Béatriz Mediavilla, a filmmaker with a master's degree in film studies, has been teaching at the Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue since 1996. Born into a family of Spanish origin, her parents having fled Franco's Spain, she takes a sensitive and committed look at the world. Danse avec elles (2014), her first feature-length documentary, was acclaimed at numerous festivals in North America and Europe. Her feature film, Habiter le mouvement, un récit en dix chapitres (2019), explores the relationship between dance and space, and was awarded Best Documentary at the Fine Art Film Festival in California, as well as at the Utah Dance Film Festival. The film also won Best CanadianWork at the International Festival of Films on Art, and earned Mediavilla the Découverte award at the Prix de la danse de Montréal. In 2022, she won the Prix CALQ - Artiste de l'année en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.