Sofia Esteve

Alicante, 1993

Screenwriter and film director. She graduated in Audiovisual Communication from Pompeu Fabra University. She has co-written and co-directed three short films together with Isa Luengo: ETERNAL HAPPINESS (Perpetua felicidad, 2022), candidate for the Goya Awards, selected by festivals such as Leuven International Short Film Festival and awarded by others like QueerCineMad. The documentary short film GAPS (Els Buits, 2024), nominated for the Goya and the Gaudí Awards of the Spanish and Catalan Film Academies, awarded at festivals such as Málaga, D’A or Alcances, and selected by several others like FIPADOC or Márgenes. They have recently finished their last narrative short film THE WANDERERS (Los Andares, 2026).

Currently, Sofia is developing together with Isa Luengo LA FORMA ANIMAL, a feature film selected for the Catalan Film Academy Script Residency, as well as for the Woman in Fan Fantastic Residency, and for the Thessaloniki Crossroads Co-production Forum. The project was also awarded at the Sitges Film Festival Fan Pitch.

Previously, Sofia co-directed the new TV format FOLLO ERGO SUM (2016-2018, betevé), and worked as an assistant director on several short films and as a casting assistant in productions such as THE EXILES (Los Tortuga, 2025, Belén Funes).

Sofia has also co-created @la_calumnia, an independent research project around LGTBIQ+ genealogies in film, where she teaches workshops and classes in different institutions, including the Master’s Degree in Gender and Media Studies at the UAB.