Arantxa Aguirre

Directing

Arantxa Aguirre

Born

1965-01-01 (61)

Place of birth

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Arantxa Aguirre Carballeira (Madrid, 1965) is a Spanish documentary director, screenwriter, and writer. The daughter of actress Enriqueta Carballeira and film director Javier Aguirre, she has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in film, working as an assistant director for filmmakers such as Mario Camus, Pedro Almodóvar, Carlos Saura, and Luis García Berlanga, among others. She also holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology and has published two books: 'Buñuel, lector de Galdós' (winner of the Pérez Galdós Research Prize in 2003) and '34 actores hablan de su oficio' (Ed. Cátedra, 2008), the latter a sequel to her documentary 'Hécuba, un sueño de pasión'.

Known for

El amor y la muerte poster
NR

Documentary that recreates the biography of the Catalan composer and pianist Enrique Granados (1867-1916), his trips to Madrid, Paris and New York, his sensitive nature, the struggle to make his way in life despite the family economic straits and his first successes The story, built from vintage images, is interspersed with versions of the Granados repertoire by interpreters such as Rosa Torres-Pardo, Evgeny Kissin, Cañizares, Arcángel, Rocío Márquez, Carlos Álvarez and Nancy Fabiola Herrera, among others.

El amor y la muerte

2018

Freedom to Dreams poster
NR

Daybreak in summer. A young girl from San Sebastian makes her way to the Peine del Viento (Wind Comb). She remembers the old sculptor Eduardo Chillida, who had been coming here since he was a boy. Today his three sculptures anchored to the rocks, in permanent conversation with the sea and the wind, have become a distinguishing feature of his city and of the whole Basque coast. At dawn, the young Jone asks herself about the sculptor and promises herself that she will go and find him.

Freedom to Dreams

2025

Dancing Beethoven poster
8.9

A journey through the preparation and hardworking process of ballet dancers and musicians for a unique spectacle in Tokio that Béjart choreographed with the Ninth symphony of Beethoven. Béjart ballet dances with Tokio ballet and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Israel. A marvellous combination of dancers movements and expression of different feelings along the four movements of the symphony with absolute elegance and strength.

Dancing Beethoven

2017

El primer siglo del Prado poster
NR

Documentary on the first hundred years of the history of the Prado Museum. Based on the exhibition "The 19th century in the Prado" (October 2007-April 2008). Study the first year of the Prado Museum, its evolution, the concept of the mentioned exhibition, the Museum Collection, the masterpieces and the restoration work.

El primer siglo del Prado

2007

Un instante en la vida ajena poster
7.5

Compilation of images of the amateur recordings of Madronita Andreu, Catalan intellectual of the nineteenth century, daughter of Dr. Andreu, famous for its pills and cough syrup.

Un instante en la vida ajena

2003

No artwork available
8.0

What we tend to identify with the acting profession has little to do with what is really this profession. Thirty-six Spanish actors reflect on their work and contrasted their experiences. As thread, the contrast between the voices of veterans and images of young theater students , for whom everything is still possible. Among the many actors are interviewed Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Carmen Maura, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Luis López Vázquez, José Coronado, Emma Suarez, Alberto San Juan, Ariadna Gil, Ana Belén, Pilar Lopez de Ayala and many other.

Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

2006

Behind the camera

El amor y la muerte poster
NR

Documentary that recreates the biography of the Catalan composer and pianist Enrique Granados (1867-1916), his trips to Madrid, Paris and New York, his sensitive nature, the struggle to make his way in life despite the family economic straits and his first successes The story, built from vintage images, is interspersed with versions of the Granados repertoire by interpreters such as Rosa Torres-Pardo, Evgeny Kissin, Cañizares, Arcángel, Rocío Márquez, Carlos Álvarez and Nancy Fabiola Herrera, among others.

El amor y la muerte

2018

El amor y la muerte poster
NR

Documentary that recreates the biography of the Catalan composer and pianist Enrique Granados (1867-1916), his trips to Madrid, Paris and New York, his sensitive nature, the struggle to make his way in life despite the family economic straits and his first successes The story, built from vintage images, is interspersed with versions of the Granados repertoire by interpreters such as Rosa Torres-Pardo, Evgeny Kissin, Cañizares, Arcángel, Rocío Márquez, Carlos Álvarez and Nancy Fabiola Herrera, among others.

El amor y la muerte

2018

Freedom to Dreams poster
NR

Daybreak in summer. A young girl from San Sebastian makes her way to the Peine del Viento (Wind Comb). She remembers the old sculptor Eduardo Chillida, who had been coming here since he was a boy. Today his three sculptures anchored to the rocks, in permanent conversation with the sea and the wind, have become a distinguishing feature of his city and of the whole Basque coast. At dawn, the young Jone asks herself about the sculptor and promises herself that she will go and find him.

Freedom to Dreams

2025

Freedom to Dreams poster
NR

Daybreak in summer. A young girl from San Sebastian makes her way to the Peine del Viento (Wind Comb). She remembers the old sculptor Eduardo Chillida, who had been coming here since he was a boy. Today his three sculptures anchored to the rocks, in permanent conversation with the sea and the wind, have become a distinguishing feature of his city and of the whole Basque coast. At dawn, the young Jone asks herself about the sculptor and promises herself that she will go and find him.

