Filmography

Every story should leave a mark;

every frame, a memory.

Iván López’s filmography brings together more than a decade of independent cinema created from emotion, memory, and an intimate gaze. Each short and feature film is an exploration of time, human relationships, and the invisible that lives between things. Here you will find a journey through his most significant works, which have shaped his unique cinematic universe.

Featured filmography

Feature films

Platón (2018) - Fiction

Quesada: the truth of silence(2024) - Documentary

Short films

As the night falls (2010)

Vulnerable (2012)

Things we forget (2013)

The world is elsewhere (2013)

You and me (2013)

Candies (2014)

A journey to infinity (2014)

Nobody can hear us on the rooftop (2014)

Storms are for summer (2015)

Shipwrecked (2016)

Smoking Break (2017)

Thirst (2019)

First Love (2020)

You will burn in hell (2023)

Arian is a very introverted boy who lives with his estranged mother, whom he blames for his father abandoning them when he was just two years old. To protect him, his mother never spoke to him about it, and Arian, in the throes of adolescence, feels lost and searches for answers. His days are spent attending classes at school, locked in his room, or sharing adventures with Milena, his best friend.

But one day, Arian discovers his father's voice on an old cassette his mother has hidden. From this moment on, Arian embarks on a journey that will lead him to discover who his father was: Esteban, an aging, alcoholic musician who lives in a solitary caravan by the sea.

Plato is a film about what we never dare to say to the people who truly matter to us and the consequences that follow. A story of friendship and unrequited love.

Platón (2018) Feature Film

Cast

Leandro González, Alba Tonini, Vicente Ayala, Carmen María Hernández, Patricia Álvarez, Sofía Privitera, Ken Appledorn, Carlos de León, Lioba Herrera, Abián Díaz, Javier Mezkia, Domingo de Luis, Julia Estornell, Irene Álvarez, Aarón Gómez, Gor Ortega, César Yanes, Raquel Rial, Ainara Oleaga, Augusto Abreu. José Vicente Delgado.

Crew

Awards and distinctions

Las Palmas International Film Festival (2019) Official Selection / Made in Canarias.

Oklahoma Cine Latino Film Festival (2019) Best Photography and Best Editing.

Best Canary Islands film at the Canary Islands Film Festival. La Palma 2018

Direction and screenplay: Iván López

Executive Production: Juanma V. Betancort

Duration: 120 minuts

Production Management: Ruth Herrera

Cinematography: Ja Doria

Assistant Directors: Lamberto Guerra, Rut Angelina Fuentes, Jonathan González

Art direction: Miriam Cruz

Sound: Gariraygua Samblás, Manuel Tricás

Make up and costumes: Elena Delgado Larrode

VFX: Juan José Torres

Production Assistant: Idafe Rodríguez

Script: Zulema Díaz, Aythami Castro

Original Músic: Dan Silva, Bobby Bob

On December 12, 1977, twenty-two-year-old student Javier Fernández Quesada was shot and killed on the steps of the University of La Laguna in Tenerife, after the Civil Guard entered the campus firing shots to quell a demonstration. Following an investigation and a parliamentary inquiry, the case was closed and no one was ever held accountable. More than forty years later, his family still does not know who killed their son.

Quesada: the truth of silence (2024) feature documentary

Crew

Awards

Festival de Cinema de Girona
Girona, España

OFFCINEDOC - Oyola Fabián Festival de Cine Documental
[BEST INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY]Segura de León, Spain

FICPBA - Festival Internacional de Cine de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Direction and screenwriting: Iván López

Executive Production: Lamberto Guerra

Duration: 120 minutos

Cinematography: Iván López

Sound post-production: Jonás García Alonso, Laboratorio Auviovisual

Illustrations: Gerard Freixes

Original Music: Jesús Agomar

Behind the old walls of a house, the incessant dripping of an open tap will flood the fragile thread of life of two elderly people. Shipwrecked is an undeniable recreation of the poetics of solitude.

Shipwrecked (2016)

Cast

Ángeles Cruz, José Cabaleiro.

Crew

Director: Iván López

Screenplay: Óscar Bacallado

Duration: 7 min.

Producer: Fundación Alejada

Cinematography: Santiago Torres

Production director: Yolanda Mesa

Assistant director: Pablo Montenegro

Art director and costumes: Óscar Bacallado

Sound: Manuel Tricás

Make up: Manuela Martínez

VFX: Juan José Torres

Production assistant: Idafe Rodríguez

Focus puller: Luis César izquierdo

Script: Chantal Celiz

DIT: Rafael Rodríguez Lamas

Electricians: Jonay Trujillo Hernández, Chris Muller

Still photo: Daniel Miller

Nursing Assistant: Tamara Acosta González

Editor: Iván López

Sound post-production: Blamhouse Audio

Color edit: Jonay Trujillo Hernández, Alajandro Serrano

Awards

University of La Laguna Short Film Award [BEST CANARY ISLANDS SHORT FILM] Tenerife, Spain

Festival ENMUT
[BEST SHORT FILM] [BEST ACTRESS] Barcelona, ​​Spain

Cine Miami Fest
[SEMIFINALIST]
Miami, EEUU

Nambrocorto
[SEMIFINALIST]
Toledo, España

Burien Film Festival
[FINALIST]
Washington, EEUU.

