
Juana Macías
Directing
Biography
Juana Macías Alba (Madrid, 1971) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. In 1999, she won the Goya Award for Best Short Film for her work Seven Coffees a Week, and in 2010 she was nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Director for her film Plans for Tomorrow. In 1994, she graduated with a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid. She also completed a Higher Technical Diploma in Filmmaking (IORTV).
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Madres: amor y vida

The story of 20-year-old lawyer Lola González Ruiz and her group of friends who challenged the Francoist dictatorship with the law at hand, from 1969 up to the Atocha killings in 1977.
Las abogadas

Fashion assistant Maca has just about got her life together after a devastating breakup, when Leo, the man who broke her heart returns. Seeking support from best friends, Adriana and Jime, all three will learn love can be complicated.
Sounds Like Love

Jara, Alex and Miranda are three girls coming of age who grew up in a juvenile detention centre, with no knowledge of unconditional love. Jara’s birthday is coming up and the three of them want to celebrate by going to the concert of their favourite performer, but they can’t afford the tickets. So, they meet up with an older girl and former resident of the centre who offers them an indecent proposal. But before they know it, they find themselves sliding deeper into the underbelly of Mallorca.
The Girls at the Station

The story of a mother who does not want to die and a pair of ruinous children who only think about inheriting.
Vermin

Pedro, Kiko and David, three friends in their late thirties, travel to Rio de Janeiro to pick up the lifeless body of Mateo, their best friend from high school, who has died under mysterious circumstances. But when you arrive in Brazil, nothing is what it seems. Mateo, "the dead man", has fled, his house is upside down and one of his ex-girlfriends is desperately looking for him...
Last Call, Rio!

The Gallardos are a rich, well-respected family, who spend their summers in a beautiful country house, which is taken meticulous care of by Amparito. Dearly loved by the family’s three children, Teresa, Benja and Aura, Amparito, known to them as Nanny, has been like a second mother to them. When they receive the sad news of her death, the three siblings travel to the village to say their last goodbyes and see Tomás, the deceased’s only son. What they weren’t expecting is that Amparito’s dying wish was to be buried in the family cemetery. The Gallardos are clear: there’s no way! After refusing to do this favor, they receive an inheritance from Amparito... Some letters in which, far from giving them a sweet goodbye, she gets even, revealing skeletons in closets and hurtful truths that will turn their lives upside down. What the hell was Nanny thinking?
Just One Small Favor

It seems simple: an egg + sperm = one embryo. But if your sperm is "few, vague and abnormal" and your woman is premenopausal at age 37, things start to get complicated.
We Are Pregnant

Nadia and Adrián starts their particular world war when she files to divorce him.
Under the Same Roof

Young people talk in a a coffee shop; seven characters, seven chats, seven different points of view about love, sex and relationships. The point of departure is Gustavo's problem: he is in love with a girl but he's also interested in her sister...
Seven Coffees a Week

Three stories intertwined which occur in a single day. The day Ines discovers she is pregnant, Antonia decides to abandon her family and Marian realizes she is going to die.
Plans for Tomorrow
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Diminutos del calvario

A group of students around 18 years old gather at a high school to make a horror short film. The lead actress in the supposed short film is not motivated enough, so the director, who is quite harsh, decides to take advantage of the psychopathic traits of the boy operating the camera, who seems obsessed with the actress.