Paulino Viota
Directing
Biography
Film director and professor. Born in Santander, in 1948. He studied Economics at the University of Bilbao, and then at the Complutense in Madrid. He has directed three feature films, and several medium-length and short films, and written numerous articles and other publications. He currently teaches in various schools and universities.
Known For
30 minutes. Lots of dialogues. On friendship. On love. On memory. On oblivion. And a bit of democracy, too.
De l’amitié
The story of various, diverse relationships among different generations near Santander. The film uses flashbacks taken from Viota's earlier film Fin de un invierno, and follows elements of his first feature Contactos.
Cuerpo a cuerpo
The story of a couple whose relationship is falling apart, with voiceover by two of their friends.
Jaula de todos
A man and a woman living in the same pension, but different rooms, grow intimate behind the landlady's back.
Contactos
The second feature length movie of Paulino Viota, this is a disillusioned and biting look at the years of Spanish democratic transition, narrated in a dry and scrawny style that shows the political intrigues, struggles and frustrated hopes of the first years of Spanish transition to democracy.
Tooth and Nail
A documentary about traveling fairs in Spain.
Traveling Fairs
Short film about an aimless young man.
José Luis
Short film, shot in 16mm. Visually, the second hand sweeping the face of a clock. Audibly, the ticking of a clock. The passing of 10 minutes of time.
Duration
Santander, 1967. Tina's desire is to leave her hometown and move to London, but her mother does not approve her choice.
Tiempo de busca
Short film shot in 16mm