Celebrating 100 years of Garcia Lorca’s Deep Song contest, DUENDE takes us through one of the most awaited festivals in Granada, Spain: Easter week. Duende is an intimate, unexpected tale of an encounter with the afterlife, a series of miracles that can only be experienced through watching, being immersed in the film.

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LUCIA BARRENETXEA LOPEZ

Lucia Barrenetxea Lopez is a multiplicinary artist with a special interest in filmmaking. She started her career as a dancer completing a dance degree in contemporary, classical and flamenco dance awarded by the Theatre Institute of Barcelona, followed by participating and coming first in International dance awards and festivals. She then became interested in acting and dramaturgy and studied Meisner techniques at the Acting Studio in New York City, shortly after she was accepted by the University of London, Goldsmiths’s College to join a degree in English and Drama where she was able to develop her writing, directing and acting skills as well as keeping her dance practice. Deciding to further pursue her academic career, she has just finished an MA in Visual Anthropology in order to explore further the effectiveness of documentary. DUENDE is a film that explores the roots of flamenco culture within the context of the saeta song, the only flamenco music performed a cápela and dedicated to the Virgin and Christ that parade around the streets during Easter week. Lucia has set up Del Mar Films in order to foster well awaited conversations in anthropology. Her films are made to inspire and be enjoyed as well as offering the generosity of intimacy, deep connection and a new perspective on human, artistic and anthropological matters.