Belén Funes

Spanish film director

Belén Funes

Born	1984 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Education	ESCAC
Years active	2010s–present

Belén Funes (born 1984) is a Catalan film director.^[1] She is most noted for her 2019 feature film debut A Thief's Daughter (La hija de un ladrón), for which she won the Gaudí Award for Best Director at the 12th Gaudí Awards,^[2] and the Goya Award for Best New Director at the 34th Goya Awards.^[3]

Born in Barcelona,^[1] Funes earned a degree from the ESCAC and continued her filmmaking education in Cuba.^[4]

Filmography

A Thief's Daughter (La hija de un ladrón) - 2019
The Exiles (Los Tortuga) - 2024

References

^ ^a ^b Alfonso Rivera, "Belén Funes putting the finishing touches to her second feature, Los Tortuga". Cineuropa, 13 June 2024.
^ "'Els dies que vindran', film guanyador dels XII Premis Gaudí". VilaWeb. 20 January 2020.
^ "Ganadores de los Premios Goya 2020: lista completa". El Mundo. 26 January 2020.
^ Font, Dolors (26 October 2018). "Un drama rodado en Terrassa". Diari de Terrassa.