About by Bárbara Fdez. Film Director & Photographer

She began her professional career within the photography department in productions for Netflix, Movistar or Amazon Prime, where she has discovered the different dynamics of an audiovisual production. Her first short film as director and co-writer has been “El Baile del Estornino” (2020) which claims its space in the LGTBQ world, screened at the Sitges Festival 2021.

Barbara Fdez on the set of El Baile del Estornino

Within the world of fashion film and music video she seeks to introduce social and human issues as in “Corazón de Tango”, starring Carmen Machi and Ramón Barea, premiered in Broadway, NY, winner of “Best music video of the year” at the Gaztea awards, 2023, and jury award at Medina del Campo 2023. Or in the piece “Save The Future” (2022) is a cry for sustainable fashion in our country, has been screened on Filmin through the festival Choreoscope. As for the documentary world, she has made her first investments in projects such as “Comida Caducada” (2021), a very personal piece that she was able to create with the help of Isabel Coixet and “Retrato de lo Invisible” (2023), a travel diary with the company of a Bolex 16mm with which he crossed Spain portraying the current reality of homelessness, awarded Best Documentary Short Film at the Astorga Festival 2023.

Bárbara Fdez. Film Director and Photographer

Selected in Doklab for the documentary film in development “Retrato de lo Invisible”, in the Lab del Norte mentored by Santiago Fillol for the film in development “Avril” and selected in AGAPI Impulsa Copros and Fulgor Lab 2023 with the Fiction feature film project “Backside Ollie” which has just been presented in the industry area of the 71st edition of the Donostia Zinemaldia, San Sebastian International Film Festival.

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EXHIBITIONS

BADA Madrid 2022 with the photographic collection “Mi identidad, reflejo de una mujer.”

Artist 360, 2022 with the photographic collection “Mi identidad, reflejo de una mujer.”

AWARDS

Fiction & Doc

Cecehachero Film Fest – International Film Festival of the Cch of the UNAM (Mexico). Best Iberian Short Film for “El Baile del Estornino”
Zoco Award Winner – “Corto Joven” City of Toledo for “El Baile del Estornino”
Screening of the short film “El Baile del Estornino” at the Sitges Film Festival 2021
Best Original Song Award – Fimucinema Award (Tenerife) for “El Baile del Estornino”
Best Documentary Short Film Award at the 26th Astorga Festival for “Portrait of the Invisible”

Dance Video & Doc

FINALIST – Flatlands Dance Film Festival – 2023
FINALIST – FunFest – International Video Festival Madeira Island – 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION – MiTS Barcelona 2022
AWARD WINNER – Lens Dans 2023
AWARD WINNER – Multi Dimension Independant Film Festival 2023
AWARD WINNER – Best Art Film AIMAFF

Music Videos

Best Music Video Award at SECIME 2023 for “Corazón de Tango”
Award for Best Music Video of the Year at the Gaztea 2023 Awards for “Corazón de Tango”
Award Winner Boden International Film Festival BIFF Sweden 2022 for “Corazón de Tango”
Honorable Mention Europe Music Awards 2022 for “Corazón de Tango”
SEMI-FINALIST – Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival 2023 for “Corazón de Tango” (Academy Award – Qualifying – BAFTA Qualifying – Canadian Screen Award Qualifying)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Lisboa Indie Film Festival LISBIFF – 2022 for “Suzko Erroberak”
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Prague Music Video Awards 2022 for “Suzko Erroberak”
Festival Internacional de Videoclips de Oviedo (FIVO) 2022 for “Suzko Erroberak”
FINALIST CINEMATOGRAPHY – International Music Video Underground 2022 (París) for “Kuraia”
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Caostica 2022 for “Kuraia”
Semi-finalist Sunday Shorts Film Festival 2022 for “Nº1 Cambio”

Fashion Films

Award Winner for the best message – Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival 2022 for “Save the Future”
Quarter Finalist Melbourne Fashion Festival (MFF) Fashion Film Award 2022 for “Save the Future”

PRESS

LF Magazine – La Fotografía Magazine – Bárbara Fdez. “Mi identidad, reflejo de una mujer.”

Kluid Magazine – Editorial “Angel” by Bárbara Fdez.

Shit Magazine – NOT ZERU ZERU presents HUMAN, the “fantasmas” who seek integration.

Shit Magazine – ‘Fcking Monster’, a personal introspection about the subconscious and our inner monsters, focused on struggle and personal discovery

Noticias de Navarra – The floods suffered last year in Pamplona inspire the dance project ‘Uholdeak’

Marli Brodgen – Sale of the book of the script of the short film ‘El Baile del Estornino’

Beyond the short – “Save The Future” By Bárbara Fdez

Retrospective of Jupiter – “Save The Future” By Bárbara Fdez

Retrospective of Jupiter – “Nº 1 Cambio” By Bárbara Fdez

Beyond the short – “Zea Mays – Corazón de Tango” By Bárbara Fdez