Pela del Álamo

Pela del Álamo (Madrid, 1979). Graduated in Audiovisual Communication (2002) and Master in Creative Documentary by the Universitat Pompeu-Fabra in Barcelona (2006). Since 2001 he has worked in advertising, television and film. In 2005 he created delÁlamo studio, where he combines this professional activity with personal projects. He has directed and produced two documentary films “A cuarta pista” (2006) and “N-VI” (2012). With the latter he won awards at the Málaga Festival, Márgenes, MiradasDoc or Alcances and attended other festivals such as Seminci, Cinespaña, LimaIndependiente or DocumentaMadrid. In 2013 he became artistic director of Curtocircuíto - International Film Festival (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) from where he has curated retrospectives with filmmakers such as Ulrich Seidl, Peter Greenaway, Jørgen Leth, Aki Kaurismäki, Abel Ferrara or Sergei Loznitsa. At the same time, he is programmer of short films at LA OLA - Spanish Cinema Showcase in Los Angeles, California and Head of Programming at Márgenes - Madrid International Film Festival. He has been a jury member at international festivals such as Curtas Vila do Conde, Riga International Film Fest, Hamburg International Film Festival, Catapulta - FICUNAM or FIDMarseille. He is a founding member and secretary of the board of directors of Proxecta - Coordinadora de Festivais de Cine de Galicia and founder of Pantalla - Federación Estatal de Coordinadoras de Cine. He is currently developing his next feature film Montaña ou Morte for Zeitun Films.