Agustí Villaronga (1953-2023) was a Spanish filmmaker from Palma de Mallorca, known for his poetic and often unsettling explorations of trauma, memory, and identity. He studied History of Art at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona before working in film. His debut feature “Tras el cristal” (1986) premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and established his reputation for bold, psychological cinema. He gained further acclaim with “El niño de la luna” (1989), which earned him a Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay. “Pa Negre” (“Black Bread”, 2010) became a landmark of Catalan-language cinema: it won nine Goya Awards and became the first Catalan-language film selected to represent Spain at the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Later works such as “El mar” (2000) and “El vientre del mar” (2021) earned prizes at the Berlinale and Málaga Film Festival respectively. Villaronga received numerous national honours, including the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2022).

Filmography:
(Valik/Selected): Tras el cristal (Klaasist puuris, 1986), El niño de la luna (Moon Child, 1989), 99.9 (1997), El mar (2000), Aro Tolbukhin - En la mente del asesino (2002), Pa negre (Must leib, 2010), El rey de La Habana (2015), Born a King (2019), El ventre del mar (The Belly of the Sea, 2021)