Graduate in History (URV) and Audiovisual Communication (UPF). He has worked in historical research as well as a documentary scriptwriter and university professor. Film and video curator, he has organized exhibitions and programs in Brazil, Israel, Russia, Colombia, the US and China and collaborated with institutions such as Kunst-Werke (Berlin), Caixaforum, Instituto Cervantes or the Cineteca Nacional de México. He served as a jury in festivals in South Africa, Hungary, Italy, France, and Siberia, including the Berlinale (Generation). Since 2011 he has been a programmer at Tallinn Black Nights FF (Estonia), a delegate for Spanish-speaking countries, and editor of Rebels with a Cause Comp. During 2014-18, he was the head curator of the project Off the Wall, which brings Central & Eastern European films on tour in over twenty cities in seven countries in Europe and America. Cofounder of REC International Film Festival of Tarragona in 2011 and artistic director since 2006, where in 2014 RECLab was launched. Javier started El Sur Films in 2016, distributing new talents to the Spanish market. His last adventure is panoramica.film which brings Spanish talent to international events.
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