María Pilar Rodríguez is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Deusto (Spain). She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Until 2002 she taught at Columbia University (New York, USA). She has published extensively on communication, film, culture, gender studies and Basque and Hispanic studies (over one hundred and fifty publications). She is the Principal Investigator of the communication research group.

• List of Figures - María Pilar Rodríguez and David Coury: This Edition - Joxean Fernández: Foreword - María Pilar Rodríguez: Basque Cinema: Women Directors - Part I: Global Perspectives - Carlos Roldán Larreta: Seeking Total and Transparent Freedom: Key Themes in the Fiction Films by Basque Women Directors - Casilda de Miguel: Representations of Gender in Basque Cinematography - Iratxe Fresneda Delgado: Breaks and Deviations from the Imaginary: Other Stories, Other Ways of Telling in Basque Cinema - Part II: Genres, Formats, and Adaptation - María Marcos Ramos: The Perspective of Basque Documentary Filmmakers - Nekane E. Zubiaur, Ainhoa Fernández de Arroyabe and Iñaki Lazkano: Kimuak Short Filmmakers: A Commitment to Unconventional Cinema - Cristina Ortiz Ceberio and María Pilar Rodríguez: Identities in Transition: Transnational Issues in Fiction and Documentary - María José Olaziregi Alustiza: An Approach to Film Adaptations of Basque Literature: Zeru horiek (Aizpea Goenaga, 2006) and Amaren eskuak (Mireia Gabilondo, 2013) - Part III: Production, Distribution, and Reception - Javier Sánchez Zapatero: Visibility and Recognition: The Critical Reception of Basque Cinema Directed by Women - Izaskun Arandia Galarraga: Creating the Network of Basque Filmmakers - Elena San Julián, Ana Gutiérrez and María Pilar Rodríguez: Cinefeminism: Pamplona International Women’s Film Festival and Zinemakumeak Gara! - Pilar Martínez-Vasseur: The Cinema of Ana Díez: Anchoring History Today - Annabel Martín: Refusing to Look the Other Way: Helena Taberna, a Filmmaker Searching for Our Shared Humanity - Luisa Etxenike: The Cinema of Yannick Bellon: Revelation and Reply