Isaki Lacuesta

Isaki Lacuesta (born 28 November 1975) is a Spanish film director from Catalonia. His work includes documentary film, narrative film and video art.

Lacuesta was born into a family of Basque origin. He studied audiovisual communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and obtained his master's degree in documentary film making at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where he now works as a lecturer in documentary film making. He also teaches at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, the Centre d'estudis cinematogràfics de Catalunya, and the University of Girona.

He is a longtime collaborator and domestic partner of Isa Campo, after whom he rebranded his first name as Isaki (he is actually named Iñaki).

Prizes and awards

2011: Golden Shell for Best Film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for Los pasos dobles 2011: Caracola a la trayectoria at the Alcances Festival in Cádiz 2011: Eloy de la Iglesia Award at the Málaga Film Festival 2011: Pantalla Hall Award for young film makers at the Ibn Arabi Festival in Murcia 2009: Spanish FIPRESCI Prize at the Donostia-San Sebastián Festival 2006: Spain film prize from the city of Donostia-San Sebastián

Filmography (selection)

Feature films 2025: Flores para Antonio 2024: Segundo premio (Saturn Return) 2022: Un año, una noche (One Year, One Night) 2018: Entre dos aguas 2016: La propera pell (Next Skin) 2014: Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades (Dying Beyond Their Means) 2011: Los pasos dobles 2011: El cuaderno de barro 2010: La noche que no acaba 2009: Los condenados (The Damned) 2006: La leyenda del tiempo 2002: Cravan vs. Cravan

Short films

2009: In between days 2004: Teoria dels cossos 2000: Caras vs Caras

Video installations

2010: Mullada llum! 2008 Los cuerpos traslúcidos 2007: Traços/traces