Julu Martínez

Julu Martínez (Torre del Bierzo, 1996) has a degree in bilingual Audiovisual Communication from UC3M and is a director, screenwriter, and art director. Several of their works have won awards at national and international festivals and screened at institutions such as MACBA (Barcelona), the Joan Miró Foundation (Barcelona), the Valencia Film Archive, and different Spanish universities in Madrid (UCM, UC3M, URJCI).

For several years, they were part of the Sub21 collective at the Contemporary Art Center of the Community of Madrid (CA2M, 2015-2018) and the 2nd Edition of young programmers at the Cineteca de Madrid, Cinezeta (2019). After participating in both laboratories, they premiered MAPA DE LA GEOGRAFÍA EMOCIONAL at FICX and LesGaiCineMad, winning Best Screenplay (Skyline Benidorm Film Festival) and Best Project at the Emergente Forum! (AIC/CAM). LOS RAPACES ("The Youngins") premiered at the Huesca International Film Festival and screened at festivals such as ALCINE and SEMINCI, also winning the Castilla y León Young Filmmaker Award. CAU LA NIT ("Night Falls") premiered at the São Paulo International Short Film Festival—Curta Kinoforum—and later screened the film in Spain at Abycine and FICX. These works make up the anthological trilogy "Una mitología privada", which explores the story-within-a-story, intimacy, magical realism, and altered states of consciousness.

In 2021, the U22 festival dedicated a solo retrospective to them at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. That same year, they received the Semilleru Kids Award at FICX for best children’s project for the feature film ¿DÓNDE ESTÁN LOS LADRONES?, which they are currently developing through the 2026–2027 residencies program at the Academia de Cine after participating in the Málaga Talents program at the Málaga Film Festival.