Chema García Ibarra

Chema García Ibarra is a Spanish filmmaker.

Chema García Ibarra
Ibarra in 2018
Born1980 (age 4243)
Alma materUniversity of Alicante
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2008–present
Websitehttp://www.chemagarcia.com

Career

His first short film The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5 became one of the most awarded films of 2009 with more than 110 awards and 350 selections including the Directors' Fortnight,[1] Sundance, Chicago, Ann Arbor and Winterthur. After getting the preselection to the Oscars and the Goya, he won the Méliès de Oro for the best European fantastic short film.[2][3]

In 2010 he wrote, produced and directed Protoparticles, winner of an honourable mention at the Sundance Festival among other awards.[4]

His short film Mystery, whose screenplay won the Project Corto Canal + award at the Gijón International Film Festival,[5] had its international premiere at the Berlinale where he got the EFA nomination.[6][7]

In 2016, his short film The Disco Shines won first prize at the Alcalá de Henares Film Festival.[8]

The Golden Legend (co-directed with Ion de Sosa) premiered at the Berlinale in 2019.[9]

Retrospectives of his work have been held in Atlanta, Mexico City, Brest and Glasgow.[10]

He teaches anti-filmmaking at ECAM, covering the fusion between fiction and reality, narrative limits and the radical use of staging, sound, music and editing.[11]

Filmography

  • The Sacred Spirit (2021)[12]
  • The Golden Legend / Leyenda dorada (2019)
  • The Disco Shines / La disco resplandece (2016)
  • Uranes (2014)
  • Mystery / Misterio (2013)
  • Protoparticles / Protopartículas (2009)
  • The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5 / El ataque de los robots de nebulosa-5 (2008)

References

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