This is me, Diego
Do you want to enjoy the process of working in the creation of a short film script? Here I am to guide you in this beautiful world.
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Bio
My name is Diego Fandos, I´m a Spanish filmmaker based in Prague (Czech Republic). I studied Journalism at the University of Navarra, and Filmmaking in FAMU International.
I´ve written and directed TV commercials, documentaries and the feature Cosmos, presented in the San Sebastian Film Festival.
My last two shorts -Under Pressure (2014) and Aurora (2017)- have been selected and awarded in more than 60 festivals around the world.
I have just finished a couple of new shorts (Tango and 29th of February) that will be released soon. The shining stars of 29th of February are Ramón Barea and Zorion Eguileor (The platform).
I have published two collections of short stories -Lemon Loves (2015) and Prague on February (2020)- and the handbook Writing for Short Film (2019, in English and Spanish).
I worked as script-analist in Morena Films and Lolafilms, in Madrid. I´ve been a jury member in different film festivals.
I work from 2008 as Screenwriting professor in Prague Film School (www.praguefilmschool.cz).
My students
Alumni
in Prague Film School
In PFS, I´ve been lucky and honoured to have taught to a wonderful bunch of students, among them…
Erdem Tepegoz (best feature debut in Turkey with Zerre (2012)); Franziska Pflaum (best German short in 2014, So schon wie du); Ziya Demirel (official competition in Cannes 2015 with his short film Sali); Raam Reedy (director) and Doron Tempert (photo), winners in Locarno 2015 with their feature debut -Thithi- (now in Netflix); Giovanni Fumu (Good news, Venice 2016); Kaveh Daneshmand (best short film, 2016, Film Critics Award, Iran); Leonora Lonsdale (The Pale Horse (Amazon, 2020) and Dangerous Liaisons (2022)); Aeden O´Connor (audience award in Miami Film Festival 2020 with his feature debut 90 minutos); Engin Erden (Octopus, Clermont Ferrand 2020); Aylin Gokmen (Spirits and Rocks, Sundance 2021); Haolu Wang (Bodies, Netflix); Simon Kubiena (Berlinale), Emilija Gašić (Rotterdam), Boris Nikolov; Ran Li; Giovanni Rustanto; Yasemin Demirci; Joaquín Franke; Alba Robledo; Lara Afrazmanech… and so many more young people who have shared their energy in PFS and have helped all of us to be better authors.