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Email
hello@cesarpesquera.com
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I never wanted to be a director but I remember very vividly as a kid going to open air cinema sessions with my dad. Now I make films, direct music videos and commercials, create artworks and write.
My films has been screened at festivals such as Cíclope, SXSW, Sitges, Cannes, Slamdance or BFI London Film Festival among others. I have been awarded with several LAUS prizes, a gold in ADC * E and a second prize in YDA Cannes. In 2018 my short film Santa Ana won an honorable mention for the best documentary at Salute Your Shorts festival (Los Angeles).
My work combines the grammar of cinema with a taste for conceptualization and visual experimentation. I like to think about images, spaces, technology, perception and time.
Sometimes I make music as Portabot or with my band SVVORDS.
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Networks
Instagram
Vimeo
Tumblr
Imdb
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Diary
Our Time Is Over
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Selected Collaborations
Apple
ADG-FAD
ARTE France
Bullet
bRUNA
Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi
Drop & Vase
D-Fuse
El Segell
London Symphony Orchestra
LOLA MullenLowe
Lucrecia Dalt
McCann & Erickson
Mans_O
MESA
Netflix
Nowness
OFFF Festival
Partizan
Renault
Rojo Magazine
S.C.P.F.*
Seat
Steve Reich
Spa.RK Releases
TBWA/Media Arts Lab
The Community
The Suicide Of Western Culture
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Awards
2019. TRANSFER Architecture Video Award. Finalist - Casa Gilardi
2019. Gold Laus ADG-FAD - Santa Ana
2018. Salute Your Shorts. Honorable mention Best documentary - Santa Ana
2015. Silver Laus ADG-FAD - Icarus
2014. Gold ADC*E - Tramuntana
2014. Gold Laus ADG-FAD - Tramuntana
2014. Silver Laus ADG-FAD - FADFest Welcome
2014. Bronze CdeC - FADFest Welcome
2013. Second Prize at YDA Cannes - Tramuntana
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Teaching
ELISAVA Lecturer. Postgraduate in Art Direction.
ELISAVA Lecturer. Master in Design and Audiovisual Creativity.
DOMESTIKA Online Course: Introduction to Film Direction.
