
Álvaro Leivas
Directing
Biography
Álvaro Leivas is a film director and screenwriter from Valencia, Spain. He has directed films such as "Hair Thieves" and "Milonga de Espino", which have received accolades at festivals in over 25 countries and have been featured on platforms like Amazon Prime, Cinema Jove, the Toulouse International Contemporary Art Fair and the TLC Hollywood Chinese Theatre, amongst others. He has also worked in various departments on films such as “A Widow’s Game”, “The Dinner”, “The Key Game” and “You Are Not Me”; and on series such as “Breathless”.
Known For

A passionate medical team is devoted to saving lives in a bustling public hospital where tensions — and romance — keep their pulses racing.
Breathless

When a man is found dead, the investigation shatters his widow's perfect facade and exposes a hidden double life in this thriller based on real events.
A Widow's Game

Spain, April 15, 1939. With the Civil War concluded, and with the intention of celebrating his victory, General Franco attends a dinner with his generals at the Palace Hotel.
The Dinner

Laura has been with Antonio all her life and, just when she begins to wonder if that is really the life she wants, Sergio and Siena cross paths in their lives. Sergio is a former high school classmate and Siena, his millennial girlfriend who arrives to revolutionize everyone's lives. Laura, Raquel and Cris, close friends for years, convince their respective husbands to play a game that Siena proposes to them: the game of keys. The game consists of everyone putting their keys in a bowl. At random, each one chooses some keys and he must go to spend the night with the owner of the keys. This game will revolutionize the group of friends and their lives. It will make them discover who they are and what they really want.
The Key Game

After an absence of three years, Aitana makes a surprise return home with Gabi, her Brazilian partner, and their son. The reception from her parents is surprisingly cold. Only her wheelchair-bound brother is pleased to see her. But what affects Aitana most of all is the presence of a stranger her age sleeping in her bed, wearing her clothes, living in her house, and being treated by her parents as if she were their daughter. From that moment on, torn by jealousy, suspicion, and misunderstanding, Aitana tries to find out what is happening and who the intruder is until she discovers an unexpected and disturbing truth darker than she would ever have thought possible.
You Are Not Me

It's a Sunday afternoon, and Delia is writing in her diary. She has temporarily moved abroad as a volunteer Spanish teacher and is living with three new roommates in an apartment. The day drags on, and each of their minds is filled with intrusive thoughts, weaving a web of worries that grows ever more entangled.
ON/OFF (05.07.23)

Estitxu and Susi are two sisters with a strange profession: they steal hair on demand. After a failed heist, the hairdresser's chosen as a hideout will quickly turn into a violent trap.
Hair Thieves

A young seminarian comes face to face with the prison guard who murdered his father, making him debate between fulfilling repressed vengeance or the forgiveness he swore he would always offer to every sinner.
The Man Who Killed Cain

Pau, an arrogant food delivery man, has disrespected a dangerous customer: a former Tupamaro revolutionary. As punishment, this old man will involve Pau in a game of revenge against the drug addicts who stole the flowers from his grandson's grave.
Milonga of Thorns

Lea, Itsaso and Marta are a miscellany of (not so) young people trying to survive their chaotic sentimental lives, their precarious working conditions and a social context that is not quite ready for "the most prepared generation in history". They take it easy with a couple of beers, because how else can they do it?