Alfonso Zarauza
Alfonso Vilas Zarauza is a film director and screenwriter from Spain. Alfonso Zarauza was born in 1973 in Santiago de Compostela, he studied film at HIA in La Coruna. He is an author of several shorts such as Hai que foderse (1994), ¡Aproba!
Alfonso Zarauza

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- Name
- Alfonso Zarauza
- Birth Name
- Alfonso Vilas Zarauza
- Born
- 1973
- Birthplace
- Santiago de Compostela
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter
- Honours
- Premio Mestre Mateo á mellor dirección
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Alfonso Vilas Zarauza is a film director and screenwriter from Spain. Alfonso Zarauza was born in 1973 in Santiago de Compostela, he studied film at HIA in La Coruna. He is an author of several shorts such as Hai que foderse (1994), ¡Aproba!
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(1995), A danza de Katiuska (1998), Sebastian (2001), and Touro (2002). In 2008, he was awarded at the Viña del Mar International Film Festival. In 2009, he directed the TV series O Nordés. His feature films include Spleen (La noche que dejó de llover, 2008) and Aces (2014). Aces was critically acclaimed. Zarauza's next film, a comedy Encallados, was shot on 16mm black and white film. The movie was released in 2013 and was awarded as the Best Film at the 2d Premios Mestre Mateo. In 2019, he produced Jaione Camborda's Arima. In 2020, he released Ons, a complex and intimate drama, placed in a unique geographical setting. The movie was produced by Galician firm Maruxiña Film Company and Portuguese outfit Bando à Parte. Ons was screened at the 17th Seville European Film Festival.
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• Name — Alfonso Zarauza • Birth Name — Alfonso Vilas Zarauza • Born — 1973 • Birthplace — Santiago de Compostela • Years Active — 1994—present
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- 1.Associação Brasileira Mostra Internacional de Cinema. Directors.
- 2.El Correo Gallego. Zarauza: 'Encallados' surge tras el Prestige para contar nuestra forma de ser. 2014-07-08.
- 3.Irish Film Institute. Spleen.
- 4.Associação Brasileira Mostra Internacional de Cinema. Spleen.
- 5.Rivera, Alfonso. "People outside are curious about what's happening in Spain". Cineuropa. 2014-12-09.
- 6.González, David. We are all Aces. Cineuropa. 2014-06-12.
- 7.El País de Madrid. "Encallados" de Alfonso Zarauza. 2020-08-13.
- 8.LA VOZ DE GALICIA S.A. Zarauza hace en "Encallados" una comedia autocrítica sobre el cine. 2014-06-04.
- 9.Cineuropa. Alfonso Zarauza.
- 10.Soage, Cristobal. Review: Ons. Cineuropa. 2020-11-13.
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