Fany de la Chica

Fany de la Chica is an award-winning Andalusian filmmaker and educator based between Spain and the United States. Her work has been screened at nearly one hundred international film festivals, (...) winning over ten awards and broadcasting in several countries. Her short film Something to Believe In was presented at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, won a College Emmy at the Television Academy Foundation’s College Television Awards, and was selected at major festivals such as Málaga, Telluride, Nashville, and Cinequest. Her short The Looking Ceremony won the NewView Award organized by Glamour USA, and her documentary Round Trip was preselected for the Goya Awards with support from the ICAA. She was selected for the SGAE Series Lab with her project Fire and Poison (Fuego y Veneno), which also received support from the BBVA Foundation’s Leonardo Research Grant. Her work has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, MovieMaker, FilmThreat, and Cinewoman. She is an alumna of the Women in Film Los Angeles Directing Fellowship, Berlinale Talents, Torino Film Lab, Reykjavík Talent Lab, and Cine Qua Non Lab, and has received fellowships and awards, including the Rafael del Pino Fellowship and the Alice Guy Screenwriting Award. She has directed branded content for companies including Google, The Outnet, and LIFEWTR, and her documentaries A Day in Smara and The Visit have screened at over seventy international festivals, winning prizes at the London International Documentary Festival, the International Human Rights Film Festival in Colombia, and the Houston International Film Festival. Her most recent short, Last Night at Paris Blues, shot in Harlem, premiered at the Seville European Film Festival and screened at HollyShorts, Harlem, and Reykjavík. She earned an MA in Documentary at Royal Holloway (London) and an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing at Columbia University, New York.