Chus Gutiérrez

Gutiérrez has experiences of moving back and forth between Spain and the United States, which influenced her filmmaking, as her films are known for discussing topics such as immigration, globalization, and multiculturalism.

At the age of 21 she moved to New York to study filmmaking at Global Village, under the instruction of Fred Barney Taylor.

[3] At the age of 23, she enrolled in The City College of New York, CUNY and was admitted to the Picker Film Institute in order to continue her filmmaking education.

[5] In Return to Hansala (2008) she depicts a Moroccan woman as a strong and independent character, who has her own ideas towards immigrant issues and is not scared of speaking of them in public.

The film reflects how North African Muslims are seen as immigrants, and how current politics made them move away from their home land.