Amancay Tapia
Amancay Tapia is a film director and a journalist with bylines in prominent media organizations in both the U.S.A and the U.K, including Newsweek: Amancay Tapia (newsweek.com), The Independent, The Telegraph, Metro.co.uk, The HuffPost , Thrive Global or travel magazine Aglaia.
Filmmaking Work
Amancay has written and directed several award winning short films including the feature film shot in La Paz, Bolivia. Her latest film, the documentary Harbour Island Wisdom Keepers, had its international premiere at the prestigious The Bahamas International Film Festival in November 2024.
Watch the trailer here:
https://vimeo.com/amancaytapia
America , winner of the HBO Latino New York Film Festival
For more filmmaking work please check Amancay You Tube and Vimeo Channels
Amancay is bilingual in Spanish and English, and she is currently dedicated to mastering Mandarin.
Playwright Work
Amancay has crafted two full-length plays, both with an exclusive focus on all-female casts.
"Frailty Thy Name Is Woman," weaves a contemporary narrative set within a modern-day banquet, uniting Shakespeare's iconic female characters in a mesmerising blend.
"Submergidas" is a Spanish production that delves into the creative process itself. It revolves around a writer as they engage in the rehearsal process with a group of talented actresses, drawing inspiration from the timeless world of Shakespeare.
Both of Amancay's plays are readily accessible on Amazon
Television and Radio
She has featured as a contributor on BBC Two and BBC Radio 5 Live.
BBC Radio 5 Live with Geoff Lloyd
BBC 2 with Victoria Derbyshire
Blog
Content creator of the lifestyle website "The Lady of the World"
The Obvious, But Quiet, Entry of AI in Pharma
While most of the world is focused on how artificial intelligence is illustrating near-masterpieces and writing thrilling novels in mere minutes, one company is leveraging its power to de-risk drug development, a move that could substantially decrease time to market for novel treatments, and ultimately improve or even save lives.
VeriSIM Life, a San Francisco-based biotechnology firm focused on the application of machine learning techniques to the drug development and discovery process, is us...
TrueBinding EAP Program Makes Treatment Available to Alzheimer’s Patients & it’s Making a Difference
Less than six months ago, Alzheimer’s Disease drug candidate TB006 made news when results from a phase 2a clinical trial for the treatment showed that it not only could slow the progression of the disease like other treatments on the market, but that it could also improve cognition and function with little to no side effects, in those with moderate to severe forms of the disease after just one month of treatment. The team at TrueBinding, Inc.— where TB006 is currently being developed and tested—...
Multi-Million Pound UK Fraudsters Brought to Justice in the UK
In a record case, five people have been convicted at Southwark Crown Court in London of conspiracy to commit to fraud, after specialist detectives were alerted to a property related fraud in 2017. Conspiracy law in the UK is a growing field since the pandemic as estimates show that there were around 4.6 million fraud offences committed during the year ending March 2021.In this article, we’ll look into conspiracy to commit fraud and the events that led to the conviction of five individuals in a £...
Why the NHS Cancer Backlog Will Not be Cleared Until 2027
In England, NHS cancer patients may have to wait up to five years to receive treatment. This has been revealed after the cancer support charity, Macmillan, warned that it will take until September 2027 to clear the backlog.
The charity estimates 32,000 fewer patients than expected have started their first treatment in the two years since the start of the pandemic. The main reasons which have been cited for these delays in the diagnosis of cancer, and subsequent treatment, include external NHS...
Researchers Discover That a Japanese Medicinal Mushroom Extract can assist in clearing HPV infection
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus which, in high-risk variants, leads to 45,000 cases of cancer each year, including cervical cancer, throat cancer, and others. As the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in both men and women, HPV affects more than 79 million adults who are sexually active. What’s worse is that high-risk HPV is invisible to the eye, and women must be screened for it to be diagnosed while currently there is no approved testing for men.
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Spain travel ban has little to do with health, and much to do with Brexit
There are many posters plastered all over the Rías Baixas beaches in Pontevedra, Spain, urging citizens to comply with the Covid-19 regulations. “Sentidiño” (“common sense”) reads one of them. Nonetheless, the “sentidiño” of the British government in suddenly deciding to impose a quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain has been questioned by many.
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez branded the decision “unjust”, claiming that the new Covid-19 surge was specific to a few regions
Opinion: Dear westerners, stop taking pictures of other people's children in developing countries
On a recent trip to Bolivia, while in the picturesque Lake Titicaca, I saw an indigenous child, no older than six years of age, looking after a white llama. He was quietly observing a group of Australian guys in their twenties who kept taking pictures with him. After a few photos, the child became uncomfortable as he kept covering his face, and when one of them attempted to go on top of the llama, the child shouted something in Aymara, clearly distressed.
I confronted the group, asking how they
As a migrant, London offered me freedom – now the violence unleashed by Brexit is taking that away
Brexit and the collateral damage it has created, is getting worse. People have been assaulted and verbally abused and we as a society must act now before someone gets killed, all because they come from another country, speak a language other than English or have an accent. Last week, a woman was violently punched by a man for talking on her mobile phone in Spanish while on the London Overground. In April, two women assaulted a Spanish-speaking woman on the tube because according to them she shou
Why the cost of childcare makes going back to work a luxury for mothers
The UK is one of the most expensive countries in the world for childcare, and being a full-time working mother in London is turning into a luxury for those who can afford it.
The cost of childcare in the capital is so high that unless you are rich or have family nearby to help you, you may be forced out of your job.
Working while paying for childcare doesn’t pay off for many women on average salaries, and the situation is worse for single parents.
The most difficult time for a mum is from the
