Pablo La Parra-Pérez and Ekain Olaizola Lizarralde

Pablo La Parra-Pérez and Ekain Olaizola Lizarralde

<b>Pablo La Parra-Pérez</b> is Professor and Head of the Research Department at Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) and Principal Investigator of the research project <em>Zinemaldia 70: All Possible Histories</em>, launched by the San Sebastian International Film Festival and EQZE. His academic work has been published in journals such as <em>Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies</em> and <em>Sociologias</em> and in collective volumes such as <em>1968 and Global Cinema</em> (Wayne State UP, 2018) and <em>Global Perspectives on Amateur Film Histories and Cultures</em> (Indiana UP, 2021). He holds a PhD from New York University. <br> <br> <b>Ekain Olaizola Lizarralde</b> is an architect (ETSAB, Barcelona School of Architecture, 2007). In 2008 he became a member of the Observatory of Scenic Spaces and developed the Atlas of Theatres of Barcelona, for which he obtained several awards, such as an Honorable Mention at the Prague Quadrennial (2008) and the Critical Award Serra d'Or de Teatre (2012). He is currently a partner of Satie Arquitectos and combines the development and construction of public buildings with academic work, leading the research project Architecture of Cinema at Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola.

From the Archive, no. 1, vol. 6

Reinventing Film Festival Space: Notes on the Radical Geography of the Barrios y Pueblos Project at the San Sebastian Film Festival (1977–1985)

Pablo La Parra-Pérez and Ekain Olaizola Lizarralde discuss new research initiatives to construct a historical cartography of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (SIFF). Archival traces of the Barrios y Pueblos project (1977-1985) reveal how it brought film screenings and discussions from luxury downtown venues to working-class neighborhoods and peripheral municipalities.