Jonás Trueba

Jonás TRUEBA (1981, Spain) has written and directed the feature films Todas las canciones hablan de mí/Every Song Is About Me (2010), for which he landed the Goya for Best New Director, Los ilusos/Wishful Thinkers (2013), Los exiliados románticos/The Romantic Exiles (2015), winner of the Special Jury Prize at Malaga Festival, La reconquista/The Reconquest (2016), competitor in the Official Selection at San Sebastian Festival, and La virgen de agosto/The August Virgin (2019), winner of a Special Jury Mention and the FIPRESCI Prize at Karlovy Vary Festival, also nominated for Best Foreign Film at the César Awards. He also co-wrote two films by Víctor García León, and El baile de la Victoria/The Dancer and the Thief with Fernando Trueba, 2009, for which he was nominated for a Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He has made music videos and is the author of the book Las ilusiones.

Filmography

Cero en conciencia (2000, short), Todas las canciones hablan de mí/Every Song Is About Me (2010), Los ilusos/The Wishful Thinkers (2013), Los exiliados románticos/The Romantic Exiles (2015), La reconquista/The Reconquest (2016), La virgen de agosto/The August Virgin (2019), Quién lo impide/Who’s Stopping Us (2021)