Beatriz Navas Valdés
Spain
An expert in culture, cinema, and the creative industries, with extensive experience in developing cultural policies and projects.
She holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication and a PhD in Film Analysis from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). She currently serves as Technical Secretary of the IBERMEDIA Programme. From 2018 to June 2023, she served as Director General of the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), under Spain’s Ministry of Culture. She subsequently coordinated Film and Audiovisual Arts for Europalia Spain 2025, a multidisciplinary biennial held between October 2025 and January 2026 in several Belgian cities. Previously, she headed the Audiovisual Department (2008–2014) and the Performing and Audiovisual Arts Department (2014–2017) at La Casa Encendida, one of Spain’s leading contemporary art and culture centres. She is also co-founder of plat.tv, an independent, cutting-edge platform specialising in Spanish and Latin American experimental and independent cinema.