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= Teresa Lavina = Teresa Lavina was born in Bilbao, Spain in 1975.

She is a film director, film producer and a jury member at international film festivals.

Teresa teaches acting to professional actors and works as a guest lecturer in colleges.

She is the founder and the artistic and executive producer at Nova Productions Ltd., an Irish-based film production company.

As a creative practitioner, Teresa has dedicated the past 3 decades to advocate for the psychosocial need of understanding people, their culture and their origins in order to build bridges between different communities and cultures.

She believes art is the vehicle to create positive changes in society.

Her work focus on themes of inclusion and diversity as her primary objective.

She has successfully taken part in several initiatives with community groups including Youth Work Ireland, SARI, GTM, BTDW. She works with YSI imparting social innovation projects to disadvantaged groups.

Lavina's films speak about human rights and social justice with particular emphasis on under-represented peoples.

Her works have been screened globally, and she has won awards in Ireland, Canada, Spain, and the United States.

Her work has mostly been funded by The Arts Office, Creative Ireland, European Cultural Foundation,TG4, The National Lottery, and Screen Ireland.

In 2019, she co-created, and between 2019 and 2022, directed Shot By The Sea film festival in Galway.