● The filmmaker premiered Una quinta portuguesa this year to great critical and public acclaim.
● Her participation will inaugurate the third edition of Humans Lab with a master class open to the public.
● The deadline for submitting projects for Humans Lab, which will take place from December 12 to 14 in Valencia.
The Humans Lab, the audiovisual creation laboratory launched by the International Film and Human Rights Festival of Valencia, Humans Fest, organized by the Foundation for Justice since 2009, has announced that in its third edition it will have director Avelina Prat among its mentors this year.
Prat will host a meeting with participants and the public on Friday, December 12, as one of the opening activities of Humans Lab 2025, which runs until Sunday, December 14. This meeting is open to the public, but prior registration is required due to limited capacity. The master class will focus on aspects of creation, script analysis, and/or production related to human rights.
In addition, those selected to participate with their short film projects in Humans Lab will have the opportunity to enjoy a one-to-one tutored session with Avelina Prat, to whom they can present their ideas to receive suggestions for improvement.
FROM ARCHITECTURE TO FILM
An architect by training, Avelina Prat (1972), from Valencia, began her career in film as a script supervisor alongside acclaimed directors such as Fernando Trueba, Cesc Gay, David Trueba, and Lucile Hadzihalilovic. She has directed several short films and documentaries and has worked as a
programmer for Cinema Jove.
In 2022, she wrote and directed the feature film Vasil, which premiered at the Warsaw International Film Festival and won an award at SEMINCI. This year, with Una quinta portuguesa (Málaga Film Festival, BAFICI), she has become one of the most acclaimed directors and screenwriters in Spanish cinema. She is currently completing her festival run while continuing to captivate critics and audiences alike.
Prat's name thus joins that of other film professionals such as Almudena Carracedo (Emmy Award in 2008 for her documentary Made in LA), Carlos Marqués-Marcet (Goya Award for Best New Director 2015, Silver Spike in 2024 and several Gaudí awards), Estíbaliz Urresola (Goya Award and Gaudí Award for Best New Director 2024…) or the president of the Spanish Film Academy, Fernando Méndez-Leite, among others, who have participated in previous editions of Humans Lab.
ABOUT HUMANS FEST AND HUMANS LAB 2025
Humans Fest is one of the main activities promoted by the Foundation for Justice with the aim of defending human rights and denouncing their violations through film. It is part of the international Human Rights Film Network.
Its 16th edition (2025), in which this third Humans Lab is framed, coincides with a year of special relevance: Humans Fest has been selected by the Spanish film academy as a qualifying festival for the Goya Awards in the categories of fiction short film and documentary short film.
Fundación por la Justicia and Humans Fest are developing this third edition of the Humans Lab thanks to the collaboration and support of the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), Institut Valencià de Cultura (IVC)/ La Filmoteca, the Diputació de València, Área de Igualdad del Ajuntament de València, Teika, Caixa Popular, Academia Valenciana del Audiovisual, EDAV (Associació d'Escriptors de l'Audiovisual Valencià), À Punt (Official Media).
