The Vigo-based filmmaker, screenwriter and producer, Ángel Santos, will be the main figure of a meeting where he will show the creative itinerary of his third feature film, Así llegó la noche. It is a project that explores our fragile identity through a visual artist character who aims to reconcile his aspirations and desires with what we know as existence.
Galician filmmaker who has been active since 2002, Ángel Santos holds a degree in art history and a degree in film direction from Center d’Estudis Cinematogràfics, Catalonia. He has directed some short films as September (2004), O Cazador (2008), M. (2017), Thus will come the night (2021) and the renowned feature film The High Pressures (2014). From Amateurfilms, he promotes his own projects and those of filmmakers such as Pablo García Canga, Santos Díaz and Iván Castiñeiras. He co-founded Novos Cinemas, the International Film Festival of Pontevedra, where he had co-directed for five years (2015-2019). Since 2013, Santos also works as a film educator in collaboration with film literacy projects such as Cinema en Curs. He has delivered several film workshops at a number of universities, art centers, and film festivals, and he has tutored WIP projects at Málaga Film Festival, MECAS, and FIDBA (Buenos Aires). He has been part of international juries at festivals like FICX, Punto de Vista and FICUNAM.