Carlos Atanes
He was born in Barcelona, and is a member of The Film-Makers' Cooperative, founded by Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Ken Jacobs, Andy Warhol, Jack Smith and others. His first finished feature-length movie was FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions, which he released in 2004. The movie won the Best Feature Film Award at the Athens Panorama of Independent Filmmakers in 2005 and was also nominated for the Méliès d'Argent at Fantasporto that same year.
Carlos Atanes
- Born
- 1971. · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and film producer.
- Languages
- Spanish and Catalan.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
He was born in Barcelona, and is a member of The Film-Makers' Cooperative, founded by Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Ken Jacobs, Andy Warhol, Jack Smith and others. His first finished feature-length movie was FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions, which he released in 2004. The movie won the Best Feature Film Award at the Athens Panorama of Independent Filmmakers in 2005 and was also nominated for the Méliès d'Argent at Fantasporto that same year.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Carlos Atanes (born 1971) is a Spanish film director, film producer and playwright, among other activities. The film director was born in Barcelona. Languages used include Catalan, Spanish and Valencia.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 26 September 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Carlos Atanes. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q535488 · wikipedia · Carlos Atanes
In this article
Filmography as director
Filmography as director
La ira (1989) Le Descente à l’enfer d’un poète (1990) Romanzio in el sècolo ventuno (1991) Els Peixos argentats a la peixera (1991) Morir de calor (1991) The Marvellous World of the Cucu Bird (1991) Els Peixos Argentats a la Peixera (1991, co-directed with Hermann Bonnin) El Parc (1992, co-directed with Hermann Bonnin) The Mental Tenor (1993) The Metamorphosis of Franz Kafka (1993) Metaminds & Metabodies (1995) Morfing (1996) Borneo (1997) The Seven Hills of Rome (1998) Welcome to Spain (1999) Cyberspace Under Control (2000) Perdurabo (Where is Aleister Crowley?) (2003) FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (2004) Proxima (2007) Made in Proxima (2007) Codex Atanicus (2007) Scream Queen (2008) Maximum Shame (2010) Gallino, the Chicken System (2012) Meat Market - Esa Linna (2013) (Music video) Romance bizarro (2017) Alter Ego Film Project (fragment Autofocus) (2024) Autofocus (2025) Báthory (2026)
Released plays
Released plays
2021 – Rey de Marte (Dramatic reading, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) 2021 – Báthory (Dramatic reading, Madrid) 2019 – Antimateria (Tenerife) 2018 – Amaya Galeote's La incapacidad de exprimirte (Madrid) 2018 – La línea del horizonte (Madrid) 2015 – Un genio olvidado (Un rato en la vida de Charles Howard Hinton) (Madrid) 2014 – La quinta estación del puto Vivaldi (Madrid) 2014 – Los ciclos atánicos (Madrid) 2013 – El triunfo de la mediocridad (Madrid) 2013 – Secretitos (Madrid) 2011 – El hombre de la pistola de nata (Madrid) 2011 – La cobra en la cesta de mimbre (Madrid)
Brief plays
Brief plays
2019 – ¿Hasta cuándo estáis? (Madrid) 2019 – A Praga y vámonos (Madrid) 2018 – Chéjov bajo cero (Málaga) 2017 – Sexo y tortilla (Madrid) 2017 – Pasión mostrenca (Madrid) 2016 – La abuela de Frankenstein (Madrid) 2016 – Love is in the Box (Madrid) 2015 – Caminando por el valle inquietante (Madrid) 2015 – Santos varones (Madrid) 2015 – Porno emocional (Madrid) 2014 – El grifo de 5.000.000 euros (Madrid) 2014 – El vello público (Madrid) 2013 – Necrofilia fina (Madrid) 2013 – Romance bizarro (Madrid) 2012 – La lluvia (Madrid) 2012 – La depredadora (Leganés)
In English
In English
2026 – Rhino Head Episode 1: Semper in Extremis (Novel illustrated by Jan van Rijn) – ISBN 978-3-9826372-7-3 2024 – Querida - The Sufferings and Self Empowerment of a Doll (Novel illustrated by Jan van Rijn) – ISBN 978-3-9826372-1-1 2022 – Chaos Magic For Skeptics (Essay) – Mandrake of Oxford 2022 – ISBN 1914153170 2013 – Aleister Crowley in the Mouth of Hell: The screenplay never filmed (Screenplay) – ISBN 1482599554
