Rocío Mesa has lived in Los Angeles for 12 years. Her new film, Secaderos, premieres in Spain on Wednesday.

The film won the audience award in the Visions section of the last SXSW festival, in Austin (Texas), the contest that serves as a showcase in the US of modern auteur cinema. Mesa: "My generation, especially women, moves away from the figure of the deified director. We are versatile, in tune with the XXI century, which asks to be multifaceted"