Meritxell Colell Aparicio

Meritxell Colell Aparicio (born 1983) is a Spanish director.

Biography Meritxell Colell Aparicio graduated from Audiovisual Communication degree at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. She studied cinema at the Universidad del Cine, en Buenos Aires. She started working as a film editor.

Since 2007, she has been making documentaries, notably for the Joan Miró Foundation. She also teaches cinema. She is a member of Cinema in Progress, a film education project, which also includes Carla Simón, Jonás Trueba and Mercedes Álvarez.

Meritxell Colell Aparicio is a part of the new generation of Spanish filmmaker. She is selected by the Cinéfondation to present her film at L'Atelier during the Cannes Festival.

Filmography

2005: Barcelona-París-Barcelona (documentary) 2006: Manuscrit a la ciutat (documentary) 2014: Arquitecturas en silencio, dialogue between Antoni Bonet and Le Corbusier (documentary) 2008: Remembering Buenos Aires (documentary) 2018: Con el viento (Face au vent), Polar Star Film 2026: Far From the Trees (It had world premiere in the main competition of the Locarno Film Festival on 9 August 2026, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.)