His first feature-length documentary, Estrellas de la Línea, won the Audience Award in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. Since then, he has written and directed nearly a hundred feature films, both fiction and documentary. His films have been selected, and often awarded at festivals such as Berlin, San Sebastian, Malaga, Karlovy Vary, Toronto, Rome, Tokyo or Guadalajara. He was also been nominated for the Goya Award for his film Anochece en la India (Nightfall in India).
Festival de Málaga. Cine en Español.