Antonio Muñoz de Mesa

Film

Filmography

Features and shorts as director and screenwriter.

Features

Screenwriter · Director · Editor · 2025
Santa Zeta
Selected for the 2026 Slamdance Film Festival Breakouts program —six films from around the world— with a screening at the Landmark Theater in Los Angeles and coverage in Variety and IndieWire. Best International Fiction Feature at The South African Independent Film Festival; Big Imp Award and Audience Award at the Indie-Lincs Film Festival (UK); Poetic Frontiers Festival Favorite Award at the Taos Film Festival, New Mexico; Lleona d'Or finalist at La Setmana, the Girona Independent Film Festival. Official selection at the 36th San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Week, FANT Bilbao, Fancine Málaga, the 33rd San Diego Latino Film Festival —with screenings at Digital Gym Cinema and AMC Theatres and an academic tour across California (UCLA, CSU San Marcos, Whittier College)— Seoul Whistler, SAFILM San Antonio, Mokpo NR1IFF, Macabro Mexico City, Edinburgh FFI, Indy Film Fest, Dallas Independent and DUMBO Brooklyn. Theatrical release on 11 September 2026, with the premiere on the 12th at the Social Antzokia in Basauri. Produced by ManodeSanto. Santa Zeta won four awards at the 2026 Lloret Negre Film Festival: Best Feature Film, Best Lead Performance for Nekane Otxoa, and Best Director and Best Screenplay for Antonio Muñoz de Mesa.
Screenwriter · Director · Actor · Producer · Editor · 2007
Amigos de Jesús
Biznaga de Plata for Best Film in the Zonazine section at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival, Movistar Parrilla de Oro at Átalo en Corto, Young Jury Star at the Festivalito de La Palma, and Abycine Award for Best Film at the Festival de Cine de Albacete. Official selection at The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival (BFI Southbank, October 2007), where it featured in the Spanish selection alongside works by Antonio Banderas, Julio Medem, and Icíar Bollaín. Reviewed by Variety — which compared it to early Jim Jarmusch — Time Out London, and the British specialist publication Notcoming.com. Official screening at the 4th London Spanish Film Festival (Instituto Cervantes London) plus more than ten festivals in Spain (Medina del Campo, Tarazona, Avilés, among others) and a Copenhagen showcase within an official Spanish cinema exhibition organized by Ficcab Benalmádena, the Spanish Embassy, and the ICAA (August 2007).

Shorts