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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

José María Avilés

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.

Filmography

Ricchieri (2013, short), Conversaciones en el jardín/Talks in the Garden (2014, short), Speed Paradise (2015, short), La muerte del maestro/The Death of the Master (2017), La enorme presencia de los muertos/The Presence of the Dead (2019, short)

José María Avilés op IFFR

  • Alba

    Ana Cristina Barragan | 98' | Ecuador | -

    Alba is a shy girl who goes to live with her solitary father when her mother has to go to hospital. A moving debut from…
  • La enorme presencia de los muertos

    José María Avilés | 13' | Argentina | International premiere

    After receiving his last wage and sending it off to his home country, a house painter deliberately abandons his mobile phone on a park bench.
  • Alba

    Ana Cristina Barragan | 98' | Ecuador | World premiere

    Alba is a shy girl who goes to live with her solitary father when her mother has to go to hospital. A moving debut from…
  • La muerte del maestro

    José María Avilés | 62' | Argentina | World premiere

    Sedate, mysterious film based on the severe earthquake of 16 April 2016 in Ecuador. Far from the epicentre, an elderly farmer notices everything