María García Vera is an actress and stage creator. Born in Murcia, she has trained in Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid. She holds a degree in Acting from the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, the Conservatoire of the Fifth Arrondissement in Paris, and in Film from the University of Sorbonne and Pompeu Fabra University. She is a member of the Cia Los Detectives, whose works Kopfkino (2016), Pienso casa Digo Silla (2019), Concrete Matter (2021), and Les Chevaliers (2024-2026) have been presented in theaters and festivals nationally and internationally such as Sâlmon Fest (2016-2019-2020-2024), Festival Grec, Metropolitan Dance Festival, Circular Festival ,Portugal, IVAM Valencia, CA2M Madrid, Tabakalera Donosti among others.
As a performer she has participated in films and stage pieces such as Ardara by Raimon Fransoy and Xavier Puig (In-Edit Film Festival 2019), Los Campos magnéticos by Lluís de Sola (Barcelona Author Film Festival 2018), Songs from the bitch witch women, Dir. Mariona Naudin, TNT Festival and Fundació Brossa 2024 (Production Award Centre d’Arts Lliures-Fundació Joan Brossa 2023), Wunder by Enis Maci Dir. Juan Miranda, Shauspielehaus Vienna and Sala Beckett 2023-2024, Contrakant, Cia Doctor Alonso, Mercat de Les Flors 2020, Dance Party to Save the World (Dir. Miguel Ángel Blanca), Sapucay (Dir. Juan Pablo Miranda, Fidcu Festival Uruguay) among others.
As a creator, she directs the Film Essay Beautiful Arthropods with Maria Castan de Manuel and Júlia Gaitano and presented with Juan Miranda the solo works Micrology First and Second, The Descent of Facunda Volupta, and Werner or the Blue of the Origins, supported by Graner-Espai de Creació, linked to Mercat de les Flors, La Caldera Les Corts, La Porta Espai de creació, and l’Animal a l’Esquena where she has been a resident artist.
She is currently developing the fourth stage project of the company Los Detectives and has recently filmed Exercises to See God, a movie directed by Miguel Ángel Blanca (Magaluf Ghost Town) and produced by Boogalo Films and The Spirit of the Spider by Antonia Rossi and Roberto Contador, supported by Chile's law of cultural donations.
MOVIES
2024: EJERCICIOS PARA VER A DIOS. Feature Film. Dir: Miguel Ángel Blanca. Boogaloo Films
2024: EL ESPÍRITU DE LA ARAÑA. Feature Film. Antonia Rossi, Roberto Contador.
2023: LAS COSAS, UNA HISTORIA DEL SIGLO 21. Dir: Marla Jacarilla.
2021: CONCRETE MATTER ( The Movie), Dones Visuals Acció Curts, Festival L’Alternativa, TNT Terrassa.
2020: LO QUE QUEDA. Antonia Rossi, Roberto Contador. Exposición “ Paisatges desitjats” Museu d’Art Contemporani Santa Monica.
2019: ARDARA. Feature Film. Dir: Raimon Fransoy and Xavier Puig. Elsabeth Produccions. Festival In-Edit. Barcelona
2019: LOS CAMPOS MAGNÉTICOS. Feature Film. Dir: Lluís de Sola. A de Cinema. Festival de Cinema d’Autor de Barcelona.
2017: REGRESO AL HORIZONTE. Feature Film Dir: Chumilla Carbajosa. Role: Lucía
2016: EL ARQUERO. Short Film. Dir: Sandra García Bueno and Ignacio Garriga.
2015: TODO HA DE SEGUIR SU CURSO. Short Film. Dir: Palma Lombardo and Edgar Díaz.
2015: EL BILLETE. Short Film. Dir: Giada Temple.
2014: EL MALENTENDIDO. Short Film. Dir: Bruno Zaffora.
2013: HIJAB. Short Film. Dir: Jona Baca and Marissa Josa.
2013: ISADORA. Short Film. Dir: Pierre Laoui.
TV
IRENE I MARÍA. Dir: Lluís de Solà. Role: Protagonist.
