I grew up in a small village called Bunyol, in Spain, and spent most of my childhood in an old cinema run by my family. There I developed a fascination for filmmaking. I studied Journalism (University of Valencia, Spain, 2008), completed a Master in Innovation and Quality in Television (University Pompeu Fabra, 2009) and a Diploma in Creative Documentary (University del Valle, Colombia, 2014). I have a (practice-based) PhD in Film Studies from UCL (2022) on Latin American women’s documentary cinema. Since 2008 I have been working as documentary researcher, cinematographer, and editor for several productions, such as ‘Dr. Moises Broggi’ (TV3, Spain, 2010), ‘I wasn’t always dressed like this’ (D-AEP, UK, 2013), and ‘Changing of the Guard’ (Telesur, UK, 2018). I have directed Pilas (2019) and co-directed #PrecarityStory (2020). Currently, I am developing Processing Images from Caracas. My films have been awarded by UNESCO, Talencia, Alcances and DOCMA, and have been shown at cinemas, international film festivals, and art galleries. I have taught at the University of Essex, the University of Westminster, University Arts London, and University College London. I have presented my research at conferences such as Visible Evidence and LASA and have published academic articles in several journals, including Alphaville and Feminist Media Studies. In 2021, I co-organized the international conference Cozinhando imagens, tejiendo feminismos. Latin American Feminist Film and Visual Art Collectives, from which I co-edited a namesake section for Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, published in 2022. Currently, I am a Senior Lecturer in Film Production at Arts University Bournemouth.  

PUBLICATIONS

Cervera Ferrer, Lorena. “Towards a Latin American Feminist Cinema: The Case of Cine Mujer in Colombia.” Alphaville. Journal of Film and Screen Media, no. 20, 2020.

Cervera Ferrer, Lorena. “Militancy, Feminism and Cinema: The Case of Grupo Feminista Miércoles.” Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 2022.

Cervera Ferrer, Lorena. “Reproductive Rights, Othered Women, and the Making of Feminist Documentary in Latin America.” Feminist Media Studies, 2022.

Cervera Ferrer, Lorena, Sonia Kerfa, and Elizabeth Ramírez-Soto (eds.). “Latin American Feminist Film and Visual Art Collectives.” In Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, no. 61, 2022.

Cervera Ferrer, Lorena. “Tres aproximaciones al cine documental político hecho por mujeres de América Latina entre 1975 y 1994.” Orbis Tertius, 2023.

Cervera Ferrer, Lorena and Seguí, Isabel. “#PrecarityStory: Academic Casualisation and Feminist Filmmaking.” In Constructions of the Real, edited by Catherine Gough-Brady et al. Bristol: Intellect Books, 2023.

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