Chema Prado is one of the most recognized names in the international film scene, having spent nearly 30 years at the helm of the Filmoteca Española. Charged with recovering, restoring, preserving, and disseminating Spain's cinematic heritage, Prado met and became extremely influential among several figures in the field, such as Chantal Akerman, Isabelle Huppert, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras, Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, Bernardo Bertolucci, Harun Farocki, Werner Herzog, Aki Kaurismaki, Abbas Kiarostami, John Malkovich, Manoel de Oliveira, Bob Rafelson, Arturo Ripstein, Ridley Scott, and many others. He also worked directly with the San Sebastián Film Festival and served as a jury member at the Cannes, Sundance, Valladolid, Locarno, Guadalajara, Miami, Rotterdam, and Venice Film Festivals.
He will be present at this edition of LEFFEST as a guest as part of the tribute to Marisa Paredes, the actress who was his partner for more than four decades.
Chema Prado
Photographer, Former director of the Filmoteca Española
