Overview

• García accepted the lifetime honor during the 73rd festival’s opening gala, with Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar presenting the award.
• She used the stage to argue that producers’ foremost duty is creative, from finding stories to accompanying directors through each artistic decision.
• She described a male-dominated start to her career and said women’s presence has grown across departments but not yet in top roles at TV networks and platforms.
• She urged colleagues to drop self-censorship and aspire to larger-scale work, framing the prize as a vindication of the producing profession.
• She remains active on high-profile projects, with ‘Sirat’ serving as Spain’s Oscar submission and oversight of Almodóvar’s ‘Amarga navidad’, while planning more time for family and health.