PERFORMING ARTS
2024. LES CHEVALIERS. Los Detectives. Capítulo1: La pregunta. Festival Sâlmon. Barcelona
2023. SONGS FROM THE BITCH WICHT WOMEN. Dir. Mariona Naudin. Festival TNT. Fundació Brossa.
2023. WUNDER/ MIRACLE. Juan Miranda. Sala Beckett. Schauspielhaus Viena
2022-2023: CONCRETE MATTER. Los Detectives. Festival de Dansa Metropolitana, Teatre Municipal Girona, Bcn Districte Cultural, Teatro del Barrio, BAD Bilbao
2022: CONCRETE MATTER. Los Detectives. Festival de Dansa Metropolitana de Barcelona. Antic teatre.
2021: CONCRETE MATTER. Cápsulas en crudo. La Caldera. Barcelona.
2021: CONCRETE MATTER THE MOVIE ( work in progress). TNT Fest. Tarrasa Nuevas Tendencias.
2021: KATHARSIS FESTIVAL. Presence and otherness. Martina Tosticarelli. Teatre Lliure.
2021: DRAMATURGIAS DEL DEBATE. Agost Produccions and Roberto Fratini. Festival Katharsis. Teatre Lliure.
2020: CONTRAKANT. Cia Doctor Alonso. Mercat de les Flors.
2020: PIENSO CASA DIGO SILLA. Cia Los Detectives. Sälmon Festival. Mercat de les Flors. Barcelona.
2021-2020: TURBA. Cia Mos Maiorum. Teatre Lliure, Festival Temporada Alta.
2020: GENTRY. Cia Mosmaiorum. Antic Teatre.
2020: KOPFKINO. Cia Los Detectives. Centro de Arte dos de Mayo. CA2M. Madrid, IVAM, Valencia, Tabakalera, San Sebastian.
2019. HARMONY. Vera Miranda. Tenerife Lav.
2019: PIENSO CASA DIGO SILLA. Cia Los Detectives. Festival Grec. GrecAntic. Festival Sälmon.
2019: CLEAN ROOM. Juan Domínguez. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, MACBA
2018: KOPFKINO. Festival de la Danza Metropolitana. La Caldera.
2018: RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DE JEUNES CRÉATEURS. Festival TransAmériques, Montreal, Canada.
2018: CELULA LAB. Mercat de les flors. Dir: Albert Quesada, Marina Mascarell, Pere Faura, Roser López Espinosa.
2016-17: FIESTA DE BAILES PARA SALVAR EL MUNDO. Dir M.A Blanca. Atlántida Film Fest, Las Naves, Festigàbal, Festival Sismo, Festival de Música Viva.
2016-17: KOPFKINO. Los detectives. Dir: Mariona Naudin. Antic Teatre, FID 2017, Mercat de les Flors. Festival Salmon. Escena Poble Nou.
2016-17: SAPUCAY. Dir: Juan Miranda. Festival FIDCU. Uruguay. Festival Grec. Temporada Alta and Fira de Tárrega. Sala Hiroshima.
2015-17: WERNER O EL AZUL DE LOS ORÍGENES. Dir: Juan Miranda i María G. Vera. ACT Festival. Bilbao, Sala Hiroshima. La Pedrera. Dansa Ara Festival.
2015: LEER Y BAILAR. dir: Idoia Zabaleta. Mercat de les Flors. Secció Irregular.
2014: MICROLOGÍA SEGUNDA. Museum of Contemporary Arts of Santa Mónica.Teatro Pradillo ,Centro Párraga. Antic Teatre.
2012 ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE. Director: Melina Pereira.
2012: MICROLOGÍA PRIMERA. La Caldera and El Estruch.
ART EDUCATION
Degree in Drama from the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona.
Degree in Drama by the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts du 5eme arrondissement de la Ville de Paris.
Body Weather dance with Andrés Corchero, Carme Torrent, Hisako Horikawa.
Cinema Degree by the Sorbonne University.
Master in Contemporay Film and Audiovisual Studies by the Pompeu Fabra University.
PhD Cum Laude in Contemporay Film and Audiovisual Studies by the Pompeu Fabra University.
LANGUAGES: Spanish, French (Bilingual, D1 ), Catalan ( Bilingual, C1 ) English ( Advance, C1 ).