 In 1970, he wrote and directed another short film, "Minutos después", which was selected for the II festival de Cine de Autor de Benalmádena.In 1974 he wrote and directed "A flor de piel", his last short film for over ten years.Although he'd written poetry in both English and Spanish as a youth, Aute made a big splash in 1970 when he published a poem and drawing in Poesia 70 that managed to get the magazine shut down in conservative, Franco-controlled Spain.