Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo directed, in 2006, his first feature film Azul Oscuro Casi Negro (Dark Blue Almost Black), with which he won the Europa Cinemas Label Award at the Venice Festival, as well as 3 Goya awards, including Best New Director and Best Screenplay, and the Special Jury Prize at the Malaga Festival. These were followed by Gordos (2009), which earned Raul Arévalo the Goya for Best Supporting Actor, Primos (Cousinhood, 2011) and La gran familia española (Family United, 2013), which received 11 Goya nominations and won two, Best Supporting Actor (Roberto Álamo) and Best Original Song. With Diecisiete (Seventeen) he participated for the first time in San Sebastian Festival’s Official Selection.

Festival de San Sebastián