Carlos Atanes
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Carlos Atanes is a Spanish film director
and writer
.
Born in Barcelona
, Spain
, Atanes has written and directed many works since 1987, using different genres and techniques (Hi-8 video, 35mm., etc.). In 1991, he shot The Marvellous World of the Cucu Bird, which has been followed by another experimental works as El Tenor Mental (1993) and Borneo (1997). Some fiction productions like La Metamorfosis de Franz Kafka (1993), Morfing (1995), Metaminds & Metabodies (1995–1999) or Welcome to Spain (1999) show us a particular vision about cinema and, also, about reality (with a style that provokes adhesions but aversions too). He is a controversial filmmaker and a cultural activist, who has always vindicated the independent production, digital cinematography
and science fiction
genre (a kind of cinema very unusual in Spain).
In 2003 he started a work about the famous British magician Aleister Crowley
, and the outcome was Perdurabo, a medium-length (40 min.) film, which will be the first part of a feature-length movie when Atanes will retake the project.
His first finished feature-length movie is FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
(2004), a low-budget film about a cold European dystopia
which shows his eye for unusual imagery. It won the Best Feature Film Award at the Athens Panorama of Independent Filmmakers (Greece
, 2005), and was also nominated to the Méliès d'Argent at Fantasporto
(2005).
With PROXIMA
(2007) he has grown to currently become the Spanish science fiction
filmmaker par excellence.
In 2008 he collected his three most wild, bizarre and underground
shortfilms into the CODEX ATANICUS
, an anthology which is on its way to becoming a cult film
, judging by enthusiastic reviews written by American indy movie critics. That same year he created, along with the filmmakers Albert Pons, Victor Conde and El Chico Morera, the collective project Pulque 51, consisting of four short films in order to launch the actress Arantxa Peña
as a new Spanish scream queen
. Atanes directed the short film entitled, precisely, Scream Queen.
In 2010 he makes Maximum Shame
, a fetish, surreal, musical and science fiction feature-length movie, with which recovers the bizarre and underground spirit of CODEX ATANICUS, which had returned to close to with Scream Queen. Maximum Shame, a dystopian nightmare and fetish on the end of the world, pain and pleasure, ecstasy and power, is nominated for Best Long Film at the BUT Film Festival Breda
(Netherlands
), in 2010.
SHORT FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES AND OTHERS:
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
Born in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
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, Atanes has written and directed many works since 1987, using different genres and techniques (Hi-8 video, 35mm., etc.). In 1991, he shot The Marvellous World of the Cucu Bird, which has been followed by another experimental works as El Tenor Mental (1993) and Borneo (1997). Some fiction productions like La Metamorfosis de Franz Kafka (1993), Morfing (1995), Metaminds & Metabodies (1995–1999) or Welcome to Spain (1999) show us a particular vision about cinema and, also, about reality (with a style that provokes adhesions but aversions too). He is a controversial filmmaker and a cultural activist, who has always vindicated the independent production, digital cinematography
Digital cinematography
Digital cinematography is the process of capturing motion pictures as digital images, rather than on film. Digital capture may occur on video tape, hard disks, flash memory, or other media which can record digital data. As digital technology has improved, this practice has become increasingly common...
and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
genre (a kind of cinema very unusual in Spain).
In 2003 he started a work about the famous British magician Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...
, and the outcome was Perdurabo, a medium-length (40 min.) film, which will be the first part of a feature-length movie when Atanes will retake the project.
His first finished feature-length movie is FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions is a feature-length dystopia movie, written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2004.-Plot:France, sometime in the near future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the Order.....
(2004), a low-budget film about a cold European dystopia
Dystopia
A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four...
which shows his eye for unusual imagery. It won the Best Feature Film Award at the Athens Panorama of Independent Filmmakers (Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, 2005), and was also nominated to the Méliès d'Argent at Fantasporto
Fantasporto
Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal. Giving screen space to commercial feature films, auteur films and experimental projects from all over the world, Fantasporto has created enthusiastic audiences, ranging from...
(2005).
With PROXIMA
PROXIMA
PROXIMA is a Spanish underground science fiction film, written and directed by Carlos Atanes, and co-produced by FORTKNOX Audiovisual and Ciberpsique Audiovisual, in collaboration with the University of Huelva and the 3 de Marzo Alumni Association of the University of Huelva.- Synopsis :Tony , who...
(2007) he has grown to currently become the Spanish science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
filmmaker par excellence.
In 2008 he collected his three most wild, bizarre and underground
Underground film
An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre, or financing.-Definition and history:The first use of the term "underground film" occurs in a 1957 essay by American film critic Manny Farber, "Underground Films." Farber uses it to refer to the work of...
shortfilms into the CODEX ATANICUS
Codex Atanicus
Codex Atanicus is an underground film anthology , written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2008.-Plot:...
, an anthology which is on its way to becoming a cult film
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
, judging by enthusiastic reviews written by American indy movie critics. That same year he created, along with the filmmakers Albert Pons, Victor Conde and El Chico Morera, the collective project Pulque 51, consisting of four short films in order to launch the actress Arantxa Peña
Arantxa Peña
Arantxa Peña is a Spanish actress. She is known for her dark acting in horror, science fiction and independent films.- Biography :She arranged the studies of Philosophy with Scenic Arts while she began to playing...
as a new Spanish scream queen
Scream queen
A scream queen is an actress who has become associated with horror films, either through an appearance in a notable entry in the genre as a frequent victim or through constant appearances as the female protagonist...
. Atanes directed the short film entitled, precisely, Scream Queen.
In 2010 he makes Maximum Shame
Maximum Shame
Maximum Shame is a feature-length dystopian movie, written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2010.-Plot:The end of the world is imminent. A man goes into a parallel dimension, a limbo between reality and fantasy where the normal rules of time and space have ceased to apply. His wife...
, a fetish, surreal, musical and science fiction feature-length movie, with which recovers the bizarre and underground spirit of CODEX ATANICUS, which had returned to close to with Scream Queen. Maximum Shame, a dystopian nightmare and fetish on the end of the world, pain and pleasure, ecstasy and power, is nominated for Best Long Film at the BUT Film Festival Breda
Breda
Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...
(Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
), in 2010.
Filmography as director
FEATURE MOVIES:- 2010 - Maximum ShameMaximum ShameMaximum Shame is a feature-length dystopian movie, written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2010.-Plot:The end of the world is imminent. A man goes into a parallel dimension, a limbo between reality and fantasy where the normal rules of time and space have ceased to apply. His wife...
- 2007 - PROXIMAPROXIMAPROXIMA is a Spanish underground science fiction film, written and directed by Carlos Atanes, and co-produced by FORTKNOX Audiovisual and Ciberpsique Audiovisual, in collaboration with the University of Huelva and the 3 de Marzo Alumni Association of the University of Huelva.- Synopsis :Tony , who...
- 2004 - FAQ: Frequently Asked QuestionsFAQ: Frequently Asked QuestionsFAQ: Frequently Asked Questions is a feature-length dystopia movie, written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2004.-Plot:France, sometime in the near future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the Order.....
SHORT FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES AND OTHERS:
- 2008 - Scream Queen
- 2008 - CODEX ATANICUSCodex AtanicusCodex Atanicus is an underground film anthology , written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2008.-Plot:...
(anthology) - 2007 - Made in PROXIMA
- 2003 -
- 1999 -
- 1999 -
- 1999 -
- 1998 - The Seven Hills of Rome
- 1997 - Borneo
- 1996 -
- 1993 - The Metamorphosis of Franz Kafka
- 1993 - The Mental Tenor
- 1992 -
- 1991 -
- 1991 -