A couple is going through a rough patch. Their lives become desperate as night falls.

As night falls(2010)

Cast

Marta Viera, Maykol Hernández, Lamberto Guerra, Paloma Fuentes.

Crew

Director: Iván López

Screeplay: Iván López

Duration: 9 min.

Producer: Lunática producciones

Asisstant director: Mark López

Production crew: Josune Fernández Beitia

Sound: Amanda Pons, Marta Calero

Original music: Jesús Agomar

Editor: Iván López

Awards

Special Mention for Best Actor, La Palma Film Festival 2010

1st Prize, Canarias Rueda La Palma Film Festival 2010

Best Canarian Short Film, Lanzarote Film Festival 2011

Ribal, a former bank employee who carried out evictions, and Alex, a prostitute who blackmails powerful men, are trapped in their own defeat. Two souls battered by life who have lost faith in the future. The night thousands surround the Capitol, their paths cross. In the midst of the chaos, they will both discover that, perhaps, they are not entirely alone.

Vulnerable (2012)

Cast

Vicente Ayala, Sheila Amador, María Hierro, Santi López, Andoni González, Antonio de La Cruz, Élida Pérez, Jonathan González, Pablo Galván, Ruymán Alonso

Duration: 30 minuts

Director and screeplay: Iván López

Executive producer: Sergio Negrín, Iván López

Production director: Yolanda Mesa

Producer: Eva Gara Delgado

Cinematography: Gabriel García

Direcciónartística: Miriam Sáenz

Sonido: Manuel Tricás

Director assistant: Jonathan González

Make up: Manuela Martínez

Costumes: Loida Corbjin

Cameraman operators: Vasni Ramos, David Hernández Reyes

Gaffer: Carlos Doval

Cinematography assistant: Eduardo Naya

Script: Aythami Castro

Clapperboard player: Dany Tabarly

Art assistant: Ray Bastidas

Electrician: Laura Reyes

Producction assistants: Saray Cruz, Jorge Layunta

Still Photo: Silvia Jiménez

Lorna runs into an old friend from college one night at an alumni party. His arrival puts her in a difficult position regarding a life-changing decision.

Things we forget (2013)

Cast

Nayra Gómez, Santi López, Iriome del Toro, Aitana Hernández, Cari Díaz.

Executive producer: Telesistema Canarias S.L

Duration: 30 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Assistant director: Lamberto Guerra

Cinematography: Santiago Torres

Cameraman operator: Jonay García

Art director: Nayra López

Sound: René Martín

Music: Dan Silva

Selection for the short film catalogue of the Government of the Canary Islands in 2014

Four couples, four different worlds, one path

The world is elsewhere (2013)

Cast

Sulay Curbelo, Adán Hernández, Griselda Layño, Alfredo Aráoz, Marine Discazeaux, Lola García, Khaled Kouka, Jadjuni Sidi,

Producer: Cinemati[K]76

Duration: 8 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Assistant director: Jonathan González

Cinematography: Iván López

Art director: Nayra López

Sound: Manuel Tricás

Music: Innocent Bandits "When another sun shines"

Awards

Best short film Santa Cruz cinema and network 2013

Sara learns to walk without the weight of her other life.

You and me (2013)

Cast

Marine Discazeaux, Guacimara Correa, Borja Texeira

Executive Producer: Cinemati[K]76

Duration: 8 minutos

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Producer: César Morales

Cinematography: Iván López

Sound: Iván López, Borja Texeira

Music: Dan Silva

Awards

Best Short Film Award, Gáldar Rueda 2013

Canary Islands International LGBTIQ Film Festival

Two former classmates meet by chance after years apart. Time has changed them, expectations have matured, and the silences have grown thicker. In a single instant, they confront what they were, what they are, and what they can never get back.

Cast

Aïda Ballmann, Francisco Vera, Daniela Castro, Eduardo Zalba, Raquel Hernández

Executive producers: Centrífuga Producciones y Escuela de cine de Los Realejos

Duration: 12 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Assistant director: Jonathan González

Cameraman operators: Ayoze Serrano, Jonay Alonso

Producers: Nadia Castilla, Rocío Rodríguez

Cinematography: Eduardo Naya

Art director: Dayana Rodríguez

Costumes : Aidyl Carrillo

Make up: María Mayoral

Script: Jeniffer Castañeda

Graphic design: Antonio Morín

Still photo: Antonio Morín, Lidia Hernández

Making of: José Vicente Martín, Miguel Ángel Santana, Chema Nogales

Sound: Manuel Tricás

Original music: Tom´s Cabin

Awards

Selected for the Canary Islands Government's catalog of short films

Special mention for the director at the Rochester International Film Festival, New York

