Terrassa — UNESCO Creative City of Film

Since 2017, I have served as the official Focal Point for Terrassa within the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN). This means coordinating cultural projects, ensuring compliance with UNESCO commitments, and brokering collaborations across cities on five continents. It also means a lot of flights, a lot of conversations, and — let’s be honest — a lot of wonderful dinners with extraordinary people.

From 2021 to 2024, I took on the role of Coordinator of the Film Subnetwork — the technical and administrative liaison between all UNESCO Creative Cities of Film and the UCCN Secretariat. I worked directly with the Assistant Director-General for Culture, mediated project development across cities, contributed to the selection of new member cities, and monitored compliance within the subnetwork.

I also co-founded the UNESCO Creative Cities Association of Spain together with other Spanish focal points, supported by the Spanish National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO (AECID).

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Conference Highlights

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Key milestones

2025 — Invited panellist at MONDIACULT: incorporating the MONDIACULT Declaration into urban governance. Film Subnetwork Meeting & Korean UCCN Workshop at KOFIC, Busan.

2024 — Plenary speaker at XVI UCCN Annual Conference in Braga on AI and culture. Organised the Global UNESCO Film Cities Meeting in Terrassa. Presented at European UNESCO National Commissions meeting in Andorra.

2023 — Invited panellist at SOM on Cultural Diplomacy during Spain’s EU Council Presidency. Speaker at 4th Forum of UNESCO Creative Cities of Film in Bitola.

2021–2024 — Coordinator of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Film Subnetwork.

2017 — Appointed Official Focal Point, Terrassa UNESCO Creative City of Film.