José María Avilés

Historia

Filmmaker and editor José María Avilés (1988, Ecuador) graduated from Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2012. After attending the Laboratoria de Cine of Martín Rejtman and Andrés di Tella in 2013, he made several short films and worked as an editor on Alba (2016), among other films. In 2017, he made his feature debut as a director with The Death of the Master, which premiered in IFFR. His second feature film Al Oriente will be release at the Biennale College of Venice Film Festival.

Películas

Al Oriente
Editor
Atahualpa works on the construction of a road that will cross the Llanganates Mountain Range, where it is said that the treasure of Inca Atahualpa was hidden in 1533. One night, Atahualpa is the guide of an expedition that goes in search of the treasure at the beginning of the 20th century.
Al Oriente
Writer
Atahualpa works on the construction of a road that will cross the Llanganates Mountain Range, where it is said that the treasure of Inca Atahualpa was hidden in 1533. One night, Atahualpa is the guide of an expedition that goes in search of the treasure at the beginning of the 20th century.
Al Oriente
Producer
Atahualpa works on the construction of a road that will cross the Llanganates Mountain Range, where it is said that the treasure of Inca Atahualpa was hidden in 1533. One night, Atahualpa is the guide of an expedition that goes in search of the treasure at the beginning of the 20th century.
Al Oriente
Director
Atahualpa works on the construction of a road that will cross the Llanganates Mountain Range, where it is said that the treasure of Inca Atahualpa was hidden in 1533. One night, Atahualpa is the guide of an expedition that goes in search of the treasure at the beginning of the 20th century.
Black Beauty: For a Shamanic Cinema
Editor
African fashion model Alexandra Cartier meets Jorge Luis Borges in a visionary hallucination. What does the famous Argentine modernist writer have to say about our contemporary ecological and pandemic problems?
Prophecy
Editor
Three young friends of Moroccan origin travel on a lost island, sing, dance, and take us into the shelter of an uninhabited lighthouse. They discover this unknown land like the explorers in a tale of adventures. Following them around in this strange place, Julieta Juncadella carries us away, like a wave, in the movement of a fantasy film. – Elena López Riera
Prophecy
Producer
Three young friends of Moroccan origin travel on a lost island, sing, dance, and take us into the shelter of an uninhabited lighthouse. They discover this unknown land like the explorers in a tale of adventures. Following them around in this strange place, Julieta Juncadella carries us away, like a wave, in the movement of a fantasy film. – Elena López Riera
La enorme presencia de los muertos
Editor
Tras cobrar su último sueldo y enviarlo a su país de origen, un pintor de brocha gorda abandona deliberadamente su teléfono celular en la banca de un parque. Poco después, una chica lo encuentra y se lo queda, como si se tratase de un mensaje arrojado al vacío que la interpela y que finalmente le revela la enorme presencia de los muertos.
La enorme presencia de los muertos
Director
Tras cobrar su último sueldo y enviarlo a su país de origen, un pintor de brocha gorda abandona deliberadamente su teléfono celular en la banca de un parque. Poco después, una chica lo encuentra y se lo queda, como si se tratase de un mensaje arrojado al vacío que la interpela y que finalmente le revela la enorme presencia de los muertos.
La muerte del maestro
Editor
On 16 April 2016 a severe earthquake hit coastal Ecuador. José María Avilés’ first longer film is based on this national disaster, but at great distance from the collapsed buildings and buried loved ones. He shows how an unexpected event can suddenly modify all the rules of the game, even in the remote town of Angamarca – the location of the film – where the effects of the quake arrive as distant echoes of hostility in the natural environment.
La muerte del maestro
Director of Photography
On 16 April 2016 a severe earthquake hit coastal Ecuador. José María Avilés’ first longer film is based on this national disaster, but at great distance from the collapsed buildings and buried loved ones. He shows how an unexpected event can suddenly modify all the rules of the game, even in the remote town of Angamarca – the location of the film – where the effects of the quake arrive as distant echoes of hostility in the natural environment.
La muerte del maestro
Writer
On 16 April 2016 a severe earthquake hit coastal Ecuador. José María Avilés’ first longer film is based on this national disaster, but at great distance from the collapsed buildings and buried loved ones. He shows how an unexpected event can suddenly modify all the rules of the game, even in the remote town of Angamarca – the location of the film – where the effects of the quake arrive as distant echoes of hostility in the natural environment.
La muerte del maestro
Director
On 16 April 2016 a severe earthquake hit coastal Ecuador. José María Avilés’ first longer film is based on this national disaster, but at great distance from the collapsed buildings and buried loved ones. He shows how an unexpected event can suddenly modify all the rules of the game, even in the remote town of Angamarca – the location of the film – where the effects of the quake arrive as distant echoes of hostility in the natural environment.
Alba
Editor
Alba, una niña de 11 años, debe ir a vivir con su padre, Igor, debido a la enfermedad de su madre. Igor es un hombre obsesivo y solitario, a quien ella apenas conoce, que después de separarse de la familia se encerró en una casa pequeña. La convivencia para Alba es casi insoportable; su padre le recuerda todo aquello que la acompleja de sí misma. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mañana Todas Las Cosas
Sound
Julia and Diego spend a weekend taking care of Diego’s nephew, in a house far from the city. Everything goes on normally until Julia’s visit to the hospital changes completely their relation.
Mañana Todas Las Cosas
Editor
Julia and Diego spend a weekend taking care of Diego’s nephew, in a house far from the city. Everything goes on normally until Julia’s visit to the hospital changes completely their relation.