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A filmmaker, educator, and producer, she made her debut with *El cielo gira* (2005), shot in Aldealse\u00f1or (Soria), the first Spanish film to win the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival in four decades. The film received numerous international and national accolades, including awards at Cinema du R\u00e9el in Paris, BAFICI, and RNE\u2019s Ojo Cr\u00edtico Award, and was screened in more than 30 countries. In 2008, she directed *Mercado de futuros*, which was selected for festivals such as Rotterdam, Melbourne, and Guadalajara and won awards at Visions du R\u00e9el, BAFICI, and Nantes. She has also developed audiovisual projects and installations for art institutions and museums. He participated in the Venice Biennale (2013) and has created works for the CCCB, *Agn\u00e8s Varda: The Two Sides of the Mirror* (2024), the Palau Robert, *Escriure en el Temps* (2023), and the T\u00e0pies Museum, *Germaine Dulac: Who\u2019s Afraid of the Movies?* (2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16098,"template":"","categoria-participante":[523],"class_list":["post-18136","participante","type-participante","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-participante-film-the-image-that-makes-no-concessions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMercedes \u00c1lvarez - Encuentros de Pamplona \/ Iru\u00f1eko Topaketak<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.losencuentrosdepamplona.com\/en\/participante\/mercedes-alvarez\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mercedes \u00c1lvarez - Encuentros de Pamplona \/ Iru\u00f1eko Topaketak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A filmmaker, educator, and producer, she made her debut with *El cielo gira* (2005), shot in Aldealse\u00f1or (Soria), the first Spanish film to win the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival in four decades. 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