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Alejandro Ávila Villares is a film journalist. He is the director of FilmAnd, the Andalusian audiovisual magazine, and is a contributor to Cadena SER, in addition to managing the communication, press and social networks of film production companies, films, institutions and festivals.
DirCom of the Andalusian Film Academy and ANCINE (Andalusian Association of Film Production Companies), he is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA), the Andalusian Film Academy and AICE, the association that organizes the Feroz Awards.

The EFA selected him for its Sunday in the Country program as the Spanish representative in 2019.

In 2019 he won the Best Andalusian Film Book Award for Objetivo: Planeta Tierra, a pioneering book in Spanish on environmental documentaries and has been a member of the programming team of the Another Way Film Festival.
He has worked in the area of production and documentation for award-winning docuseries for Netflix (USA) and VPRO (Public Television of the Netherlands), as well as covering international festivals such as the Berlinale, IDFA Amsterdam, San Sebastian or New Horizons (Wroclaw), among others.

Cultural manager and film critic.
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain, this institution awarded him in 2012 the González-Sinde Award for his work in the dissemination of cinema.
In 2019 he received the ASECAN Award for the work of dissemination of cinema in Andalusia.
With more than thirty-five years of experience, he currently coordinates the Encuentros con el Cine Español and is director of the Muestra de Cine Español Inédito en Jaén de la Diputación Provincial, the Concurso de Cortometrajes Rodando por Jaén, the Campus de Cine Miguel Picazo de Cazorla, the Encuentros con directores de Cine de la Fundación Unicaja in Almería, Málaga and Cádiz and in 2013 he created the Festival de Cortometrajes Diputación de Jaén contra la Violencia de Género, being its director for six years.
He has been director of the Almería International Film Festival since 2015.
He was part of the constituent commission of the Andalusian Film Academy, joining its first board of directors and currently holds the vice-presidency in the new board.
His directorial debut took place with Miguel Picazo, un cineasta extramuros, a documentary nominated for the 2017 Forqué Awards.
He recently premiered at the Malaga Festival the documentary Miradas del cine español, sponsored by Fundación Unicaja, of which he is co-director.
He has published the books Miguel Picazo, un cineasta jiennense, La Tía Tula, guión cinematográfico, Los hijos de Alvargonzález, guión cinematográfico inédito, Jimena (ASECAN Award 2015) and Rodajes en Jaén (ASECAN Award 2017) He has been president of the Association of Audiovisual Festivals of Andalusia between 2011 and 2014, being subsequently re-elected between 2016 and 2018.He was part of the board of ASECAN for six years.