Karlos Alastruey

Erroibar Films

BIOGRAPHIE

BIO-FILMOGRAPHY OF KARLOS ALASTRUEY http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2116738/ Birth place: Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain Birth date: August 26th 1963 PhD in Physics by the University of the Basque Country, 1993 Currently Associated Professor at the State University of Navarra, Spain Karlos makes independent, zero-budget films on human and cultural values. He won the UNICA gold medal in 2004 for his first short fiction, as the film best promoting cross-understanding among peoples. Contact: Avenida Esteribar 160, 31699 Olloki, Navarra, Spain. email karlos.alastruey@gmail.com Phone: (home) +34-948855949 (office) +34-948169714 (cell) +34-696359551 2012. "La extensión del cielo - The Expanse of Heaven". Experimental/Fiction. 72'. World Premiere: Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia, October 12th 2012. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2338045/ 2012. “El ángel entre la niebla – The Angel in the Fog”. Fiction. 92’ / Theatrical release in Spain : May 18th 2012 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1810591/ 2011. "Anamorphosis". Fiction. 75’ - Best Surreal Director, NYCIFF, August 2011 - Best Surreal Score, NYCIFF, August 2011 2011. “Ada”. Fiction. 10’ - Premiered at Babel IFF, Sardinia, Italy. December 2011. 2010. “Roca Bon: Geometry of the Soul”. Documentary. 75’ - Premiered at Temps d’Images Film Festival, Portugal, 2010. 2010. "La mirada negra" (The Black Gaze). Fiction. 95' - Premiered at the New York City Int’l Film Festival, August 2010. - Buenos Aires Latin American Film and Video Festival, Argentina, September 2010. 2009. "Bip". Fiction. 7'40" - Collogne Online Film Festival, Germany, November 2009. 2009. "Lodo / Mud". Feature Fiction Film. 105’ - Mid Ulster Film Festival, Northern Ireland, May 2009. - Portobello Film Festival, London, UK, September 2009. - Buenos Aires Latin American Film and Video Festival, Argentina, September 2009. - Manchester Fantastic Film Festival, UK, October 2009. Second award. - Cyprus Int’l Film Festival, Cyprus, November 2009. Golden Aphrodite award to the Best Music Score - Falstaff Int’l Film Festival, UK, November 2009. Nominated. - Kinoteatr Projekt Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, November 2009. - New York City Int’l Film Festival, August 2010. Best surreal film. - Los Angeles Reel Film Festival, September 2010. Best foreign director, Best music score, Best sound design, Best production design, Third best foreign film. - Best Film, California Film Awards, 2011 2008. 7' "La sombra / The Shadow". Short fiction movie about the loss of innocence. - Long Island Int’l Film Expo, New York, July 2008. - Festival of Independent and Small Film Productions, Slovenia, September 2009. - Collogne Online Film Festival, Germany, November 2010. 2008. 3’ “Slaughterhouse”. Short experimental film about our consumption habits. - Cortomenar, Madrid, April 2008. 2008. 30’ “Roca Bon: Searching the sublime”. Documentary - Brooklyn Arts Council Int’l Film Festival, New York, May 2008. - The Swansea Life Film Festival, UK, June 2008. - Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, California, July 2008 (“Best Arts in Film” award) - Temps d’Images Film Festival, Portugal, 2009. - Ljubljana Int’l Short Film Festival, Slovenia, 2010. 2006. 13’ “Ardia”. Short fiction - Tokyo Video Festival, Japan, March 2007 (“Selected Work Award” received) - Festival de Cine Pobre de Mexico, May 2007 (Best film under its category) - PIA awards (nominated) - “Ciutat de Terrassa” film awards, Spain, 2007 (nominated). - Gibara Int’l Film Festival, Cuba, April 2007 - Swansea Bay Film Festival, UK, June 2007 - Ebensee Film Festival, Austria, June 2007 (Silver Bear Award) - Split Film Festival of New Cinema, Croatia, Spetember 2007. - Detmold Int’l Film Festival, Germany, September 2007. - Sydney’s Flexiff, Australia, September 2007. - Los Angeles IFCT, USA, May 2008. 2006. 5’ “Destruction”. Short fiction movie about the influence of TV on children. - Los Angeles Int’l Children’s Film Festival, USA, October 2006 - Cinespagnol, Toulouse Film Festival of Spanish Cinema, France, October 2006 - Mumbay Int’l Children’s Film Festival, India, November 2009 - Lahore Int’l Children’s Film Festival, Pakistan, 2010 2006. 55’ “El arte del espíritu – Art of the Spirit”. Doc about non mainstream artists, their visions about Western societies, and the limitations of the art distribution and market system. - Szolnok Int’l Film Festival, Hungary, September 2006 - The Swansea Bay Film Festival, UK, June 2007 (nominated to best international documentary for the Tinny Awards) - Int’l Panorama of Independent Filmmakers, Patras, Greece, October 2007 - Cine Arte Fuendetodos, Zaragoza, Spain, May 2008 (award for best documentary). 2006. 9’ “Siran’s eyes”. Doc about an Armenian girl living in Spain. - Harmony Film Festival, Spanish Edition 2008 (Achievement award). 2005. 18’ “Diálogos con Juan Leyva – Dialogues with Juan Leyva”. Doc about a very special Spanish painter. - II Portuguese and Extremadurean Film Festival, October 2005. - VII Pamplona Film Festival, Spain, October 2005. - II Secuenciacero Documentary Film Festival, Spain, October 2005 2004. 21’ “Ainhoa y el mar – Ainhoa and the Sea”. Short fiction film about the death of a loved one and our capacity to overcome it. - XVI Int. Film Festival of Ankara, March 2005. - II Gibara Int Film Festival, Cuba, April 2005 - II Human Rights Film Festival of Balearic Islands, May 2005 - Ebensee Film Festival, Austria, June 2005 - DIBA Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, July 2005 - The Cause and Effect Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada, July 2005 - Platforma 05 Film Festival, Athens, Greece, October 2005 - Opening session of the XXXIV Cartagena Film Festival, Spain, November 2005 - Playa de las Americas Film Festival, Spain, December 2005 - The DIY FF, Hollywood, USA, November 2005 - Aarhus Int FF of Independent Arts, Denmark, April 2006 - International Festival of Cinema and Technology, Los Angeles, Orlando and New York, 2007. 2004. 55’ “Escuelas – Schools”. Doc about the teenagers world. - VI Int Film Festival of Pamplona, Spain, October 2004 - II Film Festival of Human Rights, Barcelona, Spain, October 2004 - III Ethnographic Film Festival of Sobrarbe, Espiello III, Spain, April 2005 - II Human Rights Film Festival of Balearic Islands, May 2005 - DIBA Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, July 2005 - The Cause and Effect Film Festival, Edmonton, Canada, July 2005 2003. 28’ “El bosque de la luz – The forest of light”. Short fiction movie. - Festival of Nations, Ebensee, Austria, June 2004. - International Film Festival of Non Aligned Countries, Korea, September 2004. - International Panorama of Independent Cinema, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 2004. - Film Festival on Human Rights, Balearic Islands, Spain, May 2004. - Pamplona Film Festival, Spain, October 2004. - Fusionica 6.0 video festival, Granollers, Barcelona, Spain - Bought by the Basque TV station ETB for 3 public broadcastings during 2004/2005. Awards: - Bronze bear, Festival of Nations, Ebensee, Austria, June 2004. - UNICA gold medal, 2004. Under postproduction: 2013. “Nexos”. Fiction. 90’ Under production: 2013. “El espíritu de la escalera”. Fiction. 90’ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922594/

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