Candies (2014)

That night we became world champions. Short film inspired by the poem "The Shoelace" by Charles Bukovsky

A journey to infinity (2014)

Cast

Óscar Bacallado, Victoria Hernández, Jacinto López, Naya López, David Hernández, Idaira González, Agustín Amaro, Elvira Piedra, Ligia González, Julio Capote, Alicia Rodríguez, Aythami Castro, Daniela Castro, Antonio Herrera, Jonathan González

Producer: Cinemati[K]76

Duration: 4 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Edit: Iván López

Voice over: Adrián Arvelo

Music: Bolero - Ravel

Awards

Award for Best Online Short Film at the 4th ABC Ibero-American Short Film Festival

Special Jury Mention, La Laguna Film Festival

Selected for the Canary Islands Forum at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Film Festival

It is December 12, 1977, in La Laguna, Tenerife. A young student returns from the university campus after the murder of Javier Fernández Quesada to tell her roommate about it.

No one can hear us on the rooftop (2014)

Cast

Lioba Herrera, César Yanes

Production: Cinemati[K]76

Duration: 5 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Editor: Iván López

Cinematography: Ja Doria

Assistant director: Jonathan González

Art director: Nayra López

Sound: Gariraygua Samblás

Original Music: César Yanes

Un grupo de amigos de la adolescencia se reúnen de nuevo para hablar de los viejos tiempos y de lo que son hoy. Casi todos han madurado y han visto como sus sueños se han roto con el tiempo.

Storms are for summer (2015)

Cast

Lamberto Guerra, César Yanes, Sofia Privitera, Lioba Herrera, Santi López, Javier Alemán, Irene Ávarez, Eduardo Núñez

Production: Cinemati[K]76

Duration: 10 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Assistans director: Jonathan González

Cinematography: Ja Doria

Art director: Nayra López

Sound: Adrián González

Still photo: Cristo F. García

Editor: Iván López

Awards and selections

Tlanchana Fest
Metepec, Mexico.

Leiden International Short Film Experience
Leiden, Netherlands.

Muestra de Cine Europeo de Lanzarote
Lanzarote, España.

Muestra de cortometrajes San Rafael en Corto
Gran Canaria, España.

Selección catálogo de cortometrajes canarios del gobierno de Canarias

On a broken night, a stranger prepares to smoke one last cigarette.

Based on a short story by Alhy Wood

Smoking Break (2017)

Cast

Cristina Santacreu, Víctor Hubara

Production: Cinemati[K]76

Duration: 18 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Assistant director: Jonathan González

Cinematography: Ja Doria

Producer: Romina Díaz

Sound: Manuel Tricás

Art director and costumes: Nayra López

Post-production sound: Gariraygua Samblás

Editor: Iván López

Music: "Casualties" The players

Selections

Lift-Off Sessions
Reino Unido

San Rafael en Corto
Gran Canaria, España

Festival de Cortos Villa de La Orotava - Canarias
Tenerife, España

Jagran International Film Festival
India

Selección catálogo de cortometrajes canarios del gobierno de Canarias

Nira, a photojournalist, is having breakfast at a bar where some men are having a xenophobic conversation. Suddenly, she receives a call: a contact warns her that a boat has arrived on the island. She drives to the coast, searching for signs of the landing. At the scene of the shipwreck, she must make a decision: fulfill her professional duty or confront her feelings.

Thirst (2019)

Cast

Eva Gamallo, Lass Sangare

Executive producer: Juanma V. Betancort

Duration: 8 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Assistant director: Daniel León Lacave

Cinematography: Luis Adern

Producer: Romina Díaz

Sound: Christina Johansen

Costumes: Nayra López

Postproduction sound: Eduardo Cubillo Blasco

Editor: Iván López

Original Music: Eduardo Cubillo Blasco

First love is never forgotten.

First Love (2020)

Cast

Sofia Privitera, Carlos Pedrós

Producers: O.C Bros

Duration: 5 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Assistant director: Augusto Abreu

Cinematography: Ja Doria

Production: Augusto Abreu

Sound: Iván López

Make up: Ester Meihl

Gaffer: Daniel Darias

Editor: Iván López

Original Music: David Ramos Darwin

You burn in hell (2024)

Cast

Desirée lives in a humble neighborhood with her ailing mother, who is unable to leave the house. They are both facing eviction, so on the last night before the eviction, Desirée devises a plan to find the peace and quiet they so desperately crave.

Producers: O.C Bros

Duration: 12 minuts

Screenplay and director: Iván López

Assistant director: Ricardo Delgado

Cinematography: Ja Doria

Production: Augusto Abreu

Sound: David Ramos Darwin

Arti director: Nayra López

Camera operator: Juan Camilo

Making Of and Still Photo: Pablo Darias

Editor: Iván López

Original Music: Michael Afonso, Arturo Uhler

Silvia Naval, Victoria Hernández