about

ENGLISH

   Gsus Lopez (Zamora, Spain, 1986) has directed award-winning short films, fashion films and music videos. A highlight is his short OUT (drama/comedy/LGBTQ+) screening at over 50 film festivals worldwide, then premiering online on FOTOGRAMAS (2019) and being included in the FILMIN catalogue.

   Since graduating with a BA in Media from the University of the Arts London in 2014, he has obtained a Screenwriting Diploma at the EICTV in Cuba (2019) and has been selected as a member of the BFI Network x BAFTA Crew (2018-22), and Berlinale Talents (2015).

   Passionate about celebratory, uplifting, and joyous LGBTQ+ and working-class stories, he's developing a feature film titled THE DAM with Centuria Films and Begin Again Films. The project has been selected for development in Dissident House, B3 Hessen Lab (Biennial of Moving Image in Frankfurt), ''Islands of Fiction'' – International Screenwriting Residency in the Balearic Islands (2022). It also won the Queer Cine Lab (2023) and was selected to take part in the Iberoamerican LGBTIQA+ labs network at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival (2024).

   He lives in London. 

ESPAÑOL

Gsus Lopez (Zamora, España, 1986) ha dirigido galardonados cortometrajes, fashion films y videoclips. Destaca su cortometraje OUT (drama/comedia/LGBTQ+) que fue seleccionado en más de 50 festivales de cine de todo el mundo, estrenándose después online en FOTOGRAMAS (2019) y siendo incluido en el catálogo de FILMIN.

   Desde que se licenció con un BA en Media por la Universidad de las Artes de Londres en 2014, ha obtenido un diploma en escritura de guión en la EICTV de Cuba (2019), y ha sido seleccionado en BFI Network x BAFTA Crew (2018-22), y en Berlinale Talents (2015).

   Apasionado por las historias que celebran y representan la comunidad LGBTQ+ y a la clase obrera, actualmente está desarrollando un largometraje titulado LA PRESA, con Centuria Films y Begin Again Films. El proyecto ha sido seleccionado en los laboratorios “Dissident House", “B3 Hessen Lab" - Frankfurt Biennial of Moving Image, “Islas de Ficción" – Residencia Internacional de Creación Audiovisual de las Islas Baleares (2022) y ha ganado el Queer Cine Lab (2023) y en las jornadas de industria de la RED DE LABORATORIOS LGTBIQA+ del 72º Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián (2024).

    Actualmente reside en Londres.


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AWARDS

WINNER - QUEER CINE LAB 2023 wtih LA PRESA (The Dam), Málaga, Spain

WINNER - BEST PITCH AWARD x LA PRESA (The Dam) at I Festival “Arte Arcoiris” 2023, Fundación CERES, Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, Spain

WINNER - BEST DEBUT FEATURE FILM project in development, Islands of Fiction 2022 / La Presa (The Dam)

WINNER - BEST MUSIC VIDEO - LA FASHION FILM FESTIVAL 2022, Los Angeles / Berlin / Juriji Der Klee's XIXI

WINNER - BEST FASHION FILM - Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019, York, UK / Lola's Manifesto

WINNER - BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM - Porto Fashion Film Festival 2018, Lisbon, Portugal / Lola's Manifesto

WINNER - BEST ACTRESS - Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival 2018, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Lola's Manifesto

WINNER - FOUNDER'S CHOICE AWARD - LA Fashion Film Festival 2018, Los Angeles, California, USA / Lola's Manifesto

WINNER - BEST ACTOR - Bokeh South Africa International Fashion Film Festival 2018, Cape Town, SA / Lola's Manifesto

WINNER - BEST STYLING IN A FASHION FILM at Canadian International Fashion Film Festival 2017, Calgary, Canada / Litost

WINNER - BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN at Screentest UK's National Student Film Festival 2017, University of Greenwich, UK / Out

WINNER - 2nd Place at Grolsch Film Works Shorts Showcase 2014, London, UK / It Melts

WINNER - BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN A FASHION FILM at Australian International Fashion Film Festival 2014, Sydney / Art of Dress

WINNER - BEST FASHION FILM at Charleston International Film Festival 2014, USA / It Melts

WINNER - BEST SHORT FILM at Transgender Film Fest Germany 2013 / I'm in Love

WINNER - BEST FILM at ASVOFF Barcelona 2012, Caixa-Forum Barcelona, Spain / Ephemeral Nature