Chema García Ibarra

Chema García Ibarra is a Spanish filmmaker.

Chema García Ibarra
Ibarra in 2018
Born1980 (age 42–43)
Elche, Valencian Community, Spain
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
  1. "The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5 at Directors' Fortnight".
  2. "The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5 at Méliès d'Or". Archived from the original on 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  3. "Interview for O Magazine".
  4. "Sundance award winners".
  5. "Mystery at Gijón Film Festival".
  6. "Mystery at EFA".
  7. "Interview with Criterion".
  8. "The Disco Shines wins Alcalá de Henares Film Festival".
  9. "The Golden Legend at Berlinale".
  10. "Retrospective in Glasgow".
  11. "Chema García Ibarra at ECAM".
  12. Lombardo, Manuel J. (9 November 2021). "Elche: es un mundo extraño". Diario de Sevilla.
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