Spain Archives - Directors Notes

Álvaro de la Hoz’s Horror ‘Replica’ Is a Delightfully Delirious Dance of Death

Álvaro de la Hoz unwraps the effective depth-of-frame, creepy sound design and clever choreography behind his smart unnerving thriller-chiller.

Art & Fashion

Iacopo Carapelli Celebrates Individuality and Authenticity in His Vibrant Ray-Ban Branded Short ‘You’re On’

Iacopo Carapelli walks through the holistic approach to collaboration which guided his electrifying tribute film to how unique each one of us is.

Art & Fashion, Music

Jaime Dezcallar’s ‘A Body Is’ Skilfully Celebrates the Work of a Forgotten Spanish Genius

Striking composition and deconstructed flamenco dancing, Jaime Dezcallar explains how he brought Antonio Jose Martinez Palacios' music to the modern era.

Music

Ángel Pastrana Captures Romance in Forty Gorgeous Cascading Frames for Lezón & Limousin’s ‘Ana y el Drago’

Àngel Pastrana walks DN through the inspiration and preplanning behind his enigmatic temporally staggered Lezón & Limousin music video 'Ana y el Drago'.

Music

NONO Captures the Depths of the Grieving Process in Andalusian Culture in Califato ¾’s ‘Fandangô de Carmen Porter’

NONO talks digging into Andalusian identity and channelling it into a timeless 16mm portrait of death, loss and mysticism in 'Fandangô de Carmen Porter'.

Music

A Pocket-Sized Pere Sala Runs the Gauntlet of Relationship Power Dynamics in Spxxn P Promo ‘Complicació’

Pere Sala discusses miniaturising himself while filling roles in front of and behind the camera for his musical alter ego's new music video 'Complicació'.

Music

Charlie Reader on Capturing Isolation Through Sci-Fi in Novo Amor Music Video ‘If We’re Being Honest’

Charlie Reader reveals how he captured today's feeling of isolation through the power of science fiction in Novo Amor music video 'If We're Being Honest'.

Music

Pablo Maestres Retells the Myth of the Phoenix in Glacial Music Video/Short Film Hybrid ‘Flora Caic’

Pablo Maestres discusses working in harsh arctic conditions and wrapping production during global lockdown for music video/short film hybrid 'Flora Caic'.

Art & Fashion

The Gasser Brothers on Creating a New Type of Music Film with ‘Eclipse’

Blending the music video form with stock footage, desert scenes with Yoruban voiceover, the Gasser Brothers' 'Eclipse' is a heady audiovisual experiment.

Art & Fashion, Premiere

Fede Canal Santiangeli on How Visual Poem ‘Absolution’ Deconstructs Traditional Masculine Roles

Setting Rodrigo Molinero's poem to a series of bold images, Fede Canal Santiangeli discusses creating a reverie on outmoded masculinity in 'Absolution'.