Queen Letizia has presided over the award ceremony for the second “Diversity in Series” award, promoting diversity and its acceptance in the education sector.
Her Majesty arrived at the Reader’s House in the morning of Thursday, 31st March, accompanied by Health Minister Carolina Darias, as well as the president of FAD Youth and Netflix’s Vice President of Global Content.
The ceremony was conducted by comedian Eva Hache and had entertainment provided by Kubbo, a theatre and music company.
During the ceremony, not only were the winning shorts projected, but there was also a video, created with the cooperation of the Nadine Foundation, that contained testimonies from young creators stating that diversity should not be a topic for reflection or something to fight for, but rather a natural integral part of the audiovisual production industry.
Out of the 109 shorts entered in the competition, the jury selected five winners, who all had access to a masterclass with Susana Casares, director and talent scout for Netflix Spain and Portugal, as well as the production of their shorts by professional in the Lanau artictic company. The competition is open to students from all backgrounds of Secondary Education from schools and institutes all across Spain.
Queen Letizia handed out awards to “Not everything is always what it looks like”, “My history”, “Different flavours of pizza”, “Daniela” and “Mayor”. All five stories deal with different perspectives on diversity, in accordance to the prize’s guidelines.
To conclude the act, Her Majesty held a brief meeting with everyone taking part in the event.
The Queen was present because she is not only very involved in the audiovisual industry, but also in her role as Honorary President of FAD Youth. Previously known as Foundation for Help against Addiction to Drugs, FAD was born in the ‘80s, initially to help the younger generation stay away from drugs.
Over the course of the decades, the Foundation has broadened its horizons to also include the fight against discrimination and issues related to the presence of minors on the web, which is why they became supporters of this project promoting diversity.
