Masterclass by Manuel Galiana and Marta Belaustegui

Manuel Galiana (Madrid, 1941) is known for his renowned work in theater, film, and television. In 1998, he was awarded the National Theater Prize "for his professional career in all theatrical genres and his high-quality acting."

He has also received other prestigious awards such as the Gold Medal of Valladolid, the Silver Minerva from the Circle of Fine Arts, the Rojas Zorrilla from Toledo, and the Ricardo Clavo Performance Award from the Madrid City Council.

He has also been awarded Best Actor at the Palencia Theater Festival and received the Quality in Theater Award from the Spanish Theater Friends Association.

His passion for theater also led him to open his own company, Martes Teatro, and launch Estudio 2 in Madrid, where acting classes are taught and performances are held.

Marta Belaustegui (Madrid, 1966) began her professional career in 1984 and since then has worked both on stage and in film and television studios.

As a theater actress, she has worked in plays such as Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard; Vicente Aranda's Amantes; Denis Chalem's Dile a mi hija que me fui de viaje; The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare; Living Like Pigs by John Arden; Santa Cruz by Max Frisx; The Head of the Dragon by Valle Inclán; The Trojan Women by Euripides; The Balconies of Madrid by Tirso de Molina; The Schemes of Scapin by Molière; The Scandals of a Town by Goldoni, among others.

In 1994, she founded the Teatro del Duende theater company together with Jesús Salgado. She currently also directs the International Women in Film Festival and the traveling exhibition Mujeres en dirección nómada (Women in Nomadic Direction). Within this context, she carried out the campaign against gender violence Somos más libres sin violencia (We are freer without violence).

He also directed the short film Bajo la Máscara (Under the Mask) together with Jesús Ruiz, for which he received the ES + award from the Ministry of Equality in 2009 for his commitment to eradicating violence against women.