Author Lidia Merás

Lidia Merás

Lidia Merás is a member of the editorial staff of the film journal, Secuencias, and writes regularly on film and contemporary art. She is currently writing her doctoral thesis on the figure of the cyborg, entitled “From Robocop to Neo. Hybrid Archetypes in Science Fiction Films, 1979-2000”.

Gijón at the Turning Point: The 45th Gijón International Film Festival

Lidia Merás

April 2008

Festival Reports

22 November – 1 December 2007 The substantial increase in the number of film festivals in recent years in Spain is doubtless an interesting case of study. In the last ten years, Málaga (launched in 1998)...

Moroccan Cinema at Las Palmas: Immigration from the Other Shore: 8th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival

Lidia Merás

August 2007

Festival Reports

16-24 March 2007 Translated by Anita Haas Because of its varied landscape, the Spanish island of Gran Canaria (The Canary Islands) often goes by the nickname “the little continent”. There are tropical...