He was born in Paris , the son of Galician emigrants . He studied filmmaking at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona , before moving to London where he filmed his first short '' Y las chimeneas decidieron escapar '' . His debut feature film '' You All Are Captains '' premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the FIPRESCI Prize . His next film '' Mimosas '' was shot in the Atlas Mountains . It was screened at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as part of the International Critics ' Week section , where it won the Nespresso Grand Prize . The project had been developed through TorinoFilmLab Interchange programme in 2011
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
Oliver Laxe