In German
In German
2026 – Rhino Head („Der Kopf des Nashorns“) Folge 1: Semper in Extremis (Novel illustrated by Jan van Rijn) – ISBN 978-3-9826372-7-3 2024 – Querida - Vom Leid und der Selbstermächtigung einer Puppe (Novel illustrated by Jan van Rijn) – ISBN 978-3-9826372-0-4
In Spanish
In Spanish
2026 – Rhino Head ("La cabeza del rinoceronte") Episodio 1: Semper in Extremis (Novel illustrated by Jan van Rijn) – ISBN 978-3-9826372-7-3 2025 – Rey de Marte (Theatre) – ISBN 979-1387644413 2024 – Perplejidad (Novel) – ISBN 978-84-128410-7-7 2024 – Antimateria (Theatre) – ISBN 978-84- 10060-21-0 2024 – Querida - De los sufrimientos y el empoderamiento de una muñeca (Novel illustrated by Jan van Rijn) – ISBN 978-3-9826372-2-8 2021 – Filmar los sueños (Essay) – ISBN 978-84-123896-8-5 2018 – Magia del Caos para escépticos (Essay) – ISBN 978-84-949113-4-7 2018 – Demos lo que sobre a los perros (Essay) – ISBN 978-1721253517 2017 – Un genio olvidado (Un rato en la vida de Charles Howard Hinton) (Theatre) – ISBN 1546636897 2013 – Aleister Crowley en la Boca del Infierno: El guion nunca filmado (Screenplay) – ISBN 1483946649 2007 – Los trabajos del director (Essay) – ISBN 978-1-4348-1870-6 2003 – El hombre de la pistola de nata (Theatre) – ISBN 978-1-4348-1903-1 2002 – Confutatis Maledictis (Novel) – ISBN 978-1-4348-1901-7 2002 – La cobra en la cesta de mimbre (Theatre) – ISBN 978-1-4348-1902-4 2001 – Combustión espontánea de un jurado (Novel) – ISBN 978-1-4752-4148-8
In Italian
In Italian
2024 – Magia del caos per scettici (Essay) – ISBN 978-8899863982
In Catalan
In Catalan
2003 – La cobra al cistell de vímet (Theatre) – ISBN 84-89826-30-7
In English
In English
2022 – Querida - A Doll's Tale of Misery and Liberation (Novel illustrated by Jan van Rijn) 2016 – In the Woods & on the Heath (Artbook illustrated by Jan van Rijn)
In Spanish
In Spanish
2022 – Monstruos (Essay, Carlos Atanes et al.) – ISBN 978-84-18941-61-0 2021 – La invasión de los ultracuerpos, de Philip Kaufman (Essay, Carlos Atanes et al.) – ISBN 978-84-120493-7-4 2020 – Cine que hoy no se podría rodar (Essay, Carlos Atanes et al.) – ISBN 978-84-122716-0-7 2020 – Eyes Wide Shut (Essay, Carlos Atanes et al.) – ISBN 978-84-121874-6-5 2020 – Space Fiction: Visiones de lo cósmico en la ciencia ficción (Essay, Carlos Atanes et al.) – ISBN 978-8412049664 2019 – De Arrebato a Zulueta (Essay, Carlos Atanes et al.) – ISBN 978-84-120493-1-2 2010 – La Bestia en la pantalla. Aleister Crowley y el cine fantástico (Essay, Carlos Atanes et al.) – ISBN 9788489668843
As a writer
In addition to his work as a screenwriter and playwright, Carlos Atanes has published several books and essays on cultural issues, cinema and Chaos magic.
Reception
On March 31, 2026, The Film-Makers' Cooperative held the first public screening in New York of Báthory, his experimental film about Countess Elizabeth Báthory.
Critics often express the difficulty of valuing Atanes' cinematography and sometimes they even refrain from scoring it, since these are unusual films that escape the standard classification. Dave J. Wilson from Cinematic Shocks says regarding Maximum Shame “it exists outside of the cinematic norm not following its conventions (…) it is purely visual art rather than a real narrative a dreamlike mind-fuck of philosophical musings. It is not a question of whether it is good or not as it does not conform to cinematic conventions. Therefore, I will not be giving a rating for this review, as it is hard for me to judge it on such terms. Whether you like the film or not you will ultimately more likely all reach the same conclusion that it is at least a unique work.” Film Threat, meanwhile, says that within Gallino, the Chicken System “is an entire universe of creativity, albeit one that may or may not reflect this plane of reality as we know it. I don't know that the traditional sense of how we react to film applies here. It's more of an art experience than a simple film (…) I don't know that it's for everyone (or anyone), but it's certainly unique.”
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Bright Lights Film Journal. The Complete Exile: The Films of Carlos Atanes.
- 2.366 Weird Movies. The 2012 Weirdcademy Awards. January 31, 2012.
