Love, Intertwined - English

Leticia Pascual started to be involved in theater and film during her adolescence in Mendoza, Argentina. Later, she moved to Madrid where she finished her acting education in the school Estudio Corazza para el Actor. She is been the leading actress for several short films like Amores Ciegos (by Marisé Samitier), El Punto (by Nacho García), 29 grullas (by Norberto Ramos del Val), Disección de una tormenta (by Julio Soto) and also in a web series called Hienas (directed by Norberto Ramos del Val). In theater, she performed the role of IRINA directed by Juan Carlos Corazza from Chekhov’s Ensayando Tres Hermanas. And her last leading role has been in the play Démons de Buenos Aires in Grenoble, France.

When finishing studies at Nancy Tuñón’s, Daniel Grao played some scenes at a small local theater. There, Director Esteve Rovira and Casting Director Pep Armengol found him suitable to play Benny, his first part on TV in El cor de la ciutat Tv3. That year, he also made his first appearance in movies such as Fumata Blanca, Volverás and Casa de locos. Frequently seen in El Comisario and Hospital Central, he finally got his first leading role in TV, Amistades Peligrosas. A new stage started in which TV projects started coming one after another Quart, Sin tetas no hay paraíso, Plan América y Acusados. Lately, he has participated in La Mula (by Michael Radford) and Los ojos de Julia (by Guillem Morales).

The extensive education of Alvaro Morte started in la Escuela Cinematográfica y del audiovisual de Madrid ECAM. He also holds Diplomas like Titulado Superior en Arte Dramático por le ESAD de Córdoba, Titulado en Interpretación Shakespeareana por la Escuela Británica del Actor, Titulado en Interpretación por el UTA´s Actor´s Training Department, Finlandia. In his filmography stands out Niños (by Alfredo Montero, soon to be released) and Lola, la película (by Miguel Hermoso). Among his short film roles, Calla para siempre (by Jorge Dantart - Best Actor Short Film Festival Cine-Málaga, 2004), Los niños del jardín (by Manuel Martínez Velasco - Best Actor Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes del País del Bidasoa 2004), Ignora (by José Villalobos - Best Actor European Festival of Cine-Video 2003). In television, among many others, Cuéntame cómo pasó, Aída, A ver si llego, Planta 25, Policías, Hospital Central.

Meritxell Laso studies Performance Techniques in the Film Academy “Quince” in Barcelona, Performance in front of a Camera in JC Actors in Madrid and Theater Acting in the Theater Group “Con Ton y Son” in Zaragoza. Among other work, Meritxell film acting experience ranges from Didi Hollywood (by Bigas Luna), Cromos (by José Angel) and Hagas lo que hagas (by Tony López). She gives life to MILA in the short film Amores Ciegos (by Marisé Samitier). And in theater, she is well known in Café Cantante El Plata (by Bigas Luna). She has also done a lot of publicity, among others stand out the campaing Nixon for Bahnhof and Aftersun for Aragón Televisión.

Impacto Producciones is a film production company from Aragón that has been active since 2006. Since then, they have developed more than twenty short films. Among its recent film productions stand out Amores Ciegos by Marisé Samitier and Cine Negro by Sergio Dominguez. One of the fundamental objectives of Impacto is to turn Aragón into a large set by facilitating all kinds of production resources and attracting filmmakers from outside the community to shoot their projects in the area. Impacto’s work has been seen in more than two hundred International festivals. They have also collected awards with the latest films by Roberto Aznar and Fernando Usón. Currently, Impacto is immersed in preproduction for the short film Suerte by catalán filmmaker Jonathan Montañés, whose project is subsidized by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

Marisé Samitier graduated from both the University of Zaragoza, Spain, with a degree in English Philology, and from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Master of Fine Arts in Film. In 1999 she was selected as one of the eight women to participate in the prestigious American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women. She wrote and directed her first short film The Ring in 1995, and from then on, she has written and directed Bazaar, The Virgin, The Return of Reason and Apartment 427. All her films have received awards in the international film circuit. Amores Ciegos (Love, Intertwined) is her first film shot entirely in Spain. She is currently developing a trilogy of feature films on immigration and co-writing the thriller Man on Fog.

David Ávila Barrios finishes his film studies in Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual in Madrid, specializing in Cinematography in 2005. After working for the TV series Cuéntame cómo pasó, David works for the production company Versus Publicidad doing cinematography for companies such as Bridgestone, Cortefiel, Heineken and Procter & Gamble among others. Within his film projects, the film Dear Child Jesus stands out. It was nominated for the best cinematography by the II Winter Shorts Film Festival in Somerset, Kentucky (USA). His most recent work includes the short films Cine Negro by Sergio Dominguez, Amores Ciegos by Marisé Samitier and Última Función and Extinción II: la cuadratura de los círculos both by Fernando Usón. Currently, David combines his work as a Cinematography professor at C.I.F.P. José Luis Garci and his work as a director of photography.

Juan Carlos Cuello graduated from the Music Conservatoires of Zaragoza and Teruel. He also studied in the Aula de Música Moderna y Jazz de Barcelona and in Berklee College Of Music de Boston (EE UU). He has created original soundtrack compositions for feature films like Hohoho (Jesús del Cerro), Catarsis and Hazlo por mí (Ángel Fernández Santos), Valentín (Juan Luís Iborra), Pídele cuentas al Rey (José Antonio Quirós), El crimen del cine oriente (Pedro Costa), and Acción Mutante (Álex de la Iglesia). Also for medium length films like Hills Like White Elephants (Paige Cameron), and for numerous short films and TV series. As a soundtrack producer, he has collaborated with composers like Alejandro Amenábar (Abre los ojos), Eva Gancedo (Lágrimas negras, La buena estrella), Mariano Marín (Cuarteto de La Habana) and Santi Vega (Eyengui, Fútbol, El nacimiento de una pasión, 14 Kilómetros). He was nominated for a Goya for music/original score of the film Valentín, and he won the Calabuch Award at the Festival de Peñíscola for best music/original score for the film Pídele cuentas al Rey. Juan Carlos co-created the recording studios and music producing company Sound Garden and he founded Musimagen, an association of music composers for the audiovisual.

After graduating from the audiovisual film school CPA SALDUIE in Zaragoza, Ainhoa Sanchez film career started simultaneously working at the production companies Sin Tregua Comunicación, Cosmos Fan and Impacto Producciones. Her versatility as a production designer has taken her to different areas of the audiovisual sector ranging from videoclips, to publicity spots and from short films to feature films. In feature films, her work in Cromos by José Angel Delgado stands out. In short films, her most recent work includes Amores Ciegos by Marisé Samitier, and Cine Negro by Sergio Dominguez. She has also collaborated with the press department at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Zaragoza.