Marian del Moral

Marian del Moral Garrido is a Spanish social anthropologist, researcher, and educator affiliated with the University of Granada, where she works in the Department of Social Anthropology and the University Institute of Women's and Gender Studies. Holding a PhD in Social Anthropology since 2016, she specializes in audiovisual anthropology, African media studies, and the analysis of film production from a feminist and decolonial perspective. Her academic career is characterized by exploring the connections between cinema, culture, gender, and social representation. Over the years, she has investigated how images and audiovisual narratives influence identity construction, especially concerning women and historically marginalized groups. Her studies on African media, migration, and female self-representation have made her a leading figure in contemporary visual anthropology. Beyond university research, Del Moral has been highly active in the film and audiovisual sector. She has participated in production, screenwriting, documentation, and audiovisual anthropology projects in countries such as Nepal, Morocco, South Africa, and Japan. Notably, her collaborations include working with Spanish filmmaker Icíar Bollaín, one of her main professional influences, with whom she participated in casting and production processes related to the feature film Kathmandu, A Mirror in the Sky.

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