Carlos Marqués-Marcet (born 1983) is a Spanish

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and

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best known for his first fictional film '' 10,000 km''.

Biography

Born in

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, Carlos Marqués-Marcet studied Audiovisual Communication at

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, in Barcelona, where he had his degree in 2006. His fourth

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''Udols'' was awarded as the best short film of the year 2008 by '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. In 2008 he flew to

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(

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) to attend a master in Film Direction at the

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(UCLA). His first fictional film was '' 10,000 km'', made in Barcelona in 2014. This film won a lot of awards in some film festivals, as

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(best new director) or

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(best director), among others.

Filmography

Short films

* ''Amunt i avall'' (2006, "Up and down") * ''Fora de joc'' (2007, "Offsides") * ''Udols'' (2008, "Howls") * ''I'll be alone'' (2010) * ''5456 Miles away'' (2010) * ''Say goodnight'' (2011) * ''The yellow ribbon'' (2012) * ''Mateix lloc, mateixa hora'' (2012, "Same place, same hour")

Non fiction

* ''De pizarros y atahualpas'' (2009, "About Pizarros and Atahualpas") * ''El día que la conocimos'' (2012, "The day we met her")

Films

* '' 10,000 km'' (2014) * ''13 dies d'octubre'' (2015, "13 days of October") * ''Terra ferma'' / ''Tierra firme'' (2017, " Anchor and Hope") * ''Els dies que vindran'' (2019, " The Days to Come") * ''La mort de Guillem'' (2020, "The death of Guillem") * '' Polvo serán'' (2024, "They Will Be Dust")

Awards and nominations

Notes

External links

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