Ana Gonzalez is a filmmaker/journalist with experience in more than 20 countries. She has collaborated with media outlets such as the BBC, Atlas Obscura, NatGeo, TIME, Al Jazeera, Mediaset and others. In 2021, her documentary “Flamenco Queer” was released by The New Yorker with support from the Pulitzer Center. Ana was previously a correspondent for Spanish press agency Efe/EPA in Paris and Bangkok, where she helped the company set up its multimedia headquarters for Asia – a continent she went on to explore extensively during four years as a freelance filmmaker with a base in Indonesia. In 2020, she co-founded Eye Rise Films – an audiovisual production house which tells stories that challenge the way we perceive the world.
Becoming Spain's top female rejoneador requires a massive amount of dedication and sacrifice. Directed, shot and edited by Ana Gonzalez for the BBC.
Muslims have been the caretakers of the Magen David Synagogue in Kolkata, India for generations. Directed by Ana Gonzalez, commissioned by Atlas Obscura, showcased by National Geographic.
Coober Pedy, located in South Australia, is a remote and extreme place to live; due to the extreme temperatures of the Australian desert, 70% of the population have chosen to live underground. Directed by Ana Gonzalez for Atlas Obscura
In the film “Flamenco Queer,” by Ana González and Frederick Bernas, a queer man’s lifelong passion for flamenco comes out after decades of hiding feminine impulses in a conservative society with rigid cultural traditions.