Mabel Lozano (Villaluenga de la Sagra, December 28, 1967)[2] is a Spanish writer, model, film director, film and television actress and activist in defense of women's rights. In her work she denounces the sexual exploitation of women through prostitution and trafficking. In 2021 she received the Goya Award for best documentary short film for Biografía del cadáver de una mujer.
Mabel Lozano | |
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 Mabel Lozano at the 2018 Goya Awards | |
| Born | María Isabel López García 28 December 1967[1] Villaluenga de la Sagra, Toledo, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Spanish actress, model, screenwriter, film director, documentary filmmaker and writer. |
| Years active | 1990-present |
Biography
editBorn in Villaluenga de la Sagra, Lozano moved to Madrid, where she came into contact with the world of fashion catwalks, living in Japan, Paris and Milan. Upon her return to Spain, she became popular when she started working on television.[3]
Professional career
editShe was the presenter of the TVE program Noche de Fiesta in 1999, together with Miguel Ángel Tobías, until she was replaced in 2000 by Juncal Rivero.
She also began presenting TVE's New Year's Eve specials, replacing Norma Duval in 1999 until 2003. She shared presenting duties with Ramón García, Juncal Rivero, María José Suárez, Nuria Roca, Andoni Ferreño and Juan y Medio.
In 2007 she took a turn in her career. After attending university to study filmmaking and completing a master's degree in social cinema and human rights at the University of Galway, she began a career as a documentary filmmaker for human rights, writing and directing her first feature documentary Voices against trafficking in women, shot in Romania, Moldova and Spain, in which she denounced the buying and selling of women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Voices against trafficking in women has been used for the training of law enforcement agencies and the Public Prosecutor's Office[where?].[4]
Since then, in addition to short films and spots, she has made other feature documentaries: 2009's La teoría del espiralismo, starring five Paralympic athletes; 2010's Las sabias de la tribu as a tribute to the generations of post-war women who fought for their rights; 2012's Madre, a documentary about motherhood in the 21st century.
In 2014 she released the short film Las mujeres que triunfan in which she talks about the success of women over 45.[5][6]
In 2015 she released the documentary Chicas nuevas 24 horas, about trafficking and sexual exploitation of women; which is a co-production between Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Spain[7] that was nominated for the Goya Award[8] and the Platino Ibero-American Film Awards.[4]
In 2018 she presented El proxeneta. Paso corto, mala leche the true story in first person of a trafficker of women through which she reviews the evolution of prostitution and trafficking in Spain since the 1980s.[9][10] She wrote a non-fiction novel with the same story that won the Rodolfo Walsh award.[11]
In 2021 she won the Goya Award for documentary short film for Biografía del cadáver de una mujer.[12][13] In May 2021 she presented the spot for the campaign "If you pay, you abuse" to dissuade young people from paying for sex. This was promoted by the Generalitat Valenciana in the framework of the Forum for the Abolition of Prostitution.[14]
She is a member of CIMA (Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media).
Personal life
editOn April 19, 2020, she communicated on her Instagram account that she had undergone emergency surgery for breast cancer, diagnosed in March.[15]
Filmography
editDirector
edit| Year | Film | Scriptwriter |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Las mujeres que triunfan | Mabel Lozano |
| 2015 | Chicas nuevas 24 horas | Susana Fernández Mabel Lozano Alicia Luna |
| 2017 | El proxeneta | Mabel Lozano Alicia Luna |
| 2020 | Biografía del cadáver de una mujer | Mabel Lozano, Fernando Marías Amondo |
Cinema
edit| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Tiovivo c. 1950 | José Luis Garci |
| 2002 | Navidad en el Nilo | Neri Parenti |
| 2001 | Corazón de bombón | Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia |
| 1999 | París-Tombuctú | Luis García Berlanga |
| 1999 | ¡Mamá, preséntame a papá! | Charlotte de Turckheim |
| 1998 | Una pareja perfecta | Francesc Betriu |
| 1998 | Grandes ocasiones | Felipe Vega |
| 1997 | Al límite | Eduardo Campoy |
| 1995 | Dile a Laura que la quiero | José Miguel Juárez |
| 1992 | Vivir por nada | Javier Sacristán |
Television
edit| Year | Series | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Lobos | Paloma |
| 2004 | La sopa boba | Patricia |
| 2003 | Código fuego | Marga |
| 2000-2001 | La ley y la vida | Camino |
| 1996-2000 | La casa de los líos | Mari Luz |
| 1994 | Vecinos | |
| 1993-1996 | Los ladrones van a la oficina | Reme |
Programs
edit| Year | Series | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011- | El ojo del tigre | Collaborator |
| 2011- | TDT: Te damos la tarde | Collaborator |
| 2007-2011 | Noche sensacional | Host |
| 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007,2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 y 2013 | Pasapalabra | Assistant to contestant |
| 1998, 2001 y 2006 | Furor | Contestant |
| 2002 | Con la primera al 2003 | Host |
| 2001 | Con la primera al 2002 | Host |
| 2000 | Con la primera al 2001 | Host |
| 2000 | Humor se escribe con H | Co-Host |
| 1999 y 2000 | Telepasión espYearla | Collaborator |
| 1999 | Con la primera al 2000 | Host |
| 1999 | Noche de fiesta | Host |
| 1997 | Navidades en Series | Host |
| 1996 y 1997 | Grand Prix | Godmother |
| 1991-1992 | La ruleta de la fortuna | Host |
Publications
edit- El Proxeneta (2018) Editorial Alreves,
- PornoXplotación: La explosión de la gran edición de nuestros tiempos (2020) Editorial Alreves, by Mabel Lozano and Pablo J. Conellie.
