Movies: Isaki Lacuesta

A teenager who went missing and was presumed dead returns home after eight years to find a family deeply affected by his disappearance. Gradually, doubts arise about whether he really is the missing boy or an impostor....

Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the attack, but when they leave the theatre, they are no longer the same. That night leaves a deep sc...

Two ex-guerrillas meet again 30 years later in an illegal excavation, where they will search for the body of a third companion who disappeared at the time. The tension and secrets hidden during that time will surface as you approach the unpredictable...

A rock band has to record their third LP, which will either propel them to stardom or fade into oblivion. Despite executives’ reservations, their idea is to have the recording take place in New York. But everything complicates, and the creative proce...

In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day....

The exhibition 'The Complete Letters' features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format used between pairs of film directors. Although each director is situated in a location geographically di...

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A revealing exploration of Chaplin’s Romani heritage constructed from intimate interviews, film extracts, home movies and contributions from renowned contemporary Romani artists....

Various objects are observed using a high-resolution electron microscope: some paint pigments from a supposed 19th-century painting, a dollar bill, and a piece of old film celluloid in the process of decomposition. Microscopic observation will reveal...

A daughter sets out to find out the truth about the man who was her father, a legendary musician, who died when she was 8 years old. He is Antonio Flores, and she the also famous actress Alba Flores. Alba stopped singing when she lost Antonio and is ...

Isaki Lacuesta presents a social satire in which five common or garden citizens, from a country pretty much identical to our own, see their lives ripped apart by the economic crisis. With nothing more to lose, they come up with a crazy plan to save t...

Fiction inspired by the novelistic biography of the painter and writer Francois Augiéras. The artist covered with paints a military bunker in the desert, and let it sink into the sand so no one could find it until the XXI century. The search continue...

Isra and Cheito are two brothers who have taken very different paths in life. When Isra gets released from prison and Cheito comes home after a long tour with the Marines, they both return to the island of San Fernando. The reunion of the two brother...

A documentary/fiction mix inspired by the flamenco singer Camarón....

A compelling account of Juan Pujol, an extraordinary Spanish double agent during WWII who helped change the course of history....

This is the story of a man who created a jungle next to the highway, building with his bare hands beautiful and unbelievable works of engineering in the forest. This is also the story of how he ended up burning them to ashes to reconstruct them, time...

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Filmmakers Isaki Lacuesta, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Gonzalo García Pelayo, Alba Sotorra, and photographers Isabel Muñoz, Castro Prieto, Díaz Burgos, and Ana Palacios explore their fears and how they affect their creative process, speaking directly to the...

Like so many other actors, Ava Gardner hated to watch her films. She said that the woman on the screen wasn't her. But all films tell two stories: the plot and the tale of the bodies filmed. This film narrates what happened between two images: a firs...

Exploring the issue of stolen children in Spain, the plot tracks Vera’s search for her biological son, given in adoption, thereby coming across Cora and her adoptive son Egoz....