Anna Colom – ES)


I´m a journalist and documentary filmmaker who believes in communication as a key tool for world development.
I have been filming in different countries in West Africa for the tv documentary series “Routes for adventurous travellers”, which has been broadcasted in the Catalan TV channel, Canal 33 (Televisió de Catalunya) and sold in travel bookshops in Spain. I have also been the scriptwriter and video editor for this production.
In 2005 I took part in the Summerdocs, a course on Documentary Filmmaking at the NFTS (National Film and Television School) in the UK. The film “Welcome to London” has been screened in the Cinema Festivals OVNI 2006 , Baumann’ 06, Vídeo Esferes ´07 and Human Rights Festival'07 in Alicante (Spain) and México.
I have also been a news presenter in Canal Terrassa TV (Barcelona, Spain), as well as a TV Documentary Program director on Immigration and World Development. I have filmed on site in El Salvador and Mexico. My documentary about Tijuana (Mexico) “An experience of cooperation” has been screened in several Spanish TV stations and schools as well as in a UNESCO schools meeting in Spain.
I have a BA in Journalism from the UAB (Barcelona, Spain) and I´m starting a MSc in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London in 2008-2009. I´m the co-founder and current president of the NGO CoMex and I'm working on a film about the street children in a neighbourhood of Tijuana.