{"id":14862,"date":"2026-04-04T20:49:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/cima-award-at-the-las-palmas-film-festival\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T13:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T12:50:13","slug":"cima-award-at-the-las-palmas-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/cima-award-at-the-las-palmas-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"CIMA Award at the Las Palmas Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Emma Tusell, editor of the feature film La lucha, receives the CIMA Award at the Las Palmas Film Festival<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>In this edition of the festival, the CIMA jury has assessed the Canarias Cinema section for the first time, a section dedicated to productions from the Canary Islands.<\/strong><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Among all the titles selected for the Canary Islands section, the CIMA jury of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival has presented its award to <strong>Emma Tusell, editor of the feature film La lucha<\/strong>, in recognition of \u201cthe organic, rhythmic editing that holds the audience\u2019s attention, with a pace in which every shot becomes part of the story\u2019s heartbeat. Through this approach, she delves into the emotional world of the protagonists and their father-son relationship, turning the struggle into an embrace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The CIMA Award, <strong>which comes with a \u20ac1,500 prize, recognises the work of women directors, producers, actresses and department heads<\/strong> (including music, cinematography, sound and editing), as well as works that contribute to raising awareness and promoting social commitment to gender equality.<\/p>\n\n<p>Likewise, the CIMA jury has awarded an <strong>honourable mention to Marta Torrecilla for her short film Somos islas<\/strong>, recognising its ability \u201cto champion the unique identity of every woman through a simple yet highly effective narrative, drawing an analogy with the individuality and authenticity of each of the islands in the Archipelago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The jury was made up of the following CIMA members:<br\/><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mar\u00eda Mir\u00f3<\/strong>. Film director and screenwriter. Regarded as the first female film director in the Canary Islands, with her film Los ba\u00fales del retorno. She was a member of the Madrid Film Collective from the final years of the Franco regime through the early years of Spain\u2019s transition to democracy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A\u00efda Ballmann<\/strong>. Actress, playwright, director, producer and cultural manager. Born on the island of El Hierro to German parents. She is currently CIMA\u2019s regional representative in the Canary Islands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nuria Landete<\/strong>. Film producer with over 20 years of experience in the industry, with credits including Segundo premio and Las l\u00edneas discontinuas.<br\/><br\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/culturamania.com\/la-lucha-y-somos-islas-premios-richard-leacock-de-la-25-a-edicion-del-festival-internacional-de-cine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culturaman\u00eda<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cimamujerescineastas.es\/emma-tusell-montadora-del-largometraje-la-lucha-premio-cima-en-el-festival-de-cine-de-las-palmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CIMA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of the festival, the CIMA jury has assessed the Canarias Cinema section for the first time, a section dedicated to productions from the Canary Islands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[929,1435,921],"tags":[1347],"class_list":["post-14862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-cima","category-festival-en","tag-culturamania-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14863,"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14862\/revisions\/14863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidaballmann.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}