Candela May

ARTIST’S PROFILE

Candela May is an actress and creator. She trained at Nancy Tuñón’s studio in Barcelona and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in April 2017.

In 2021, she played Iris—a teenager involved in the death of a classmate—in the series Moebius (TV3), which premiered at the Barcelona Film Festival. Her first solo show, Seen 00:25 (written, performed, and co-directed by her), was presented at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe and at London’s Omnibus Theatre in March 2023.

In 2020, she filmed the short Mamá directed by Charlie Reader, selected as one of the top 25 films at the Straight 8 Festival. Candela also played the lead in The Lacy Project, an immersive theatre production in New York. In 2018, she landed a small role in Paradise Hills, which premiered at Sundance in 2020 and was directed by Alice Waddington. She has also appeared in the pilot for the Catalan TV movie Moros a la Costa! and in the shorts Mangata, Todas las Expectativas, and El Silenci de la Llar, the latter premiering this year.

In April 2024, she premiered Bambi in Madrid, a performative cine-theatre piece currently on tour.

Read about Candela’s residency project in her own words…

“During the residency, I will continue the research and writing process for Bambi II. Bambi II is the continuation of Bambi, a cine-theatre piece in which I explore the dynamics of love and emotional relationships by going on a first date with a different actor in each performance. With Bambi II—this time a feature film—the project will keep exploring whether resilient connections can be built within the liquid and ephemeral”.