Skyline Fest
Ismael Olivares

Ismael Olivares

Jury PNR (Plataforma Nuevos Realizadores) Director, guionista y productor 6th Edition 2022
ISMAEL OLIVARES (Albacete, 11/22/1983) From a very young age he began to feel strong emotions for the cinematographic world, specifically towards the horror and drama genre, but it was not until his university years, specifically in Granada and Florence (Italy). , where he is pushed to tell his stories. In 2008 he founded Prosonarte, an audiovisual production company. In his desire to publicize the Tamborada de Hellín (Albacete), a family town, and after more than 3 years of hard work, Silencio was born, his first documentary feature film, premiering at Callao Cinemas in 2013. After the success of Silencio, Olivares makes many spots and video clips (The Niftys, Rafa Blas, Honky Tonky Sánchez). His first short film, SANTA, came in 2016 with which he has achieved more than 30 international selections. In 2019, his most intimate short film, La Llorona, starring Chanel Terrero and Miguel Ángel Puro, was released, which won 4 international awards, including Best Short Film from Castilla la Mancha at Abycine and Best International Short Film at the Santo Domingo Film Festival. Sunday. Also, as a producer, he reaches 450 nominations worldwide, placing Prosonarte as a reference in the production of short films. Today, Prosonarte belongs to the company Prosonarte Corporación SL, where Olivares is CEO of the company. At Fitur 2021, he won the First Prize for Best Video of the fair for his spot “Making Of Castilla La Mancha”. Ismael Olivares is currently writing his first feature film.