Round Table - Josefina Molina Award, They Write, They direct: New Female Talents in Fantastic Cinema

The 58th Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia will host the announcement of the winner of the 1st Josefina Molina Award for Feature-Length Fantastic Screenplay by a Female Author (2025), an initiative organized by the SGAE Foundation and the Sitges Festival, in collaboration with WomanInFan.

This award, endowed with €10,000, seeks to promote the presence of new female voices in the field of fantastic cinema and to recognize the quality and originality of their screenplays. It is named after filmmaker Josefina Molina, a pioneer of Spanish fantastic cinema with her film Vera, un cuento cruel (1973), and an essential reference in Spanish cinema who paved the way for future generations of creators. 

During the Festival, in a public event that will also serve as a tribute to Molina and to all women who write and direct within the fantastic genre, the winner of this first edition will be presented. 

Participants: Ángel Sala, artistic director of SIFFFC, Mònica Garcia i Massagué, General Manager of the SIFFFC Foundation; Inés París, Vice President of the SGAE; and the winner of the 1st Josefina Molina Award for Feature Film Screenwriting in Female Authorship 2025. 

Language: Spanish.