Gsus Lopez

Gsus Lopez (Zamora, Spain, 1986) has directed award-winning short films, fashion films and music videos. A highlight is his short OUT (drama/comedy/LGBTQ+) screening at over 50 film festivals (...) worldwide, then premiering online on FOTOGRAMAS (2019) and being included in the FILMIN catalogue. Since graduating with a BA in Media from the University of the Arts London in 2014, he has obtained a Screenwriting Diploma at the EICTV in Cuba (2019) and was selected as a member of the BFI Network x BAFTA Crew (2018-22), and Berlinale Talents (2015). Passionate about telling stories that explore the intersection between the LGBTQ+ experience and the working-class, he's developing a feature film titled THE DAM with Centuria Films and Begin Again Films. The project was selected for development at Dissident House, B3 Hessen Lab (Biennial of Moving Image in Frankfurt), ''Islands of Fiction'' – International Screenwriting Residency in the Balearic Islands (2022). It also won the Queer Cine Lab (2023) and took part in the Iberoamerican LGBTIQA+ labs network at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival (2024). He lives in London.