- 3.The Film-Makers' Cooperative. The Film-Makers' Cooperative: Screenings & Workshops. March 31, 2026.
- 4.Maximum Shame (2010). Cinematic Shocks. March 2014.
- 5.Gallino, the Chicken System. Film Threat. September 2013.
- 6.Film Threat. FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions.
- 7.Film Threat. Proxima: The Last Sci-Fi.
- 8.Film Threat. Maximum Shame.
- 9.Film Threat. Gallino, the Chicken System.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 22
- Dunlop, Fiona, National Geographic - Les guides de voyage: Espagne, National Geographic France, France, 2007, pg 52. ,
- Crusells, Magi, Directores de cine en Cataluña de la A a la Z, Publicacions i Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2008.
- Sánchez-Conejero, Cristina, Novela y cine de ciencia ficción española contemporánea: Una reflexión sobre la humanidad (2009), Parte II, Entrevistas: Entrevista a Carlos Atanes, director (Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. , )
- Kramer, Seph; Lescroart, Justine; Barbero, Dan; Bernstein, Sanders; Charyk, Nick; Popkin, Meg; Bean, Kyle; Cain, Julia; Kendrick, Anna; Schwartz, Madeleine; and Connolly, Caitlin; Let's Go Barcelona, Let's Go Incorporated, USA, 2010, pg 50. ,
- Thompson, Nathaniel, DVD Delirium Volume 4: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD & Blu-ray, FAB Press Ltd., UK, 2010.
- Gómez Goyeneche, María Antonieta, Identidades trastocadas. Volumen 1: El recurso literario y artístico de las metamorfosis disyuntivas, Programa Editorial Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 2011. ,
- Vellarino Albuera, Susana, Políticas de la representación (post)pornográfica: del Mainstream a la Queer-action, Universidad de Granada, Spain 2012.
- E. B. Verrone, William, The Avant-Garde Feature Film: A Critical History, McFarland & Company Incorporated Publishers, USA, 2012.
- Tejeda, Carlos; J. Rodríguez, Hilario; y VV.AA., Cine XXI, directores y direcciones, Cátedra, Spain 2013.
- La Rubia, Leopoldo, Kafka y el cine: la estética de lo kafkiano en el séptimo arte, Biblioteca Nueva S.L., 2013.
- Kuzmanovic Jovanovic, Ana; Filipovic, Jelena; Stojanovic, Jasna; and Rajic, Jelena; Estudios hispánicos en el siglo XXI: Monografía en conmemoración del 40º aniversario de la creación del Departamento de Lengua Española y Literaturas Hispánicas de la Universidad de Belgrado, Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade, Serbia, 2014.
- Fritzsche, Sonja, The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film, Liverpool University Press, U.K., 2014. ,
- Chiavini, Roberto; Filippo Pizzo, Gian; and Tetro, Michele; Guida al cinema di fantascienza, Odoya srl, Italia, 2014.
- Yareham, Bob, 700 English Language Movies made in Spain, Obrapropia, 2016.
- Asociación Cultural Hilos Mágicos, Dirección de Arte para Teatro de Títeres: Ponencias y memorias 2016, IDARTES-Instituto Distrital de las Artes, Colombia, 2016, pg 35.
- Cremonini, Laura; and VV.AA., Le Dittature del Futuro: Cinema di Fantascienza, Italia, 2017.
- Otto Horch, Hans; Liska, Vivian; Maksymiak, Malgorzata; and Vogt Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Stefan; Wegweiser und Grenzgänger: Studien zur deutsch-jüdischen Kultur- und Literaturgeschichte, Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Co KG Wien, Austria, 2018. ,
- Yareham, Bob, Silver Screen Films: 800 English Language Films, Obrapropia, 2018.
- Cervera Ral, Enric, Com... Seqüències (Un relat basat en fets reals), Fundación AISGE, Spain, 2018.
- Pezzini, Franco, Le nozze alchemiche di Aleister Crowley. Itinerari letterari con la grande bestia, Odoya srl, Italia, 2020. ,
- Sernagiotto, Camilla, La maledizione del Dakota: Rosemary's Baby, Cielo Drive, John Lennon e altri fatti oscuri, Arcana Edizioni, Italia, 2022. ,
- Sabry, Fouad, Hive Mind: Fundamentals and Applications, One Billion Knowledgeable, United Arab Emirates, 2022.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
37,589 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- CarlosPerson
- Carlos AgullóPerson
- Carlos Alberto RiccelliPerson
- Carlos AlcántaraPerson
- Carlos Augusto de OliveiraPerson
- Carlos BaenaPerson
- Carlos BernardPerson
- Carlos BoladoPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Carlos Atanes?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.