Cristina Perales | Casting director
Cristina Perales is a casting director with more than 20 years of experience in Film, Television and Advertising.
She has participated in films such as Pan’s Labyrinth and The Devil’s Backbone, both directed by Guillermo del Toro, and Talk to Her directed by Pedro Almodóvar. As well as the films Pregnant and Under the same roof with the director Juana Macías.
On television, the series + de 100 mentiras and Albanta, produced by Lucky Road for A3 Studios, stand out.
Her latest works include the film Ocho apellidos marroquís produced by La Zona and distributed by Telecinco Cinema and Camino de la suerte, directed by Jorge Alonso’s first film produced by Lyo Media and the TV series “Ángela” directed by Norberto López Amado and produced by Buendía Estudios.
In addition to being a casting director, Cristina Perales is an actor’s coach, and prepares actors for other national and international productions.
Asier Olaizola
Asier Olaizola, graduated in Geography from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, with the Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, is a professional actor and acting coach, having worked as an actor in Tv Shows such as: Las Chicas del Cable, Velvet Coleccion, 45 Rpm, La línea Invisible, One Less Life in the Canary Islands, Ángela, Cicatriz and Heist at the Central Bank, among others.
In 2013 he founded the Aficionarts Cultural Association, which he directed until it ceased due to the pandemic in 2020. In this he develops and teaches theater courses for amateurs and begins his role as an acting coach.
For ten editions he worked as a host and moderator of the San Sebastián Film Festival (Zinemaldia) and has been part of the production team of the Donostia International Jazz Festival (Jazzaldia) for eighteen editions.
In 2012 he wrote, directed and produced his first short film “El Abrigo” selected in numerous festivals, among which the “Huesca International Film Festival” stands out and is included in “The Short Film Corner of Cannes”.
In 2023 he published his first novel “Un Instante”. That same year, the play “Kris ta Krash ileapaindegia” of which he co-authored won the First Pocket Theater Prize from Donostia Kultura. And in 2024 he published his second novel “El último cuento” edited by Aliar editions and which was a finalist in the Euphoria 2023 Literary Contest.
In 2024 he joins Cristina Perales’s casting team.
