Avelina Prat

Avelina Prat
Prat in 2025
Born	1972 (age 52–53) Valencia, Spain
Occupations	Film director screenwriter script supervisor architect

Avelina Prat (born 1972) is a Spanish filmmaker and script supervisor.

Life and career

Prat was born in Valencia in 1972. ^[1] Prior to entering the film industry, she worked as an architect. ^[2] Starting in 2004, she worked as script supervisor for over 30 feature films, ^[3] including The Queen of Spain , in which she also featured as an actress portraying a script supervisor. ^[4] She also directed the short films 208 palabras and 3/105 (2014 Venice Film Festival entry). ^[4]

Her feature film directorial debut, Vasil , premiered at the 2022 Seminci. ^[5] It was followed by The Portuguese House (2025), which premiered at the 28th Málaga Film Festival. ^[6]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2022	5th Berlanga Awards	Best Director	Vasil	Won	[7]
		Best Screenplay		Won
2023	15th Gaudí Awards	Best New Director		Nominated	[8]

References

1. "La revolución de las cineastas: 20 mujeres para entender el cine español actual". Heraldo de Aragón . 30 March 2025.
2. Martínez, Luis (17 March 2025). "Avelina Prat confirma en 'Una quinta portuguesa' su delicado y preciso cine profundamente humanist". El Mundo .
3. "Avelina Prat: «Aunque Vasil esté entre la realidad y la fábula, los personajes son muy reales, muy humanos; no queríamos estereotipos»". Seminci . 25 October 2022.
4. Canela, Joan (15 March 2025). "La constructora de pel·lícules". Diari La Veu del País Valencià.
5. Yuste, Javier (5 November 2022). "'Vasil', la historia del inmigrante y el jubilado". El Cultural .
6. "'Una quinta portuguesa' juega con los fantasmas del pasado en el Festival de Málaga". Europa Press . 17 March 2025.
7. "'El cover', 'Vasil' i 'Desenterrats' triomfen en els V Premis Berlanga de l'Audiovisual Valencià". À punt. 13 November 2022.
8. "En directe | Premis Gaudí: "Alcarràs" i "Un año, una noche", les més nominades de la nit". 3/24 . 22 January 2023.