Series
National Geographic’s Wild_Life Season 3: “The Big Freeze”. 2019.
The Arctic is home to the toughest creatures on Earth, but its real force works quietly underfoot. Every winter sea ice starts small and delicate… It grows over millions of square miles. Like a lung, the Big Freeze breathes life into the Arctic every year in a cycle that impacts the climate across the globe. This is the story from the edge of the Arctic where it all starts: Canada’s Hudson Bay.
Best Video in Education & Discovery and Best Series in Travel & Lifestyle at the 2020 Webby Awards.
National Geographic’s Wild_Life Season 2: “Resurrection Island”. 2018.
How is it possible that life can come back from the dead? The island of South Georgia was the scene of one of the worst wildlife massacres in history. Species driven to near extinction, the whaling stations were abandoned. This is an awe-inspiring story of how if given the chance, Nature can bounce back on a scale you are not going to believe. This is Resurrection Island.
Finalist at the 2019 Webby Awards. Best Host Led Film at the 2019 Jackson Wild Awards.
Narrative Features
Oliver’s Universe. 2022.
Set in 1985, with the backdrop of the approach of Comet Halley to Earth, the plot tracks the mishaps of Óliver, an overly imaginative tween, who, having just moved together with his parents to the home of crazed grandfather Gabriel near Algeciras, seeks the latter's help in order to cope with his problems.
Released in theaters by Filmax.
The Fall of the House of Usher. 2021.
Animated film adaptation of Philip Glass’ opera based on a tale by Edgar Allan Poe. Two reclusive twins living in a mysterious mansion, a mute young immigrant girl detained at the U.S./Mexican border, and television as a window into our collective unconscious.
Documentary Features
Ocean 2 Ocean (in post-production)
Despite not having ever completed a marathon in his life, Sam Bencheghib decides to run from NY to LA to raise awareness about plastic pollution. He will be running 1 marathon a day, 6 days a week, for 6 months. His physical therapist thinks this is absolute madness. Sam thinks he has no choice.
Siempre, Luis. 2020.
When Luis A. Miranda Jr. left Puerto Rico for New York City in the 1970s, he had big dreams, but little did he know how far he’d go. Over the course of a year, Luis Miranda’s devotion to family and country propel him forward. Following the devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, he helps plan relief efforts and manages the logistics behind bringing his son Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning production of ‘Hamilton’ to the island.
Official Premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Acquired by HBO Documentary Films.
Camaron: Flamenco and Revolution. 2018.
Looking back on the life of legendary flamenco singer Camarón, who went from humble roots to rock star status to a tragic early death.
Released worldwide on Netflix. Finalist at the Spanish Academy Awards, Platino Awards, Forqué Awards, Asecan Awards, Spanish Screenwriters Guild, etc.
The Longest Road. 2016.
On November 11, 2009, Enrique Bunbury played in the Azteca Stadium in Mexico, becoming the first Spanish solo musician to gather more than 90,000 people in one show in Latin America. A few months later he takes on a new challenge: an unprecedented tour across the US with his band, his wife and his cat. The opening of a new market quickly turns into an unexpected inner journey for Bunbury, revealing his own lights and shadows as he traverses The Longest Road.
Festivals: In Edit Barcelona, Guadalajara (Mexico). Theatrical release in USA, Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina. #1 DVD sales in Spain in 2016.
The Rock. 2011.
In 1969 the only fascist dictator who survived WWII, Francisco Franco of Spain, closed the entrance to the British territory of Gibraltar, isolating 30,000 people without food, water, or telephone lines. In his words, “the Rock will fall like ripe fruit”. Over 13 years separated families met at the border every Sunday to look through binoculars at their estranged lovers, brothers, parents and babies.
Golden Award for Best European Documentary at SEFF. Official selection at the Brooklyn Film Festival, and other festivals in Toulouse (France), Saratov (Russia), Madrid (Spain), UK, Uruguay, Argentina, Belgium.
Narrative Shorts
Out of Water. 2018.
A strange family seeks shelter in an abandoned car. They have come a long way in a desperate attempt to rescue their kidnapped mother.
Official Selection at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival.
Matador On The Road. 2011.
A long retired Spanish bullfighter receives a proposal from an American promoter to return to the ring in the new bullfights without blood to be held in Las Vegas. An unexpected event on his way from Los Angeles will force him to reconsider.
Clermont Ferrand, Festimatge, Festival Internacional de Cine Bajo la Luna de Islantilla, Huetor Vega, Villa de la Orotava, Kuala Lumpur Int Short Film Festival, San Roque, Nuevo Talento FNAC, Barcelona MECAL, MalagaCrea, etc.
Voltereta. 2010.
Lolo (10) just moved to New York City from Spain. Set in 1985, Lolo only knows about America from the movies he's watched in his neighborhood cinema. Today Lolo and his grandma decide to go down to their community swimming pool, where something unexpected will push him to confront all his fears at once. Because sometimes a simple decision can change the rest of your life.
New York Latino Film Festival, Malaga Film Festival, Bermuda Int Film Festival, Casablanca Int Student Film Festival, Mestre Film Festival, Asecan, etc.