Freedom to Dreams

2025

Dancing Beethoven poster
8.9

A journey through the preparation and hardworking process of ballet dancers and musicians for a unique spectacle in Tokio that Béjart choreographed with the Ninth symphony of Beethoven. Béjart ballet dances with Tokio ballet and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Israel. A marvellous combination of dancers movements and expression of different feelings along the four movements of the symphony with absolute elegance and strength.

Dancing Beethoven

2017

Dancing Beethoven poster
8.9

A journey through the preparation and hardworking process of ballet dancers and musicians for a unique spectacle in Tokio that Béjart choreographed with the Ninth symphony of Beethoven. Béjart ballet dances with Tokio ballet and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Israel. A marvellous combination of dancers movements and expression of different feelings along the four movements of the symphony with absolute elegance and strength.

Dancing Beethoven

2017

El primer siglo del Prado poster
NR

Documentary on the first hundred years of the history of the Prado Museum. Based on the exhibition "The 19th century in the Prado" (October 2007-April 2008). Study the first year of the Prado Museum, its evolution, the concept of the mentioned exhibition, the Museum Collection, the masterpieces and the restoration work.

El primer siglo del Prado

2007

El primer siglo del Prado poster
NR

Documentary on the first hundred years of the history of the Prado Museum. Based on the exhibition "The 19th century in the Prado" (October 2007-April 2008). Study the first year of the Prado Museum, its evolution, the concept of the mentioned exhibition, the Museum Collection, the masterpieces and the restoration work.

El primer siglo del Prado

2007

Un instante en la vida ajena poster
7.5

Compilation of images of the amateur recordings of Madronita Andreu, Catalan intellectual of the nineteenth century, daughter of Dr. Andreu, famous for its pills and cough syrup.

Un instante en la vida ajena

2003

No artwork available
8.0

What we tend to identify with the acting profession has little to do with what is really this profession. Thirty-six Spanish actors reflect on their work and contrasted their experiences. As thread, the contrast between the voices of veterans and images of young theater students , for whom everything is still possible. Among the many actors are interviewed Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Carmen Maura, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Luis López Vázquez, José Coronado, Emma Suarez, Alberto San Juan, Ariadna Gil, Ana Belén, Pilar Lopez de Ayala and many other.

Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

2006

No artwork available
8.0

What we tend to identify with the acting profession has little to do with what is really this profession. Thirty-six Spanish actors reflect on their work and contrasted their experiences. As thread, the contrast between the voices of veterans and images of young theater students , for whom everything is still possible. Among the many actors are interviewed Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Carmen Maura, Fernando Fernán Gómez, José Luis López Vázquez, José Coronado, Emma Suarez, Alberto San Juan, Ariadna Gil, Ana Belén, Pilar Lopez de Ayala and many other.

Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

2006

Zurbarán y sus doce hijos poster
NR

The journey around the world depicted in Zurbarán's series "Jacob and His Twelve Sons" serves as a thread to guide us through the life and work of one of the titans of Spanish Baroque, while also revealing the unique history of this series. After being exhibited in Dallas, New York, and Jerusalem, the paintings return to Auckland Castle as the heart of a project that seeks to regenerate this area in the northeast of England.

Zurbarán y sus doce hijos

2020

No artwork available
8.0

The death of the brilliant Maurice Béjart in 2007 is an irreparable loss for the world of Dance, but above all, it means a cataclysm for his own company. Forty dancers from all five continents are now orphans and they'll have to work hard for the survival of the company.

El esfuerzo y el ánimo

2010

No artwork available
NR

Everyone knows Karlos Arguiñano. He's been part of our lives for almost forty years, showing us how to cook from our TV screens while charming spectators. But, when it comes down to it: does everyone know him, or does everyone just think they do? This film shows Karlos in his most private spaces, but also in situations far removed from his routine, listening to the man himself and to those closest to him, looking for the person behind the personality.

Un tal Karlos

2026

No artwork available
NR

Follows the dancers during their arrival at the Opéra Garnier, the shows and the backstage life. The film includes extracts form four of Béjart's choreographies on contemporary music (Boulez, Bartók and Webern): Le Marteau sans maître, Dialogue de l'ombre double, Webern Opus V, and Sonate à trois.

Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier

2011

No artwork available
NR

Follows the dancers during their arrival at the Opéra Garnier, the shows and the backstage life. The film includes extracts form four of Béjart's choreographies on contemporary music (Boulez, Bartók and Webern): Le Marteau sans maître, Dialogue de l'ombre double, Webern Opus V, and Sonate à trois.

Béjart Ballet Lausanne au Palais Garnier

2011

No artwork available
NR

Kathleen Thielhelm, a ballerina from Wisconsin, gets the chance to dance an important role at the Paris Opera House. When the premiere finally arrives, what happens is what no dancer would ever hope to experience.

An American Swan in Paris

2011

No artwork available
2.0

Pianist Rosa Torres-Pardo presents the figure of Antonio Soler. Father Soler composed one of the largest and most amazing musical corpuses in the history of Spanish music. The documentary is a journey of the pianist who set out to find lost musical scores.

Una rosa para Soler

2014

No artwork available
NR

The Lausanne ballet, inspired and created by Maurice Béjart, is going on tour in China and propose to Arantxa Aguirre documentary filmmaker who is she who let their witness images of that European encounter with East Asia. The film has a naive, intelligent, fresh and powerful look Arantxa. In each plane is perceived passion and love this woman has for dance, the difficulty of the passage, the movement, the lightness of being in space. It's really a work of art, a gift that cinema has this ability to convey so much.

Gira por China

2013