Anna Petrus is a filmmaker, film critic, cultural researcher, professor and currently Artistic Director of DocsBarcelona International Film Festival. Her films have toured festivals such as Festival des Films du Monde,, Sitges- Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya or FicXixón, among many others. She has worked as a film critic in several and relevant film magazines and newspapers in Spain. She is currently a contributor to the newspaper Ara, where she writes about cinema, audiovisual and feminism; and she is founder of Dones Visuals (female filmmakers association in Catalonia).