Unicaja Foundation inaugurates its new series on artistic creation with Alejandro Amenábar and Carlos del Amor

The Unicaja Foundation is launching its new series of dialogues 'The Art of Creating', which will kick off on Thursday, February 5th with a meeting between ... film director Alejandro Amenábar and journalist Carlos del Amor. The event will take place at 6:30 PM at the Unicaja Foundation Cultural Center in Málaga with free entry upon registration via a digital form on the website or by email at mediacionculturalmalaga@fundacionunicaja.com.

In this new initiative, Carlos del Amor, the moderator of the series, will engage in dialogue with prominent figures from the cultural scene such as filmmakers, musicians, and visual and graphic artists to delve deeply into their creative process: where stories come from, what inspires a song, how a score is born, what is the perfect image, among other questions. These talks are an invitation to enter the mental workshop of some of the best creators in our country.

The 'The Art of Creating' series will continue at the Unicaja Foundation cultural centers on March 3rd in Cádiz with singer Miguel Poveda; April 13th in Sevilla with composer Lucas Vidal, and May 5th in Almería with photographer Isabel Muñoz. All meetings will take place at 6:30 PM with free admission.

Alejandro Amenábar

He is one of the most prominent filmmakers in contemporary Spanish cinema, internationally recognized for feature films such as Tesis (1996), Open Your Eyes (1997), The Others (2001) or The Sea Inside (2004), for which he won up to 60 international awards, including the Oscar for 'Best Foreign Language Film' and 14 Goya Awards (including 'Best Film' and 'Best Director'). His film 'Agora' was the highest-grossing film of the year in Spain, earning more than 21 million euros and attracting 3.5 million viewers. His latest work 'The Captive', released last September, has just been nominated for 7 Goya Awards.

His cinema shows the influence of various literary and cinematic sources, as the author himself has acknowledged on occasion, from great filmmakers who have cultivated more and better genres, such as thriller, suspense, intrigue, or science fiction like Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Jacques Tourneur, Stanley Kubrick, or Roman Polanski.

Carlos del Amor

Writer and journalist, Carlos del Amor is one of the most unique voices when it comes to narrating the creative process and the emotions behind works of art. His career has always been linked to cultural information, covering festivals, exhibitions, and major galas such as the Goya Awards or the Cannes Film Festival for RTVE News.

As an author, through works such as "Emocionarte. The Double Life of Paintings", an essay awarded the Espasa Prize 2023, and "Retratarte. When Every Look is a Story", he places art at the center of his writing, turning paintings and portraits into starting points for reflection on creation, perception, and contemporary sensibility.