An approach to the liturgy of an Andalusian village through a delirium of images impregnated on celluloid. In "un viento roza tu puerta", tradition mixes with the songs and voices of the past and present, speaking of a violence perhaps premonitory, perhaps forgotten.
Jorge Castrillo is an Andalusian director and cinematographer.. His films focus on a personal gaze to a series of identity issues related to the territory.
Graduated in photography direction by the E.S.C.A.C. His first short films, "Setiembre" and "Domingo" were premiered in national and international festivals.
He did a master's degree in creation at the Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola, where he developed, under the mentorship of filmmaker Oliver Laxe, among others, "Un viento roza tu puerta", which has been screened at festivals such as the Seville European Film Festival, the Granada Young Filmmakers Festival, the Malaga Festival and the European Media Art Festival (2022), and was a candidate for best documentary short film at the 1st edition of the Carmen Awards for Andalusian cinema. He is also making "La Antigua Nueva", a short film to be released in 2022. Both films are produced by Rocío Mesa (My deer films).
As a cinematographer, he stands out for his personal look and work in analogue format. He has collaborated with directors such as Ana Cristina Barragán (Ecuador), Daniela Delgado (Ecuador), Genesis Valenzuela (Dominican Republic), or Laura Moreno (Spain), among others.
His first feature film as cinematographer "Mission to Mars" by Amat Vallmajor (Spain) and produced by Mutxica Films has recently been selected in the WIP Europe of the San Sebastian Film Festival and in films en Cours of the Entrevues Belfort festival and will be released in 2022.
He collaborates closely with the filmmaker Ion de Sosa, so he has been an active part of the camera department of projects such as "Karen", by María Perez Sanz, "Contadores", by Irati Gorostidi, or "La Parra", by Alberto Gracia and he will be the director of photography of "Mamántula", the new film by Ion de Sosa.
As a producer, he has produced short films such as "Si las vides lloran" by Laura Moreno, premiered at the Ann Arbor festival, and he is currently developing his first feature film: "El espectro de Justine", by Andrea Sanchez (Andorra), a project selected in the Noka Mentoring development programme of Tabakalera.
"Los espantos" (2022) / "Un viento roza tu puerta" (2021) / "Setiembre" (2015) / "Domingo" (2013)
