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Inside the Mind of Teresa Trasancos
05 de October de 2022
“Every artistic area has its own special aura that, in turn, allows you to take on a great variety of subjects in order to complete yourself.”
They say that opportunities always come our way; either we go looking for them or they come to us as a stroke of luck. Sometimes, though, opportunities happen because we’ve created them for ourselves and we’ve convinced ourselves that we could take them. That’s the case of Teresa Trasancos, a young and promising filmmaker that will soon be giving us all something to talk about.
Teresa Trasancos, born in San Fernando (Cádiz), is a young 23-year-old short film director who has created her own production company and collaborated with a great deal of directors, producers and actors.
Punto de Partida Entertainment, her production company that was created in 2022, is a reflection of the balance she wants between her personal and professional life. Her decision to create this company comes from her desire not to get stuck in her creative role and explore the business aspect of the film industry.
2012: The Beginning of Her Love for Film
The attraction she felt for the world of cinema started when she was 13 y.o., when she wanted to be an actress. In order to make it easier for her to arrive, she wrote a screenplay in which she could act. Besides exploring the world of interpretations, she started feeling interested in technical aspects, like how shootings were done or who were those people behind the cameras.
She says that during that transformation she received a wonderful surprise from her grandfather — a collection of video cameras from when he was young; a passion of his that she never knew about until that very day.
First Short Film: Silencio, en la Piel de la Acosada.
At only 15 years of age, she shot her first short film, Silencio, en la Piel de la Acosada, in which she denounces school harassment. Thanks to this short film, the industry noticed her and her social networks followers increased.
Driven by an irresistible passion, Teresa optimised her schedule in order to learn as much as she could in the least possible time.
- From 8 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon, she went to school.
- From 4 in the afternoon until 11 in the night, she went to film school and did an intensive course.
- From midnight until 3 in the morning, she would study.
- On the weekends she would act in short films.
It was precisely in those times that she became a trainee, assisting the art director in a film by Isaki Cuesta, Entre Dos Aguas, which won the Concha de Oro at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
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Do You Create a Collaborative Environment?
“As a director, if I don’t have a director of photography, a camera operator and a chief of sound, it’s impossible to do anything. This kind of work requires collaboration and a dedicated team. We must get rid of competitiveness, we’re all in this together. We’re all at the same level, we’re a collective. If we would act like this in society, we would learn how to generate more wellbeing”.
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Second Short Film: Kuerpos
When she turned 18, she decided to keep going with her self-taught drive. She knew she wanted her training to be in filmmaking.
During this time of her life, she created her second short film, Kuerpos, which focused on transexuality. This short film marked a professional turning point in Teresa's career as a director. Kuerpos had a global impact and was screened and cheered in several film festivals.
2020: The Pandemic, Short of Films
All the great steps she had taken so far couldn’t stop her from suffering from a small crisis when the pandemic hit. Many of the projects she was working on were dropped. So did her third short film.
It was then that she met Álvaro Ariza and María Luisa Gutiérrez, who trusted her and co-produced her new story. Teresa is very grateful to have gotten a sponsor for her new adventure.
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What Other Things Have You Studied?
“I study anthropology on my own and it helps me have a better conception of the characters I create. What are their needs? It’s one way I have to create stories that are a reflection of our society.” __________________________________________________________________________________
Third Short Film: Cuesta Arriba
By the end of 2022, she will premiere her new short film, Cuesta Arriba, co-produced by several entities and production companies from Spain. The screenplay and its production have been adapted to the lead, Luis Mena, a childhood friend of Teresa’s who has cerebral palsy. The story seeks to make it visible, from fiction, a condition that affects 4 out of 1000 kids in the world.
While we wait for the premiere, Teresa Trasancos, works on her next project, with which she continues her journey as a filmmaker.
Teresa will continue to create works with a strong social commitment, which is what motivates her, while she adapts her stories to any film genre.
A diamond in the raw with a great future to come.
An interview with: @teresatrasancos