Lois Patiño was born in Vigo Spain in 1983 He combined his Psychology studies in the Complutense University of Madrid with cinema studies at TAI School He followed his cinema education at NYFA in New York and with the Master in Documentary Film at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona He has developed courses of videocreation in the UdK of Berlin and in different ateliers with artist and filmmakers such as Joan Jonas Donald Kuspit Pedro Costa Víctor Erice José Luis Guerín or Daniel Canogar His videos and videoinstalations have been shown in art centres such as Centro Cultura San Martín Buenos Aires Casa Encendida Madrid CCCB Barcelona MARCO Vigo Solar Galeria Portugal His films have been screened at international festivals as Locarno Rotterdam San Francisco Ann Arbour Cinema du Rèel Rome IFF Viennale Jhilava Media City Punto de Vista or in Rencontres Internationales París Berlín Madrid which took place in Centre Georges Pompidou París Reina Sofía Museum Madrid and Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin Specific focuses on his work have been developed in places as the New York Film Festival Views form the Avant Garde Flaherty Seminar Colgate University in BAFICI Argentina or Festival of Cali Colombia He has been invited to show their work at universities such as Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab California College of the Arts FUC Buenos Aires or Instituto Politécnico Porto With his work Mountain in Shadow won prizes at Oberhausen IFF Germany ClermontFerrand France Bucharest Experimental FF And at the Locarno IFF he recieved the prize for the best emerging director with his work Costa da Morte This feature film also get prizes in festivals such as Jeonju IFF South Corea FICUNAM México Festival dei Popoli Italy Valdivia IFF Chile or Seville European Film Festival Spain He is represented by The New Gallery Madrid and VilasecoHauser Gallery A Coruña Stuttgart and by the film producers Zeitun Films A Coruña More info loispatinocom