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Susana Casares is a Spanish filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Before moving to LA, she completed a BA in Translation and Interpreting and a BFA in Fine Arts with a special focus in Video Art and Photography. In 2012 she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, having received a scholarship from La Caixa Foundation.

Winner of the Emmy's Foundation prestigious College Television Award in Drama, her narrative and documentary work has been shown in festivals and art institutions around the world. Susana received both the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award and the Mary Pickford Award for two consecutive years, as well as the support of institutions such as the Tribeca Film Institute and  IDFA. She is a Berlinale Talent Campus participant, a Telluride FilmLab fellow and a Film Independent fellow. Susana has just been showcased in Variety's Cannes edition as one of the 10 Spanish talents on the rise.

Before moving to Los Angeles, she was Head of Production at Docs Barcelona Pitching Forum and she taught Art History at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She currently teaches Film Production at the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA.

Born in Barcelona, Alex studied Filmmaking in New York as a Fulbright scholar.

He has worked internationally as script analyst, editor, cinematographer, writer and director.

During the last years Alex has combined these activities teaching in prestigious universities such Elisava, Blanquerna or University of Barcelona.

His work has obtained more than 80 awards and has been screened in over 300 festivals in more than 40 countries.

Among other important venues Alex has participated in the official section of Sundance (Odysseus' Gambit), Berlinale Talent Campus, Cannes Short Film Corner (Godka Cirka and (En)terrats), and has been one of the final nominees for the Oscars-Student Academy Awards (Us) and two times for the Catalan Academy Awards (Odysseus' Gambit and (En)terrats).