| Chema García Ibarra | |
| Birth Place: | Elche, Valencian Community, Spain |
| Alma Mater: | University of Alicante |
| Occupation: | Filmmaker |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
| Website: | http://www.chemagarcia.com |
Chema García Ibarra is a Spanish filmmaker.
His first short film The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5 became one of the most awarded films of 2009 with more than 110 awards and 350 selections including the Directors' Fortnight,[1] Sundance, Chicago, Ann Arbor and Winterthur. After getting the preselection to the Oscars and the Goya, he won the Méliès de Oro for the best European fantastic short film.[2] [3]
In 2010 he wrote, produced and directed Protoparticles, winner of an honourable mention at the Sundance Festival among other awards.[4]
His short film Mystery, whose screenplay won the Project Corto Canal + award at the Gijón International Film Festival,[5] had its international premiere at the Berlinale where he got the EFA nomination.[6] [7]
In 2016, his short film The Disco Shines won first prize at the Alcalá de Henares Film Festival.[8]
The Golden Legend (co-directed with Ion de Sosa) premiered at the Berlinale in 2019.[9]
Retrospectives of his work have been held in Atlanta, Mexico City, Brest and Glasgow.[10]
He teaches anti-filmmaking at ECAM, covering the fusion between fiction and reality, narrative limits and the radical use of staging, sound, music and editing.[11]