Awards and recognitions
edit- 2009: Málaga Film Festival Award or the Cross of Merit of the National Police.[16]
- 2013: received the VI Participando Creamos espacios de Igualdad Award in the category of Art and Culture, granted by the Women's Council of the municipality of Madrid.[17]
- 2015: Oxfam Intermon's Avanzadoras award.[18][19]
- 2016: Premio Amnesty International ABCyCine Award,[20] Latin Gold Award[21] and Most Supportive Character Award.[22]
- 2017: Honorary Citizen by the City Council of Toledo.[23]
- 2018: Rodolfo Walsh Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime Novel of 2017 written in Spanish for her work El proxeneta (The Pimp), which narrates the life of the owner of one of Spain's largest brothels.[24][25]
- 2018: received the Best Activist Screenplay 2018 award, at the XXI Edition of the Progressive Women Awards 2018 given by the Federation of Progressive Women.[26]
- 2021: Goya Award for documentary short film for Biografía del cadáver de una mujer.[12][13]
- 2021: Comadre de Oro Award granted by La Tertulia Feminista 'Les Comadres' in recognition: "for her permanent and tireless efforts to bring to light the tragic lives of prostituted women and girls, which society forgets; denouncing, with her work, the mafias of trafficking, pornography and prostitution".[27]
- 2021: The Civil Guard awarded her the Medal of Merit for her work against human trafficking.[28]
- 2021: Received one of the EVAP awards in the category, Integrity Award. The awards are given by the Association of Businesswomen and Professionals of Valencia.[29][30]
- 2021: Francisca de Pedraza Award against gender violence, granted by the Association of Progressive Women of Alcalá de Henares.
References
edit- ^ "Mabel Lozano: "La Selección es un ejemplo para los chavales"". sefutbol (in Spanish). 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Mabel Lozano: "En mi pueblo no había ni instituto pero sí puticlub"" (in European Spanish). abc. 20 December 2017.
- ^ Jabois, Manuel (17 September 2017). ""Cuando tu cuerpo vale cinco euros, tu vida no vale nada"". El País (in Spanish).
- ^ a b "Mabel Lozano: "Además de cineasta soy una activista contra la trata de mujeres"". www.programaibermedia.com (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Mabel Lozano presenta su corto 'Mujeres que triunfan'" (in European Spanish). Que Me Dices. 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Mabel Lozano asegura: "No hay edad para triunfar"". EuropaPress (in European Spanish). europapress.es. 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Estrenan "Chicas nuevas 24 horas"". ABC (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Mabel Lozano: 'La gente cree que estoy loca cuando me oye hablar de la trata'" (in Spanish). ELMUNDO.
- ^ "Mabel Lozano publica 'El Proxeneta', la historia real y en primera persona de un esclavista de mujeres en España" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 12 November 2017.
- ^ "Mabel Lozano: Yo educo a mi hijo para que respete a las mujeres, no para que las cuide" (in European Spanish). Diez Minutos. 20 January 2018.
- ^ ""El proxeneta" gana el Premio Rodolfo Walsh".
- ^ a b Redacción/Diario16 (18 January 2021). "Mabel Lozano, nominada a los Goya por su infatigable lucha contra la trata de mujeres". Diario16 (in Spanish).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "'Biografía del cadáver de una mujer', de Mabel Lozano, Mejor Cortometraje Documental en los Premios Goya 2021".
- ^ "'Si pagas, abusas', la campaña de la Generalitat para disuadir a los jóvenes de pagar por sexo". elperiodic.com (in Spanish).
- ^ "Mabel Lozano, operada de urgencia de un cáncer de mama en plena pandemia". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Mabel Lozano, presentadora de Publifestival 2018 - Publifestival" (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Consejo de las Mujeres del Municipio de Madrid – Histórico". www.consejomujeresmadrid.org (in European Spanish).
- ^ 20Minutos. "Mabel Lozano: "Si en nuestro primer mundo no se compraran mujeres, no habría trata"" (in Spanish). 20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 20Minutos. "Avanzadoras: mujeres frente a la trata, los centros de internamiento de extranjeros y el cáncer" (in Spanish). 20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Organismos de Derechos Humanos. Amnistía internacional". Delito y Sociedad. 1 (2). 8 November 2003. doi:10.14409/dys.v1i2.106.
- ^ "Mabel Lozano, Premio Latino de Oro a la Mejor Directora en Documental Social 2016 - Premios Latino". premioslatino.es (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Mabel Lozano, Personaje más solidario 2016 – Premios Solidarios del Seguro 2016". premiossolidarios.inese.es (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Mabel Lozano, Cristina Romero, Fernando Aranda y Ricardo Izquierdo, distinguidos por el Ayuntamiento" (in Spanish). abc.
- ^ "Mabel Lozano gana el premio Rodolfo Walsh de la Semana Negra de Gijón con su libro 'El proxeneta'" (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Mabel Lozano, Premio Rodolfo Walsh de la Semana Negra de Gijón con 'El proxeneta' Tribuna Feminista" (in European Spanish). Tribuna Feminista. 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Inscripción PREMIOS MUJERES PROGRESISTAS 2018". Google Docs.
- ^ "'Les Comadres' elige a Mabel Lozano 'Comadre de Oro' y otorga el 'Felpeyu' al 'Trifachito' y a Canteli el 'Babayu'". Europa Press. 5 February 2021.
- ^ "La Guardia Civil otorga una Medalla al Mérito a Mabel Lozano – CIMA – Asociación de mujeres cineastas y de medios audiovisuales" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Silvia Gil, Mabel Lozano, Victoria Fernández y Cristina Aristoy, ganadoras de los Premios EVAP 2021". Europa Press. 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Ganadoras de los premios EVAP 2021". www.evap.es.
External links
edit- Mabel Lozano on IMDb