| Trainer and Mentor |

Alexia Muiños Ruiz | Marineda Films

Alexia is a filmmaker and an expert in gender equality and communication. Despite her scientific background and a master’s degree in Chemistry, she decided to pursue a career in film and entertainment, having received a grant from the Galician Agency to study film in New York and Barcelona. Since 2006, she has held various roles in the audiovisual sector, working both creatively as a screenwriter and director, and behind the scenes as a trainer, jury member, programmer and speaker at major international film festivals. She possesses a high level of expertise in the European field of gender equality policies and remains strongly committed to this cause. In 2013, she joined the newly established European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA), contributing to the organisation and to the pioneering pan-European study on the reasons for the shortage of female directors in the European film industry. Since 2024, Alexia has been Executive Director of EWA Network. She has also played a significant role in feminist activism in Spanish cinema and was the founder of the Catalan association Dones Visuals. She also founded his own production company, Marineda Films, and made her debut film, Noche Transfigurada, which has received international recognition. At the same time, she works as a freelance consultant, teaching film production and writing film reviews and articles.