Leire Apellaniz (Bilbao, 1975) has worked as head of the technical department of the San Sebastian International Film Festival for more than ten years. At the same time, she has been active as a producer in several audiovisual projects through the production company Sr.&Sra., which she founded with Aritz Moreno in 2013. In 2015, she produced and directed her first feature film, El último verano (The Last Summer), a documentary that was selected for several international competitions, such as Bafici and Karlovy Vary. In 2016, she produced the short film Ihesa, directed by Alejandro Díaz Castaño. In 2017, she co-produced with Labyrint Films the first documentary feature film by Ana Schulz and Cristobal Fernández entitled Mudar la piel (The Spy Within), which will premiere at a major international film festival this summer. She is currently shooting Las letras de Jordi (Jordi’s Writing), Maider Fernández Iriarte’s first film, and finalising the details for shooting Aritz Moreno's first feature film this autumn, Ventajas de viajar en tren (Advantages of Travelling by Train), which she is co-producing from Sr.&Sra. with Morena Films. Her interest in more experimental cinema has led her to create a new production company, Gipuzkoana de Rodajes, with filmmaker and director Ion de Sosa, whose first project is the short film La leyenda dorada (The Golden Legend), which he will co-direct with Chema García Ibarra.
Last update of this profile: 2021
