Aitana Serrallet

Aitana Serrallet was born in Valencia in October 2003. From a very young age, she grew up surrounded by creativity and sensitivity, which led her to explore various forms of artistic expression. She studied music, trained as a harpist at the conservatory, and found in film her deepest form of communication and expression. Her first contact with the audiovisual world came in 2013, when, still a child, she acted in Un barri de cine, un cole de pel·lícula, a film project driven by the MICE Festival of Valencia and CEIP Santa Teresa, directed by Josep Arbiol. That experience sparked her interest in telling stories through images. In 2018 she won a prize at her high school with a documentary about water, and that same year she made her first short film, Bosa, her directorial debut, with the support of her family. Co-produced by IES Lluís Vives and the Mostra Internacional de Cinema Educatiu de València, Bosa offers an alternative perspective on immigration, moving away from stereotypes. The project allowed her to recognize film as a tool for social transformation and encouraged her to continue developing her voice as a director. Bosa has received multiple awards at national and international festivals, and one of those recognitions gave her the opportunity to serve as a jury member for the Small Axe Radical Short Film Awards, a UK social film festival sponsored by Ken Loach, one of her cinematic role models. Since then, she has continued making short films with a distinctly critical approach, addressing topics such as gender-based violence and school bullying. In 2021 she received a scholarship to attend the Foundation program at ESCAC (Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya), where she deepened her knowledge of film technique and language. There she discovered the power of making documentaries, creating Lo que callan los abuelos to give voice to the memories of the elderly. Although she was not selected for the full undergraduate program at that time, she studied her first year of Audiovisual Communication at the University of Valencia, where she continued developing personal projects that pushed her to focus on non-fiction. She was able to return to ESCAC thanks to another scholarship in 2023 and has continued her cinematography studies there, now on the verge of fully immersing herself in the world of documentary film. For Aitana, making films is a way to help the world understand itself, to contribute in her own small way to transforming it. She aims to generate reflection, sensitivity, and awareness, convinced that culture can help build a more just society. Her journey is only beginning, but it already shows a committed, honest, and deeply human perspective.