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Álvaro Alonso

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He graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Seville in 1994 and completed the European Master in Audiovisual Management (MEGA) in Ronda, Malaga, in 1999.

Founding partner of the production company Letra M. Coordinated the collective project CINEXIN, which brought together a new generation of Andalusian film talents.

In the year 2000, he/she founded JALEO FILMS, with which he/she has produced more than twenty feature films, launching new talents such as Chiqui Carabante, Paco Cabezas, Chus Ponce, Paco León, Alberto Sánchez, as well as participating in films by renowned directors such as Carlos Saura or Eliseo Subiela..., participating in international co-productions with more than 15 countries, and winning awards at festivals such as: VENICE ("La Zona" by Rodrigo Pla), BERLIN ("Hemel" by Sacha Polak), ROTTERDAM ("Il Futuro" by Alicia Sherson), SAN SEBASTIAN - Golden Shell ("Entre Dos Aguas" by Isaki Lacuesta).

He was president of the Platform of Entrepreneurs and Creators of Andalusian Audiovisual from 2004-2006, a period in which the first and only framework agreement with local public TV, Canal Sur (RTVA), was signed.

In 2010, he was nominated as “Producer on the Move” within the European Film Promotion program for the Cannes Film Festival.