Joan López Lloret

Joan Lopez Lloret (1969) first made a name for himself with the feature-length documentary, Hermanos Oligor (2004), a film that portrays the secret world of two artists in search of other realities. The film won the Audience Award at the Málaga Film Festival and Best Documentary at Docúpolis Barcelona; it premiered in Spanish cinemas. He returned to the big screen with his second feature film, Utopia 79 (2006), which deconstructs the dream of the Nicaraguan revolution through a tale of subordinate voices. The following year, he directed "Sunday at five" (2007), a Catalan, Basque and Irish co-production that tells the story of two ex-convicts in the peace process in Northern Ireland. Lopez Lloret is notable for his capacity to bring to light captivating stories that give voice to figures who have often been forgotten. Thus, the documentary "Sinaia, mas allá del océano" (2010) recovers the stories of the exiles of the Spanish republic seventy years after their transatlantic voyage to Mex