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From October to December 2023

Lorena Iglesias Lista

Feísmo (Ugliness)

What would happen if the landscape were to recycle its surplus human beings as a way of defending itself?

In Lorena’s project, four zoomers travel to an isolated village in the wilds of Galicia to follow a tourist route through a number of really ugly places. On the second night, one of them posts an ironic message on Instagram, mocking the villagers and all the ugliness. Immediately, all sorts of paranormal things start happening, and it seems that the environment is reacting and defending itself. Will the landscape manage to recycle and turn them all into ugliness?

BIO
Lorena Iglesias Lista (A Coruña) is an actress, scriptwriter and stand-up comedian. In 2012, she made her first feature film in Seattle with her audiovisual collective Canódromo Abandonado: The Tomb of Bruce Lee, which premièred at the Sitges Film Festival in 2013.

As a comedian, she has been putting on a weekly show since 2019, the Necroshow, and she also takes part in festivals, podcasts, radio programmes and feminist events.

In 2019, the Film Academy selected her project for a series, Millennial Mal, for one of its residencies in collaboration with the Madrid City Council. In 2022, the series received a development grant from the Autonomous Government of Navarre and funding from the EU’s MEDIA programme which provides support for audiovisual content. In 2022-2023, she co-wrote the feature film Delivery (Alumbramiento) - (in production) with director Pau Teixidor.

As an actress, she has worked with directors such as Carlos Vermut (Who Will Sing to You (Quién te cantará), Magical Girl), Juan Cavestany (People in Places (Gente en sitios), Madrid Interior), Pablo Hernando, Julián Génisson, Chema García Ibarra (The Sacred Spirit (Espíritu Sagrado)), Alberto Gracia (The Vine (La Parra)) and Ion de Sosa (Mamántula), among others.