
Directing
Eloy Domínguez Serén
Born
1985-05-01 (41)
Place of birth
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Known for
Directing
Credits
22 titles
Eloy Domínguez Serén was born in 1985 in Simes, Galicia. He studied in Barcelona and Milan before moving to Sweden, where he began his filmmaking work. His practice moves between documentary and fiction, with a particular focus on displacement, geographical and emotional margins, forms of belonging, and the relationship between body, territory and identity. His films have been selected and awarded at some of the leading international festivals for documentary and auteur cinema, including IDFA, Visions du Réel, Clermont-Ferrand, Cinéma du Réel, FID Marseille, True/False, Mar del Plata, BAFICI, Edinburgh and Jeonju, and have been screened at institutions such as Anthology Film Archives, the …
Known for
After years gone, Ana returns to her village due to the death of her father. Her intention is to leave after his funeral but she feels the need to stay, fueled by the intention of a power company to install a wind farm that divides the neighbors and affects her family’s land. Her participation in this conflict draws her back into the life of the community. A process in which Ana questions her sense of belonging, evokes a painful past and discovers a fighting spirit that she did not know she had.
Wild is the Wind
2026
NREach year in Galicia, one of the oldest forms of carnival is celebrated. Characters wear spectacular costumes, which include showy masks and a belt from which hang large and sonorous cowbells, and they run through the village, beating the visitors with their whips.
The Bodies
2020
Short film by Eloy Serén
Não Falarei
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5.0Diego works the night shift in an isolated gas station close to the Galician-Portuguese border. His work is solitary, silent, monotonous, somniferous. One night, two unexpected visitors show up and unsettle the routine of the place.
Jet Lag
2014
6.0Filled with vitality, humor and unexpected situations, Hamada paints an unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the middle of nowhere. Western Sahara is known as “the last colony in Africa” and this conflict is the longest and one of the least known ongoing disputes in the continent, but the Sahrawi people refuse to become invisible.
Hamada
2019
NRTwo close friends and fellow filmmakers maintain an intimate, transoceanic filmic correspondence between Galicia and Colombia over the course of three years. In these filmed letters both authors are open and familiar, meditative and confessional, making us participants in a sincere friendship.
Al otro lado del mar
2022
Behind the camera
After years gone, Ana returns to her village due to the death of her father. Her intention is to leave after his funeral but she feels the need to stay, fueled by the intention of a power company to install a wind farm that divides the neighbors and affects her family’s land. Her participation in this conflict draws her back into the life of the community. A process in which Ana questions her sense of belonging, evokes a painful past and discovers a fighting spirit that she did not know she had.
Wild is the Wind
2026
After years gone, Ana returns to her village due to the death of her father. Her intention is to leave after his funeral but she feels the need to stay, fueled by the intention of a power company to install a wind farm that divides the neighbors and affects her family’s land. Her participation in this conflict draws her back into the life of the community. A process in which Ana questions her sense of belonging, evokes a painful past and discovers a fighting spirit that she did not know she had.
Wild is the Wind
2026
NREach year in Galicia, one of the oldest forms of carnival is celebrated. Characters wear spectacular costumes, which include showy masks and a belt from which hang large and sonorous cowbells, and they run through the village, beating the visitors with their whips.
The Bodies
2020
NREach year in Galicia, one of the oldest forms of carnival is celebrated. Characters wear spectacular costumes, which include showy masks and a belt from which hang large and sonorous cowbells, and they run through the village, beating the visitors with their whips.
The Bodies
2020
Short film by Eloy Serén
Não Falarei
—
Short film by Eloy Serén
Não Falarei
—
5.0Diego works the night shift in an isolated gas station close to the Galician-Portuguese border. His work is solitary, silent, monotonous, somniferous. One night, two unexpected visitors show up and unsettle the routine of the place.
Jet Lag
2014
6.0Filled with vitality, humor and unexpected situations, Hamada paints an unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the middle of nowhere. Western Sahara is known as “the last colony in Africa” and this conflict is the longest and one of the least known ongoing disputes in the continent, but the Sahrawi people refuse to become invisible.
Hamada
2019
6.0Filled with vitality, humor and unexpected situations, Hamada paints an unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the middle of nowhere. Western Sahara is known as “the last colony in Africa” and this conflict is the longest and one of the least known ongoing disputes in the continent, but the Sahrawi people refuse to become invisible.
Hamada
2019
NRTwo close friends and fellow filmmakers maintain an intimate, transoceanic filmic correspondence between Galicia and Colombia over the course of three years. In these filmed letters both authors are open and familiar, meditative and confessional, making us participants in a sincere friendship.
Al otro lado del mar
2022
NRSanti is a teenage father who lives in a small coastal town. During the day he has a job as a fisherman, while at night he smuggles seafood. While his girlfriend Lucia takes care of their baby all by herself, Santi, absent and overwhelmed by responsibility, seeks refuge and redemption in the sea.
Seabreaker
2022
NRA deserted, snow-covered landscape. An unknown place and time. An anonymous, timeless man slides into a devastated industrial building. He is enclosed by ruins and rust, witnesses of time. He advances among shadows and debris, following a ritual as precise as it is cryptic. Polyphony of materials. The past resonates at every step. Echoes of a presence. A solitary figure fluctuates on an abyss.
Rust / Óxido (C)
2016
NRA young Galician filmmaker keeps a film diary about his first months as an immigrant in Sweden, where he works as a construction laborer.
Pettring
2013
7.0Language and landscape as a gate into a new life. A young Galician filmmaker emigrates to Sweden, where he performs different part-time jobs. His learning of a new language and fascination for the Swedish landscape become a driving force against the difficult life conditions. As he learns about the culture, society and lifestyle, he develops a new identity.
No Cow on the Ice
2015
7.0Language and landscape as a gate into a new life. A young Galician filmmaker emigrates to Sweden, where he performs different part-time jobs. His learning of a new language and fascination for the Swedish landscape become a driving force against the difficult life conditions. As he learns about the culture, society and lifestyle, he develops a new identity.
No Cow on the Ice
2015
NRA child showing a stranger the pleasure of throwing pebbles into the wilderness. Behind them, the sun sets behind the wilaya.
Anacos do Sáhara
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hijos de Sansón
2011
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hijos de Sansón
2011
NR“No pain, no gain”. Sailor scenes of a castaway country.
Anacos da Galiza
2014
NRIntimate portrait of the first summer, fall and winter in a strange country.
Anacos da Suecia
2014
NRThe camera wanders around old spellbinding cars in the Sahara desert. Two playful and witty little boys show up and alter the course of events. From then on, Hamdi and Ali will take the reins of this film.
Yellow brick road
2015
NRThe penultimate week of each year, the sun exceeds the horizon of Fauske, in the Arctic Circle, for just an hour a day. This film celebrates those brief moments of light.
Anacos da Noruega
2014
