
Xoán Fernández Diz
Directing
Biography
1997
Known For

Four different views of the village of Cangas do Morrazo.
four scenes from a village

A discreet look at the creative process of the painter Lito Portela during the last days of work on a painting that reflects the sea waves.
BEYOND LANDSCAPE. A discreet look at the craft of Lito Portela

He does what he can to be comfortable.
enjoying the sea in front of his house in moaña in early september

Two cats stare at a wall much more interesting than anything going on around them.
ARRE MOTO PITI POTO

Wind blew and almost knocked me over, but if I hadn't been there I wouldn't have remembered that day.
O'SOLE MIO or "We're gonna lose our way going home"

A girl decides to clean her old bike and take a ride by the sea. She hopes this will make her feel better.
Story of a flat-tired bicycle

Something happened that stormy night. Something happened as lightning lit up the sky.
that stormy night

Two siblings go to Vigo to see a movie. In Cangas the cinema closed a long time ago.
CANGAS-VIGO. There and back again

The living room curtain suffers an identity crisis on its tenth birthday.
The curtains turn ten years old

The book became too real.
light reading

One doesn't bounce and other one doesn't have a sound.
BÓLA

Short film made in the online workshop Nothing Happens in this Film. Each one had to make a video addressed to a person from which they only knew their name. I never got a response.
LETTER 1 - From Xoán to David

Video essay on the representation of war in cinema.
TO KILL THE WAR

A girl registers another person identical to her with her camera. Intrigued, she begins to follow her through the empty streets of town. Short film made at the Avoa Galega Festival in Tui based on the theme "the stone". Written, filmed and edited in 24 hours. (The final version is edited out of competition).
ETERNIDADE

Report on "BICOS DE CINE", a series of paintings by the artist Manuel Moldes.
A SHORT FILM about BICOS DE CINE

I can't sleep and my computer is full of memories.
Delusions of a sleepless night

A man drives to a lonely beach to finish something he started 27 years ago.
DUNES OF BLOOD

Report on the creation of the painting "Xota Valseada", by Lito Portela. An afternoon where the union of painting, dance and music was celebrated.