Work & Activities

She is co-scriptwriter of 'Garbo, el espía (El hombre que salvó el mundo)' and was awarded Gaudí Prize of the Acadèmia del Cinema Catalá for the Best Script and Alma Prize of the Union of Scriptwriters for the Best Documentary Script (2010). The film, directed by Edmón Roch, was also awarded the Goya and Gaudí Prizes for the Best Documentary Film in 2010. She was selected in different festivals all around the world, got mentions and was awarded the ‘Giraldillo de Oro’ in the European Cinema Festival of Seville and the Variety Critic´s Choice at the Cinema Festival of Karlovy Vary.

María Hervera and his brother, Marcos, were codirectors of the documentary film 'AVIÓN, el pueblo ausente' (2012), coproduced by 14Pies, Filmanova, TVE, Minotauro and TVUNAM.

FESTIVALS UP TO THE MOMENT:

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS:

-International Cinema Festival, Guadalajara (Mexico), March 2013.

-Cinespaña 2013, Festival du Film Espagnol de Toulouse (France). Documentaries section (September 2013)

SPAIN:

-17´OUFF International Cinema Festival (Ourense), Panorama Galicia Section (November 2012)

-XXVI CINEUROPA Santiago de Compostela, Cineuropa Docs Section (November 2012)

-Nominee as best documentary in Mestre Mateo Awards 2013 (Galician Audiovisual Academy)

-‘Festival Internacional de Cine Etnográfico Espiello’, official section, Huesca (April 2013)

-‘X Festival Documenta Madrid”, Spanish documentary section (May 2013)

-‘VIII Mostra de Cinema Etnográfico de Santiago de Compostela’ (June 2013)

-‘XXXV Semana Internacional de Cine de Autor de Lugo’ (September 2013). His film was elected as the best in the official section according to the vote of the public.

-‘XI Festival Internacional de Cine de Ponferrada” (September 2013).