Forastera
- Spain
- 20"
- 2020
Synopsis
Spending her summer in Mallorca, Antonia comes to recognize the latent similarities between her and her dead grandmother, and discovers a power over her mourning grandfather. She can’t resist playing dress-up, but it becomes unclear who is inhabiting who.
Festivals and awards
Semaine de la Critique - Festival de Cannes, France
Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón, Spain

Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
Lucia is a screenwriter/director from Madrid. She is currently completing her MFA in Screenwriting at Columbia University. She earned her BFA in film production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Lucia has been living in New York for the past 9 years, freelancing in production, documentary, web series, and is now shifting her career to screenwriting and directing. Her latest short, FORASTERA, received funding from the EU’s Creative MEDIA Programme. Her work often centers on the inner turmoils of women.