Xacio Baño (Xove, Lugo) estuda cine na Universidadede León. Produce,escribe e dirixe varios filmes presentes en numerosos festivais nacionales e internacionais coma os de Locarno, Viennale, Clermont Ferrand, Telluride Film Festival, Mar del Plata, New directors/ New Films, Festival de Las Palmas, Festival Málaga, Slamdance, Alcine, Busan Int. Short film festival, Shnit, Aspen Shortfest, etc.
Escollido pola revista VARIETY coma un das dez rising stars do cinema español. Participou na residencia artística de Ikusmira Berriak en Tabakalera de Donostia.
Trote, a súa primeira longametraxe de ficción producida por Frida Films, estreouse en cianemas e tivo unha gran acollida no circuito de festivais estreándose mundialmente no festival de Locarno. Logo viaxou a festivais coma os de San Sebastián, Nantes, Lanzarote, Alternativa, etc.
Traballa tamén coma docente de cinema dentro da iniciativa Cinema en curs. Ademais realiza a edición de imaxe de outras obras audiovisuais. Ademais é co-autor das obras teatrais: “Amantis” e “Os actos e as profecías”.
É membro da Academia do Cinema Europeo, da Academia do cine Español e da Academia Galega do Audiovisual
Xacio Baño produces, writes and directs several short films among them ECO (2015), SER E VOLTAR (2014), AUGAS ABISAIS (2020) and ANACOS (2012), appearing in many national and international festivals such as Locarno, San Sebastian, Viennale, New directors/New Films – MoMA, Clermont-Ferrand, Telluride Film Festival, Mar del Plata, Alcine, Slamdance, Festival Málaga, Encounters, Shnit, Aspen Shortfest, Sevilla, etc. TROTE, his first feature film, was premiered at Locarno Film Festival in 2018.
He currently creates and develops film, theatre, and hybrid projects at the cultural production company Rebordelos, including his next feature, DESPUÉS DE LAS CIUDADES and the short film 68 METROS.
FILMOGRAPHY
· Despois das cidades / After the cities (2026) – 86 min
· 68 metros / 68 meters (2026) – 19 min.
· Platónico, Platónica / Platonist (2024) – 9 min
· Non te vexo / No te veo / I can’t see you (2023) – 14 min
· Contra o inverno / Contra el invierno / Against the winter (2023) – 5 min
· Augas Abisais / Deep Waters (2020) – 25 min
· Trote / Trot (2018) – 86 min
· Eco / Echo (2015) – 20 min
· Ser e voltar / Ser y volver / To be and to come back (2014) – 13 min
· Anacos / Pedazos / Pieces (2012) – 6 min
· Estereoscopía / Stereoscopy (2011) – 12 min