotterdam festivals. She has also co-directed projects such as "Irudi mintzatuen hiztegi poetikoa" (2013) and "Agosto sin ti" (2014), and has collaborated on collective documentaries like "Errautsak" (2014).
Filmography
- A los libros y a las mujeres canto (2022)
- Breaches (2020)
- Ancora Lucciole (2019)
- Kalebegiak (2016)
- Gure Hormek (2016)
- Agosto sin ti (2013)
- Irudi mintzatuen hiztegi poetikoa (2013)
