The Cineuropa festival, in its 40th edition, presented the award to the performer in a ceremony held at the Teatro Principal. The event featured speeches by the Councilor for Cultural Capital, Míriam Louzao, the festival director, José Luis Losa, and the actress herself, acknowledging her career marked by interpretive rigor and sensitivity.
In her speech, Míriam Louzao highlighted Marull's contribution to cinema committed to social reality and the representation of complex female characters, describing her performance as an exercise in truth and commitment. She also linked the performer's career with the cultural mission of Cineuropa, which celebrates four decades this year under the slogan 'Forty years moving our way of seeing'.
José Luis Losa traced the actress's career, from her early theater work to her most recent performances, defining her as an 'actress in a state of fullness' and thanking her for her 'many creative steps forward'.
“"Throughout my career, I have sought to choose projects that moved me and allowed me to continue learning, and I highlight the satisfaction of contributing, through my work, to that transformative experience that cinema can provoke."
Upon receiving the award, Laia Marull expressed her gratitude and reflected on the meaning of her profession, defending the value of culture against discourses that present it as indoctrination. 'Culture is knowledge, it is knowing,' she stated, evoking Federico García Lorca. She also thanked her mother for fostering her curiosity.
The tribute concluded with the screening of La terra negra, the latest work by Alberto Morais, starring Marull alongside Sergi López. The film marks a new collaboration between the actress and the Valencian filmmaker.
