Biography
In the present scene of independent filmmakers who are active in the present Spanish film scene, set apart from the rest is Karlos Alastruey, a Basque filmmaker residing in Navarra who has achieved important recognition at festivals like the Sonoma Wine County Film Festival, the Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films or the New York City International Film Festival, among others. His best-known work to date is, undoubtedly, Lodo (2009), his thesis film that unfolds on three different levels in the main character´s mind. Anamorphosis (2011) took the ideas from Lodo to a much more personal and intimate level, and from there he developed a series of works on invisible collective anxiety and the individual's inactivity. Outstanding in this respect are the works that Sitges 2012 is presenting this year like Ada (2011), a short film with apocalyptic contours where a teenage girl tries to survive in her desolate environment or La extensión del cielo (2012), another tale of solitudes, with surreal tones and connections that remind us of movies by Jodorowsky, Arrabal or Rocha. Undoubtedly, Alastruey should be, as of right now, one of the independent voices to bear in mind on the present Spanish film scene, more daring in times that aren't excessively good for poetry, and even less for a terrible, anguished, equivocal poetry like the Basque creator's.
Sitges Film Festival
Director
Movies | |
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2017 |
Entre el agua y la tierra |
2016 |
Sometime in the Night |
2014 |
The Spirit of the Staircase |
2012 |
La extensión del cielo |
The Angel in the Fog |
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2011 |
Anamorphosis |
2010 |
La mirada negra |
2009 |
Lodo |
Series | |
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2018 |
Estambul |
Short | |
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2018 |
Eir's Breath |
2017 |
Ane and the Stars |
2012 |
La tierra seca |
2011 |
Ada |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2017 |
Entre el agua y la tierra |
2016 |
Sometime in the Night |
2014 |
The Spirit of the Staircase |
2012 |
La extensión del cielo |
The Angel in the Fog |
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2011 |
Anamorphosis |
2010 |
La mirada negra |
2009 |
Lodo |
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
La guerra de las máquinas |
2020 |
Miradas desde el confinamiento |
2015 |
El país de los pájaros de hierro |
2014 |
Abel Azcona: Born in Darkness |
2010 |
Roca Bon: La geometría del alma |
2008 |
Roca Bon: Searching the sublime |
2006 |
Art of the Spirit |
2004 |
Escuelas |
Short | |
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2018 |
Eir's Breath |
2017 |
Ane and the Stars |
2012 |
La tierra seca |
Editor
Movies | |
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2016 |
Sometime in the Night |
2014 |
The Spirit of the Staircase |
2012 |
The Angel in the Fog |
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
La guerra de las máquinas |
2020 |
Miradas desde el confinamiento |
2008 |
Roca Bon: Searching the sublime |
Short | |
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2018 |
Eir's Breath |
2012 |
La tierra seca |
Producer
Movies | |
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2016 |
Sometime in the Night |
2014 |
The Spirit of the Staircase |
2012 |
The Angel in the Fog |
Documentaries | |
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2020 |
Miradas desde el confinamiento |
2008 |
Roca Bon: Searching the sublime |
Short | |
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2017 |
Ane and the Stars |
2012 |
La tierra seca |
Cinematographer
Documentaries | |
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2014 |
Abel Azcona: Born in Darkness |
Short | |
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2011 |
Ada |