contact: info.raquelabellan@gmail.com

I was born in Murcia in 1994. I have a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies and Feminist/Queer Visual Arts. I started working in television as a camera operator. I was part of the Association of Women Filmmakers (AMMA) and for years I worked at the European Fantastic Film Festival of Murcia CFEM (now Sombra) as festival programmer. Thanks to my specialization in Spanish feminist documentary film, I taught seminars and workshops at Spanish universities. In 2016, I shot my first medium-length documentary “The Power of Hands”. In 2019 I moved indefinitely to Rome, Italy, where I will work again in television and later in other companies as a videomaker and video editor.

I’m still working on documentary projects with the production company AntropicA.

Filmography:

• I don’t know where home is / documentary / work in progress / as director
• He is no one / documentary / 2025 / as director’s assistant
• The power of the hands / documentary / 2023 / as director and editor
• The scent of orange blossom / documentary / 2022 / as director and editor
• Artemisia Gentileschi: a Warrior painter / documentary / 2020 / as director of photography
• Positive diaries: A month with Covid-19 / documentary / 2020 / as director and editor
• Laws of the border / short-film fiction / 2014 / as camera assistant
• You better ask for it / Short-film Fiction / 2014 / as camera assistant
• November, december / short-film fiction / 2013 / as director

Festivals / Awards:

• The power of the hands / FIMMER / Official selection / Madrid, Spain / 2023 / Best documentary
• The power of the hands / Fest. de cine de Maracaibo / Mid-length docs / Maracaibo, Venezuela / 2023 / Best mid-length doc
• The power of the hands / Sevil International Womens Doc Fest / Official Selection / Sevil, Azerbaijan / 2023 
• The power of the hands / Festival Int. de Yopal / Official selection / Yopal, Colombia / 2023
• The power of the hands / Festival de Cine de Málaga / Muestra Mujeres en Escena / Malaga, Spain / 2023
• The power of the hands / FicSor / Official selection / Buenos Aires, Argentina / 2023