August Virgin

Director: Jonás Trueba

Screenplay: Itsaso Arana, Jonás Trueba

Cinematography: Santiago Racaj

Editing: Marta Velasco

Sound:Amanda Villavieja

Production Company:  Los Ilusos Films

Cast: Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz, Joe Manjón, Isabelle Stoffel, Luis Heras, Mikele Urroz, María Herrador, Naiara Carmona

Biography:

Jonás Trueba (Madrid, 1981) has written and directed the following feature films: Todas las canciones hablan de mí (2010), nominated for a Goya award for Best New Director; Los ilusos (2013), which won awards and praise from critics and audiences after its international festival tour; Los exiliados románticos (2015) won the Special Jury Award at the Málaga festival; and La reconquista (2016), part of the Official Selection at the San Sebastian Film Festival, and awarded the 2016 Ojo Crítico prize from Spanish Radio RNE. He is also the author of Miniaturas (2011) and co-wrote Más pena que Gloria (2000) and Vete de mí (2005), by Víctor García León, and El baile de la Victoria (2009), directed by Fernando Trueba and nominated for a Goya award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He juggles his career in cinema with teaching and since 2013 he has been a member of the Cine en Curso team, an educational project about cinema, and with cinema, in schools and colleges.