Alauda Ruiz de Azúa graduated in Film Directing at the ECAM in 2005. Her graduation work, the short film Clases particulares, won more than 30 awards. After her studies she worked as an assistant director and script supervisor until she made the shift to the production of commercials in 2007. She has directed the short films Lo importante (2007), Dicen (2011), Nena (2014) and No me da la vida (2021), screened at 400 festivals and winners of more than 100 awards. Cinco lobitos, her first feature film, screened in the Panorama section of the Berlinale and was the big winner at Malaga Festival, where it landed the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film, the Silver Biznagas for Best Actress (Laia Costa and Susi Sánchez) and Best Screenplay and the Audience Award.
Festival de San Sebastián
