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Expertise
Irene Gutierrez is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a PhD fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M). She is part of the Reel Borders ERC Starting Grant project, focusing on participatory filmmaking in borderlands. Her films and research address themes of im/mobility, borders, migration, and self-representation. As a filmmaker, she has directed "Diarios de Frontera" (2013), "Hotel Nueva Isla" (2014), "Connected Walls" (2015), "Diarios del Exilio" (2019) and "Between Dog and Wolf" (2020) and produced "Les Voyageurs" (2025) by David Bingong. Her films have been screened in film festivals and art venues such as Berlinale, Rotterdam IFFR, MoMA Documentary Fortnight and Lincoln Center. More info: https://reelborders.eu/Irene-profile
Research interests
participatory filmmaking, border, migration, self-representation, immobility, citizen cinema, archive
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Beyond Tokenism: Strategies to Co-Disseminate With Migrant Co-Researchers and Expand Their Roles in Neoliberal Academia
Gutiérrez-Torres, I., Lenette, C., Blomfield, I., Diallo, A. & Smets, K., 12 Jan 2026, In: Qualitative Inquiry. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cross-border archiving: Archival participatory filmmaking in borderlands
Gutiérrez Torres, I., Smets, K. & Hllouby, S., 16 Jun 2025, In: Transnational Screens. 16, 2, p. 161-179 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Participatory filmmaking and migration
Gutiérrez Torres, I., 21 Jan 2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Migration: New Mobilities and Artivism. Oso, L., Ribas-Mateos, N. & Moralli, M. (eds.). Edgar Elgar, p. 430-433 4 p. (Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Rethinking audiovisual methods: using film as a tool to overcome borders
Gutiérrez Torres, I., Almenara Niebla, S. & Smets, K., 1 Sept 2025, Sensate: A Journal for Experiments in Critical Media Practice.Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Blog › Research › peer-review
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Archival Participatory Filmmaking in Migration and Border Studies
Gutiérrez Torres, I., 17 Feb 2024, Doing Digital Migration Studies: Theories and Practices of the Everyday. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, p. 67-87Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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Best Caribbean and Centre American Film Award for Hotel Nueva Isla
Gutiérrez Torres, I. (Recipient), 2014
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Best Documentary Award for Hotel Nueva Isla
Gutiérrez Torres, I. (Recipient), 2014
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Best feature documentary film for Hotel Nueva Isla
Gutiérrez Torres, I. (Recipient), 2015
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Best Ibero-American Film Award for Hotel Nueva Isla
Gutiérrez Torres, I. (Recipient), 2014
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Best International Feature Film for Between Dog and Wolf
Gutiérrez Torres, I. (Recipient), 10 Sept 2022
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Activities
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Lecture titled 'Participatory Filmmaking in Migration and Border Studies: Ethical and Methodological Considerations'
Gutiérrez, I. (Speaker)
28 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at an external academic organisation
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Briding science and artivism: participatory filmmaking in borderlands
Smets, K. (Speaker) & Gutiérrez, I. (Speaker)
17 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Reel Borders: Displacement, Activism and Participatory Filmmaking
Smets, K. (Speaker) & Gutiérrez, I. (Speaker)
18 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at an external academic organisation
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Reel Borders: reflections from a collaborative and interdisciplinary research project
Smets, K. (Speaker), Gutiérrez, I. (Speaker), Soberon, L. W. (Speaker), Almenara Niebla, S. (Speaker), Denic, N. (Speaker), Sanlier, I. (Speaker) & Alencar, A. (Speaker)
17 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Curieu City Festival
Gutiérrez Torres, I. (Speaker)
5 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a festival/exhibition
Press/Media
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TV news coverage: The Abc of the border: Participatory Films screening
22/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Launch of the Participatory Filmmaking workshop in Ceuta media coverage
10/11/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities