Directing

Eloy Domínguez Serén

Born May 1, 1985 · Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain (age 41)

Eloy Domínguez Serén was born in 1985 in Simes, Galicia. He studied in Barcelona and Milan before moving to Sweden, where he began his filmmaking work. His practice moves between documentary and fiction, with a particular focus on displacement, geographical and emotional margins, forms of belonging, and the relationship between body, territory and identity. His films have been selected and award…

Known For

Hamada

MovieDocumentary

Filled with vitality, humor and unexpected situations, Hamada paints an unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the middle of nowhere. Western Sahara is known as “the last colony in Africa” and this conflict is the longest and one of the least known ongoing disputes in the continent, but the Sahrawi people refuse to become invisible.

The Bodies

The Bodies · 2020

MovieDocumentary

Each year in Galicia, one of the oldest forms of carnival is celebrated. Characters wear spectacular costumes, which include showy masks and a belt from which hang large and sonorous cowbells, and they run through the village, beating the visitors with their whips.

Seabreaker

Seabreaker · 2022

Santi is a teenage father who lives in a small coastal town. During the day he has a job as a fisherman, while at night he smuggles seafood. While his girlfriend Lucia takes care of their baby all by herself, Santi, absent and overwhelmed by responsibility, seeks refuge and redemption in the sea.

Pura

MovieDramaFamily

Jet Lag

Jet Lag · 2014

MovieDocumentary

Diego works the night shift in an isolated gas station close to the Galician-Portuguese border. His work is solitary, silent, monotonous, somniferous. One night, two unexpected visitors show up and unsettle the routine of the place.

Pettring

Pettring · 2013

A young Galician filmmaker keeps a film diary about his first months as an immigrant in Sweden, where he works as a construction laborer.

Rust / Óxido (C)

Rust / Óxido (C) · 2016

Rust / Óxido (C)

MovieDocumentary

A deserted, snow-covered landscape. An unknown place and time. An anonymous, timeless man slides into a devastated industrial building. He is enclosed by ruins and rust, witnesses of time. He advances among shadows and debris, following a ritual as precise as it is cryptic. Polyphony of materials. The past resonates at every step. Echoes of a presence. A solitary figure fluctuates on an abyss.

No Cow on the Ice

No Cow on the Ice · 2015

No Cow on the Ice

MovieDocumentary

Language and landscape as a gate into a new life. A young Galician filmmaker emigrates to Sweden, where he performs different part-time jobs. His learning of a new language and fascination for the Swedish landscape become a driving force against the difficult life conditions. As he learns about the culture, society and lifestyle, he develops a new identity.

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Hamada

MovieDocumentary

Filled with vitality, humor and unexpected situations, Hamada paints an unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the middle of nowhere. Western Sahara is known as “the last colony in Africa” and this conflict is the longest and one of the least known ongoing disputes in the continent, but the Sahrawi people refuse to become invisible.

Screenplay

The Bodies

The Bodies · 2020

MovieDocumentary

Each year in Galicia, one of the oldest forms of carnival is celebrated. Characters wear spectacular costumes, which include showy masks and a belt from which hang large and sonorous cowbells, and they run through the village, beating the visitors with their whips.

Director

Seabreaker

Seabreaker · 2022

Santi is a teenage father who lives in a small coastal town. During the day he has a job as a fisherman, while at night he smuggles seafood. While his girlfriend Lucia takes care of their baby all by herself, Santi, absent and overwhelmed by responsibility, seeks refuge and redemption in the sea.

Editor

Pura

MovieDramaFamily

Editor

Jet Lag

Jet Lag · 2014

MovieDocumentary

Diego works the night shift in an isolated gas station close to the Galician-Portuguese border. His work is solitary, silent, monotonous, somniferous. One night, two unexpected visitors show up and unsettle the routine of the place.

Director

Pettring

Pettring · 2013

A young Galician filmmaker keeps a film diary about his first months as an immigrant in Sweden, where he works as a construction laborer.

Director

Rust / Óxido (C)

Rust / Óxido (C) · 2016

Rust / Óxido (C)

MovieDocumentary

A deserted, snow-covered landscape. An unknown place and time. An anonymous, timeless man slides into a devastated industrial building. He is enclosed by ruins and rust, witnesses of time. He advances among shadows and debris, following a ritual as precise as it is cryptic. Polyphony of materials. The past resonates at every step. Echoes of a presence. A solitary figure fluctuates on an abyss.

Director

No Cow on the Ice

No Cow on the Ice · 2015

No Cow on the Ice

MovieDocumentary

Language and landscape as a gate into a new life. A young Galician filmmaker emigrates to Sweden, where he performs different part-time jobs. His learning of a new language and fascination for the Swedish landscape become a driving force against the difficult life conditions. As he learns about the culture, society and lifestyle, he develops a new identity.

Director of Photography

Anacos da Suecia

Anacos da Suecia · 2014

Anacos da Suecia

MovieDocumentary

Intimate portrait of the first summer, fall and winter in a strange country.

Director

Yellow brick road

Yellow brick road · 2015

Yellow brick road

The camera wanders around old spellbinding cars in the Sahara desert. Two playful and witty little boys show up and alter the course of events. From then on, Hamdi and Ali will take the reins of this film.

Director

Al otro lado del mar

Al otro lado del mar · 2022

Al otro lado del mar

MovieDocumentary

Two close friends and fellow filmmakers maintain an intimate, transoceanic filmic correspondence between Galicia and Colombia over the course of three years. In these filmed letters both authors are open and familiar, meditative and confessional, making us participants in a sincere friendship.

Director

Hijos de Sansón

Hijos de Sansón · 2011

Hijos de Sansón

MovieDocumentaryComedy

Writer

Anacos do Sáhara

Anacos do Sáhara · 2014

Anacos do Sáhara

MovieDocumentary

A child showing a stranger the pleasure of throwing pebbles into the wilderness. Behind them, the sun sets behind the wilaya.

Director

Anacos da Galiza

Anacos da Galiza · 2014

Anacos da Galiza

MovieDocumentary

“No pain, no gain”. Sailor scenes of a castaway country.

Director

Anacos da Noruega

Anacos da Noruega · 2014

Anacos da Noruega

MovieDocumentary

The penultimate week of each year, the sun exceeds the horizon of Fauske, in the Arctic Circle, for just an hour a day. This film celebrates those brief moments of light.

Director