Xacio Baño
Year of residence
Xove (Lugo), 1983. He studied Cinema at the University of León. He has produced, written and directed several short films, among which we can single out Estereoscopía (2011) and Anacos (2012), which have been presented in numerous national and international festivals such as Clermont Ferrand, New directors/New Films MoMA, Telluride, Mar del Plata, Las Palmas, Alcine, Málaga, Slamdance, Busan,...
Ser e voltar (2014), his first experience in the field of non-fiction, was premièred at the 67th Locarno Festival and has recently received the Canal+ Prize and Jury Special Mention at the 37th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
Filmography:
2014 - Ser e voltar.
2013 - Entre el relámpago y el trueno.
2012 - Anacos.
2011 - Estereoscopía.
In July 2016, the feature film Trote, produced by Frida Films, received financial support from the Galician Government. Last year, AGADIC, the Galician Cultural Industry Agency, allocated 2 million euros to the audiovisual industry, and granted 259.000 euros to Xacio’s project. The Galician Television also supported a part of the project. The shooting of Trote will start in mid-2017.
