Pablo Maqueda
Directing
Biography
Pablo Maqueda (Madrid, 1985) Chosen as one of the top 20 filmmakers of the year 2020 by CINEMANIA Film Magazine. In his commitment to new formats, he produced and directed the experimental project "All the Women 366 minutes, 366 videos", referenced in major national and international media such as The New York Times and Indiewire. In 2013, he created the Spanish film manifesto initiative #Littlesecretfilm. He has produced more than 25 films, including the latest works of Chema García Ibarra, Marçal Fores and Miguel Larraya. He is in development on his next project, "The Unknown Girl".
Known For
Each day after work, Carlos, a language school teacher, frequents the heady surroundings of his local cruising ground. One evening he encounters a teenage boy from his class named Toni, and the two engage in a brief sexual tryst. As the relationship between teacher and student begins to develop, some dark truths emerge about the young man and his mysterious group of friends.
Everlasting Love
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Directors Talks
Carolina and Leo, who have met through a chat room, agree to meet in person in a secluded city park.
Girl Unknown
In 1974 Werner Herzog walked from Munich to Paris, an act of faith to prevent the death of his mentor Lotte Eisner. In 2020, a young filmmaker walks following Herzog´s footprints in an act of love to one of the best filmmakers of our time. A journey through villages, nature, loneliness and cold, looking for the meaning of filmmaking. Including fragments of the book "Of Walking in Ice" by legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog narrated by himself exclusively for the film.
Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)
Susana has gathered all her friends to celebrate a very special evening: it's Toni's birthday, and for the first time he's away in Germany, but the distance is not going to stop them from celebrating together. No one suspects that after the party their lives will change forever.
Todos tus secretos
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Lo que vale un peine
It tells the story of a Spanish film star (Llorach), which has 90 minutes to rescue his kidnapped sister (León), while cameras record endless reality this kind of macabre.
#RealMovie
Veronica has just suffered a terrible accident in the countryside. She meets a curious group of art historians. They all seem too concerned about what has happened to the girl. Strangely concerned.
Círculo interno
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Penumbra
Victor hides his face behind a mask. One day he receives something that he had been waiting for a long time, a strange package. Upon receiving it, he will remember the last words his mother said to him, he will remember her obsessions and their peculiar relationship. But above all he will not be able to forget his last wish.
Jamás me echarás de ti
What if the only way to face life was to escape into cinema? Thirty years after Caro Diario, filmmaker Pablo Maqueda leaves Madrid on a Vespa, chasing the sun of Moretti’s Italy. With eight friends by his side, he embarks on a journey where laughter, memory, and film intertwine. As reels roll and roads unfold, reality gently fades – and what begins as a tribute becomes a meditation on how cinema doesn’t just reftect life, but transforms it.
Caro Nanni
Maca is leaving in a week to study abroad away from her city, Seville. What she once envisioned as the future is now an imminent reality. Maca's inertia suddenly stops after having to face a host of new fears that will falter the decision that was once firm.
Centrífuga
A tale about the most viewed video in the history of internet. Rome Rises, Lera Lou, Art Coley, Jenina Mode, Nina Delicious. Here comes the Manic Pixie Dream Girls. A #littlesecretfilm