This conference, scheduled for May 6, 7, and 8, will bring together national and international specialists to discuss artificial women, metamorphic bodies, science fiction, technology, and gender in current cinema and television.

The event's opening will include a colloquium with Cortés, whose filmography is characterized by formal play, narrative tension, and a very physical conception of cinema. His works often feature confined characters and pressured narratives, exploring what an image can achieve when its scope is restricted. Additionally, the filmmaker will deliver a masterclass at the SecQüència Zero film workshop, where he will share his early forays into audiovisual production with students.

Cortés's visit to Castelló provides an opportunity to review five of his most notable films, ranging from his Spanish debut to international thrillers, gothic horror, chamber musicals, and economic satire.

Key works include Concursante (2007), a sharp satire on contemporary society; Buried (2010), which significantly elevated his career with its extreme tension; and Luces rojas (2012), an international production exploring the fragility of perception. Also highlighted are El amor en su lugar (2021), a delicate piece set in the Warsaw ghetto, and his most recent, Escape (2024), which returns to Spanish-language filmmaking and the paradox of freedom.

Beyond his work as a filmmaker, Rodrigo Cortés is also a renowned writer, with titles such as Los años extraordinarios, Verbolario, Cuentos telúricos, and La piedra blanda. This literary facet is crucial to understanding his cinema, as he directs with the precision of someone crafting a sentence, measuring silences and intensifying meanings.