The event features a Q&A session with filmmaker Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, who directed the short film Forastera. Ms. Iglesias, born and raised in Madrid, Spain, is a writer/director based in Los Angeles. She holds a BFA in Film from NYU and an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University. Her short film Forastera (19 min., 2020) has garnered international recognition.

Forastera with Lucía Aleñar Iglesias (Filmmaker)

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.