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Talks and lectures
2017. OFFF Festival. Museu del Disseny. Barcelona (ES)
2014. Digital Futures: New Realities. MWC Barcelona (ES).
2014. OFFF Festival. Tkachi. Saint Petersburg (RU).
2013. Behance Portfolio Reviews. Fabrica Moritz. Barcelona (ES).
2013. Beijing Design Week. September. Yuanfen Flow. Beijing (CN).
2013. This is not MTV. La Virreina. Barcelona (ES).
2011. OFFF Festival. CCCB. Barcelona (ES).
2011. CdeC Talks. Disseny Hub Barcelona (ES).
2008. Music video aesthetics and audiovisual creation. DA2. Salamanca (ES)
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Selected publications
2017. NOSTOS OFFF Festival Book.
2013. 5th Anniversary Playtime DVD
2011. Offf Fest. Year Zero Book+DVD. Index Book
2011. Cahiers Du Cinema Spain. May Num.
2009. Go Magazine. Nov Num.
2008. Arte y Diseño Mag: Spain In Motion. Aug. Num.
2008. H Magazine #90. Feb. Num.
2007. Rojo®Seis Mag.
2006. Specialten #17 Mag+DVD.
2006. Ruga®Le Stille Rell DVD. Published by Rojo Mag.
2006. VJ: Audio-Visual Art and VJ Culture. Lawrence King Pub. Book+DVD.
2006. Rojo@Air. Mag.
2006. Visual Mag #120.
2005. DesignFlux 0.2 DVD
2005. ZooRoom DVD. 2005
2005. Ruga®Dagens Bilaga DVD. Published by Rojo Mag.
2005. Projektionsareal DVD.
2004. OnDiseño Mag #257.
2004. Dotmov DVD. 2004
2004. Live Visuals Award DVD.
2003. Suite Mag #12.
2003. Shots Mag #15.
2003. Rojo®Raw
2001. Neo2 Mag #July-August
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Selected screenings
2022. Nightmares Film Festival. Columbus, Ohio (US)
2018. Salute Your Shorts. Los Angeles (US)
2018. Aesthetica Short Film Festival. York (UK)
2018. Lago Film Fest. Revine Lago (IT)
2018. LA OLA. Los Angeles, New York, CDMX (USA, MX)
2018. Imagine Film Festival. Amsterdam (NL)
2018. South By Southwest. Austin, Texas (US) Nominee SXSW Grand Jury Award.
2018. Fest. Int. Cartage de Indias (CO)
2018. Guadalajara Film Festival (MX)
2018. Slamdance Festival (US)
2017. Interfilm Festival. Berlin. (DE)
2017. BFI London Film Festival (UK)
2017. Sitges Film Festival (ES)
2017. Raindance Film Festival. London (UK)
2016. Imagine Science Film Festival. Paris (FR).
2015. Imagine Science Film Festival. New York (US).
2015. CineGlobe. Festival Int du films au CERN. Geneva (SH).
2013. 17th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. Int. competition (SH).
2013. Ciclope. Int. Festival of Craft. Berlin (DE).
2013. Young Directors Award. Cannes Festival (FR).
2012. London Spanish Film Festival. London (UK).
2012. SCREEN Festival 2012 @ Primavera Pro. Barcelona (ES).
2011. Alphaville Festival. London (UK).
2011. Rencontres Internationales Berlin. Haus der Kulturen der Welt (DE).
2011. Offf Festival CCCB. Barcelona (ES).
2011. Rencontres Internationales Madrid. Filmoteca Española (ES).
2010. Rencontres Internationales Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou (FR).
2010. ZINEBI. Bilbao (ES).
2009. Zemos 98 2009. Sevilla (ES).
2009. Int. Film Festival Rotterdam 2009 (NL).
2006. Rencont. Internat. Paris/Berlin (FR/DE).
2006. L’alternativa Festival. Barcelona (ES).
2006. Imago Young Film Festival. Fundão (PT).
2006. Shorts Attack! Screening. – Nachtgestalten. Berlin (DE).
2006. Kurz Film Festival. Hamburg (DE).
2006. Festival de Granada. Granada (ES).
2005. Resfest Spain. Barcelona (ES).
2005. Sonar Festival. Barcelona (ES).
2005. Optronica Festival. London (UK).
2004. Dotmov Festival. Sapporo (JP).
2004. Rencont. Internat. Paris/Berlin (FR/DE).
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Selected exhibitions
2023. The Wrong TV. Retrospective (online)
2016. Who's There? Who's There?. Solo exhibition. Addicted to Life. Barcelona (ES)
2016. XVIII CCP Festival. Lisbon (PT).
2015. This Is Not A Love Song. Group Exhibition. PERA Museum. Istambul (TR)
2015. XVII Festival CCP 2015. Lisbon (PT).
2013. This Is Not A Love Song. Group Exhibition. Palau de la Virreina. Barcelona (ES).
2013. LOOP Festival. Barcelona (ES).
2011. Contrast-Kohpact: Actop meets Evgeny Kiselev. RAS Gallery. Barcelona (ES).
2011. En.Piezas. La Casa Encendida. Madrid (ES).
2010. Rojo®Nova. MIS. São Paulo (BR)
2009. Sin Formato. Group Exhibition. Valladolid (ES).
2008. Art Beijing 2008. Group Exhibition. Beijing (CN).
2008. Otoimatge. Group Exhibition. UPV. Valencia (ES).
2007. BAC! 2007 Contemporary Art Festival. Barcelona (ES).
2007. LOOP Festival. Barcelona (ES).
2006. Undercurrent. Group Exhibition. Lighthouse Gallery. Brighton (UK).
2006. Transmit. De Effenaar. Eindhoven (NL).
2006. Mobile. Group Exhibition. Boulogne (FR).
2006. Digital Showcase #31. AMOADA. Austin (US)
2005. ZooRoom. Group Exhibition. Reistor Gallery. Toronto (CA).
2005.. This Is Not My Computer. Actop Solo Exhibition. DA2. Salamanca (ES).
2005. Projektionsareal. Group Exhibition. ZKM. Karlsruhe (DE)
2004. ARCO. VI Muestra de Arte Interdisciplinar. Group Exhibition. Madrid (ES).