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 at IFFR
Alba
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 Ecuador.
98'
Ecuador
IFFR 2016
La muerte del maestro
62'
Ecuador
IFFR 2018
La enorme presencia de los muertos
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.
13'
Argentina
IFFR 2020