
Deadline for the María Luz Morales Awards is officially open
This essay and video essay competition is organised by the Galician Audiovisual Academy
The María Luz Morales Audiovisual Essay and Video Essay and Video Essay Awards are an initiative that seeks to promote academic production related to the audiovisual field. Since its creation, it has stimulated the production of 179 research works on audiovisual matters. In addition, in its seven editions, the Academy distributed a total of 33,600 euros in prizes among the winners.
The awards are named after the journalist María Luz Morales in recognition of her legacy. This intellectual and pioneer of Spanish film criticism was the first woman to direct a national newspaper and remained active until the age of 91.
The competition has four categories:
- Best written essay on Galician audiovisuals
- Best essay written about international audiovisuals
- Best video essay on Galician audiovisuals
- Best video essay on international audiovisuals
All entries must be submitted in Galician and the winner of each category will receive a commemorative trophy and a sum of 1,200 euros.
The deadline for submitting entries will remain open until 23:59 hours on 8 September 2024.

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