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Paul Urkijo Alijo

Born June 22, 1984 · Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (age 42)

Spanish filmmaker Paul Urkijo Alijo was born in 1984 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the Basque Country. Since he was a child, he has been passionate about cinema, literature and comics. A great fan of mythology and traditional tales, he has a predilection for the fantasy genre. After graduating in Fine Arts in 2008, he began to devote himself professionally to illustration and the direction of short films…

Known For

Gaua (The Night)

Gaua (The Night) · 2025

Gaua (The Night)

MovieDramaHorror

Spain, Basque Country, 17th century. At night and through the mountains, Kattalin escapes from her farmhouse and, while wandering through the deep forest, she senses a presence that stalks her.

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil · 2018

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil

MovieDramaFantasy

Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.

HADO

MovieThrillerHorror

Javi, an unfaithful, powerful man, drives down a poorly lit infrequently traveled road by night. He’s returning home from a supposed work trip. In the blink of an eye, one mistake will change Javi’s live forever.

Influencer

Influencer · 2022

MovieDramaHorror

Karen, a young woman obsessed with the most influential influencer of the moment, Kamilah Kay, decides to undergo surgery to look like her. Seeing how well the new Karen is received on social media, she begins to spend her savings on more operations. The more she looks like Kamilah and less like herself, the more her life begins to improve, until one day, something horrible shakes up her new and idyllic life.

Under the Bed

Under the Bed · 2011

MovieComedyAdventure

Every night, Martín's socks disappear under his bed.

Dar-Dar

Dar-Dar · 2020

MovieDramaHorror

In the mountains of the Basque Country, a mother and her daughter take shelter in a ruined hut that seems uninhabited.

Irati

MovieDramaAdventure

Western Pyrenees, year 778. When his land is threatened by the ruthless armies of the Frankish emperor, a Basque warlord asks for help from his ancestral gods.

The Eternal Night

The Eternal Night · 2023

The Eternal Night

When Miren recognises Elena, who is driving a rental car, she starts chasing her on the road.

Filmography

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Gaua (The Night)

Gaua (The Night) · 2025

Gaua (The Night)

MovieDramaHorror

Spain, Basque Country, 17th century. At night and through the mountains, Kattalin escapes from her farmhouse and, while wandering through the deep forest, she senses a presence that stalks her.

Director

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil · 2018

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil

MovieDramaFantasy

Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.

Director

HADO

MovieThrillerHorror

Javi, an unfaithful, powerful man, drives down a poorly lit infrequently traveled road by night. He’s returning home from a supposed work trip. In the blink of an eye, one mistake will change Javi’s live forever.

Producer

Influencer

Influencer · 2022

MovieDramaHorror

Karen, a young woman obsessed with the most influential influencer of the moment, Kamilah Kay, decides to undergo surgery to look like her. Seeing how well the new Karen is received on social media, she begins to spend her savings on more operations. The more she looks like Kamilah and less like herself, the more her life begins to improve, until one day, something horrible shakes up her new and idyllic life.

Executive Producer

Under the Bed

Under the Bed · 2011

MovieComedyAdventure

Every night, Martín's socks disappear under his bed.

Director

Dar-Dar

Dar-Dar · 2020

MovieDramaHorror

In the mountains of the Basque Country, a mother and her daughter take shelter in a ruined hut that seems uninhabited.

Screenplay

Irati

MovieDramaAdventure

Western Pyrenees, year 778. When his land is threatened by the ruthless armies of the Frankish emperor, a Basque warlord asks for help from his ancestral gods.

Producer

The Eternal Night

The Eternal Night · 2023

The Eternal Night

When Miren recognises Elena, who is driving a rental car, she starts chasing her on the road.

Producer

The Lead Fish

The Lead Fish · 2007

MovieFantasyComedy

A skeptical marine biology student travels to a remote fishing village with the intention of doing a study on a strange fish called "The lead fish." There, unintentionally, he finds himself involved in a macabre mermaid tale.

Writer

The Black Forest

The Black Forest · 2014

The Black Forest

MovieComedyAdventure

Sir Hector van Donovan, a brave knight, is preparing to enter the sinister Black Forest to free a beautiful lady. Will he prevail where others have succumbed to horror and death?

Director

Playing with Death

Playing with Death · 2011

Playing with Death

MovieComedyFantasy

The family of Eusebio, a sick old man, believes that he has begun to lose his mind and that the stories he tells, which nobody listens to, are those of a crazy person.

Director

Monsters Do Not Exist

Monsters Do Not Exist · 2012

Monsters Do Not Exist

MovieDramaFantasy

Phonm Penh, Cambodia. Nai has nightmares in which The Yeak, a monster from Khmer mythology that eats children who misbehave, appears to him.

Director

Naara

MovieComedyFantasy

David, a clueless and cocky Spanish video blogger traveling in Africa, arrives in Benin, where he accidentally finds the truth behind an ancient legend.

Production Director