Isaki Lacuesta
Isaki Lacuesta (born 28 November 1975) is a Spanish film director from Catalonia. His work includes documentary film, narrative film and video art. He studied audiovisual communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and obtained his master's degree in documentary film making at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where he now works as a lecturer in documentary film making.
Isaki Lacuesta
DONOSTIA KULTURA · CLAUSURA / BUKAERA · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Born
- 1975. · Girona.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter and critic.
- Fields
- film direction and film screenwriting.
- Education
- Pompeu Fabra University and Autonomous University of Barcelona.
- Known for
- Saturn Return, Between Two Waters, One Year and One Night.
- Honours
- Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language, Golden Shell, Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film, Gaudí Award for Best Director, Gaudí Award for Best Original Screenplay and Premi Nacional de Cinema.
- Languages
- Spanish and Catalan.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Isaki Lacuesta (born 28 November 1975) is a Spanish film director from Catalonia. His work includes documentary film, narrative film and video art. He studied audiovisual communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and obtained his master's degree in documentary film making at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where he now works as a lecturer in documentary film making.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Isaki Lacuesta. 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 · Q535622 · wikipedia · Isaki Lacuesta
In this article
Filmography (selection)
Filmography (selection)
Feature films 2025: Flores para Antonio 2024: Segundo premio (Saturn Return) 2022: Un año, una noche (One Year, One Night) 2018: Entre dos aguas 2016: La propera pell (Next Skin) 2014: Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades (Dying Beyond Their Means) 2011: Los pasos dobles 2011: El cuaderno de barro 2010: La noche que no acaba 2009: Los condenados (The Damned) 2006: La leyenda del tiempo 2002: Cravan vs. Cravan Short films 2009: In between days 2004: Teoria dels cossos 2000: Caras vs Caras Video installations 2010: Mullada llum! 2008 Los cuerpos traslúcidos 2007: Traços/traces
Encuentro con los cineastas Isaki Lacuesta e Isa Campo, ganadores del III Premio Rosario Valpuesta otorgado por la Universidad en colaboración con el Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla (SEFF).
Universidad Pablo de Olavide from Sevilla, España · Isaki Lacuesta
Encuentro con los cineastas Isaki Lacuesta e Isa Campo, ganadores del III Premio Rosario Valpuesta otorgado por la Universidad en colaboración con el Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla (SEFF).
Universidad Pablo de Olavide from Sevilla, España · Isaki Lacuesta
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
2011
CORRESPONDENCIA: ISAKI LACUESTA - NAOMI KAWASE (IN BETWEEN DAYS) (2011) (2011) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Prizes and awards
He also teaches at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, the Centre d'estudis cinematogràfics de Catalunya, and the University of Girona. He is a longtime collaborator and domestic partner of Isa Campo, after whom he rebranded his first name as Isaki (he is actually named Iñaki).
Isaki Lacuesta studied at Pompeu Fabra University and Autonomous University of Barcelona. The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. The field of work recorded is film direction and film screenwriting. Employment is recorded with Pompeu Fabra University and Autonomous University of Barcelona. Works named in the authority record are Saturn Return, Between Two Waters and One Year, One Night. Distinctions recorded are Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language, Golden Shell, Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film and Gaudí Award for Best Director.
2011: Golden Shell for Best Film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for Los pasos dobles 2011: Caracola a la trayectoria at the Alcances Festival in Cádiz 2011: Eloy de la Iglesia Award at the Málaga Film Festival 2011: Pantalla Hall Award for young film makers at the Ibn Arabi Festival in Murcia 2009: Spanish FIPRESCI Prize at the Donostia-San Sebastián Festival 2006: Spain film prize from the city of Donostia-San Sebastián
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.Serra, Xavi. De l'institut als Gaudí. Ara. 31 January 2017.
- 2.Belinchón, Gregorio. Isa Campo, el secreto mejor guardado del cine español. El País. 27 September 2022.
- 3.Improvisationen rund ums Herz der Finsternis in: FAZ from 26
- 4.Festival de San Sebastián. sansebastianfestival.
- 5.Ediciones Anteriores - Alcances 2018. 50 Festival Cine Documental. www.alcances.org.
- 6.FilmAffinity.
- 7.IBAFF. Ibn Arabí Film Festival - Región de Murcia Digital. www.regmurcia.com.
- 8.San Sebastian Film Festival. sansebastianfestival.
- 9.de la Fuente, Anna Marie. Latido Snags San Sebastian Film Fest Multi-Winner Isaki Lacuesta’s ‘Saturn Return’ (Exclusive). Variety. 9 May 2023.
- 10.Young, Neil. ‘Dying Beyond Their Means’ (‘Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades’): San Sebastian Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 1 October 2014.
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
37,298 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Isabelle MergaultPerson
- Isabelle NantyPerson
- Isaiah MustafaPerson
- Isak FerrizPerson
- Isamu KosugiPerson
- Isao HashizumePerson
- Isao SasakiPerson
- Isao TakahataPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Isaki Lacuesta?
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.