Lara Izagirre

Graduated in Audiovisual Communication at the UPV/EHU in 2007. After finishing her degree, she specialised in film directing by taking the 1-Year Filmmaking Program at the NYFA. On her return to the Basque Country she created the production company Gariza Films in 2010. Between 2010 and 2014 he wrote and directed five short films: Bicycle Poem (2010), Kea (2012), Next Stop: Greenland (2012), Sormenaren Bide Ezkutuak (2013) and Larroxa (2013).

In 2015, her debut film Un otoño sin Berlín premiered at the San Sebastian Festival. The following year, the leading actress Irene Escolar received the Goya Award, becoming the best newcomer actress of the year. Her second feature film, Nora, premiered in 2020 at the San Sebastian Festival. In recent years, Lara Izagirre has produced different projects led by women, such as Ya no duermo (2020) by Marina Palacio, Polvo Somos (2020) by Estibaliz Urresola and Cuerdas (2022) by Estibaliz Urresola, which premiered at the Semaine de la Critique. The latest feature film she has produced is Estibaliz Urresola’s debut feature, 20,000 Species of Bees, which premiered at the Berlinale and won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Sofía Otero.