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Alba Pino was born in 1991, in Pontevedra, and lived for the first 18 years of her life in Cangas, Galicia. At the age of 11 she develops a curiosity for cinema and writing, deciding to study after high school, the degree in Audiovisual Communication at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

After finishing her degree, and discovering that cinema is truly her passion, she was admitted to the Instituto del Cine de Madrid, where she graduated in film directing and won three awards at MAD FEST, including best short film and best production, being the first student to get a distribution grant.

After graduating from the Instituto del Cine de Madrid, she formed “Matria Films” on her own and began writing, directing and producing her own short fiction films. Among them, “de(s)amor” (2023), distributed by Distribution with glasses, “Libélulas” (2018) and “Clara” (2019), distributed by OFF ECAM and which have obtained multiple nominations and awards in festivals of the national and international scene; “Fin de (algo)” (winner of the Rueda con Rueda Award at Seminci 2020), “Y, luego, ella” (best short film award at the Ouigo Orgullo 2022 Short Film Festival), “(no) me pasa” (Notodo 2022 award for best 30-second short film) or “me haces bien (pero no demasiado)” (RNE Cortos 2022 award).

In addition, she makes small audiovisual pieces, such as “silente” (2022), “A mi manera” (2018), or “Y amén” (2018), giving visibility to pathologies and diseases such as bulimia; “Al menos no llueve” (2020), “Madrid, Madrid, Madrid” (Film Madrid 2017 award for best Microvídeo) or “micro” (Film Madrid 2017 award for best short film) talking about the figure of women within the city of Madrid. She has given lectures in various entities, such as the Carlos III University or the Cineteca de Madrid, talking about gender violence in the audiovisual and her career.

She is currently working as a creative and copywriter at the agency Fandom, as a freelance for her production company, as an acting teacher at Actores Madrid, promoting her first book on film entitled “Al menos no llueve” (2021, Editorial DNX), finishing the writing of her first feature film and in pre-production of her latest short film “Corre, Adela” (2024).

FILMOGRAPHY

Corre, Adela (short film, 2024)
Starring Uxía Macías, Fernando Tejero, Marcos Orengo, María Zabala, Lupe Cartié, Manu Hernández, Xoan Rodríguez and César Gallegos.
• Currently in distribution with Distribution with glasses.

Morriña (short film, 2023)
• Winner of the contest Naturalmente of Cultura Inquieta.

de(s)amor (short film, 2023)
Starring Lidia Galiana and Pedro Rubio.
• Multiple awards and nominations in Spanish and international festivals such as the International Film Festival of Elche, Cineuropa Festival, Festival de Cans, Festival de Ibiza IBICINE, FILMETS or Directed by Women.

silente (short film, 2022)
Starring Claudia Parodi, Enrique Cervantes and Enrique Montero.

(no) me pasa (short film, 2022)
Starring Lidia Galiana, María Algora and Claudia Parodi.
• Winner of the Notodo 2022 award for best 30-second short film.
• Ibiza Film Festival. Ibicine (2023)

Me haces bien (pero no demasiado) (short film, 2022)
Starring Lidia Galiana, María Algora and Claudia Parodi.
• Winner of the III RNE Cortos 2022 award.
• Ibiza Film Festival. Ibicine (2023)

Y, luego, ella (short film, 2022)
Starring Inma Almagro, Pedro Rubio and Alejandra Martínez de Miguel.
• Winner of the best short film award at the Ouigo Pride 2022 Short Film Festival.

fin de (algo) (short film, 2020)
Starring Alejandra Martínez de Miguel and María Algora.
• Winner of the V Festival Rueda con Rueda.
• Most Festival (2022)

Al menos no llueve (short film, 2020)
Starring Alejandra Martínez de Miguel and Alberto Sabina.

Clara (short film, 2019)
Starring Julieta Toribio, Ana González Prieto, Verónica Oriente, Candela Arestegui, Miguel Santillana, Jota Haya, Rául Pulido and Juan Carlos Pertusa.
• Multiple nominations in Spanish and international festivals such as Mecal Pro 2020, Post Alley Film Festival, Human Rights Film Festival Brazil or Certamen Nacional de Creación Audiovisual de Cabra.

Y amén (short film, 2018)
Starring Alicia Fornell.
• Directed by Women Spain (2022)

A mi manera (short film, 2018)
Starring Carolina Yuste.

Libélulas (short film, 2018)
Starring Carolina Yuste and Pedro Rubio.
• Multiple nominations in Spanish and international festivals such as Piélagos en Corto, Garden State Film Festival, Delhi Shorts International Film Festival or Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival.

Noviembre, 1998 (short film, 2017)
Starring Carolina Yuste.
• II Postcards Short Film Competition Award. International Festival of Almeria.

Madrid, Madrid, Madrid (short film, 2017)
Starring Marina Bianchi and Pedro Rubio.
•FILM MADRID Award of Semana del corto de Madrid for best micro-video.

Micro (short film, 2017)
Starring Helena Mocejón.
• FILM MADRID Award of Semana del corto de Madrid for best short film.

Reverso (short film, 2015)
Starring Gabriela Inaty, Vicente Ramos, Mikel Rui and Paloma Porcel.