Gabriel Azorín (born 1981) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter,Elisabet Cabeza and Emilio Mayorga, "Nine Spanish actors and directors to watch". Screen Daily, 23 September 2025. most noted for his 2025 film Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (Anoche conquisté Tebas).Alfonso Rivera, "Review: Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes". Cineuropa, 5 September 2025.
A cofounder of the lacasinegra filmmaking collective with Elena López Riera,Emilio Mayorga, "Madrid’s ECAM Incubator Selects ‘Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes,’ ‘Disposable,’ ‘Macrame’". Variety, 8 February 2022. he directed a number of short films before releasing his debut documentary film, The Mutants (Los mutantes), in 2016.Alfonso Rivera, "Los mutantes: The chiaroscuros of the learning process". Cineuropa, 8 November 2016.
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes, his first narrative feature film, premiered in the Giornate degli Autori section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.Rafa Sales Ross, "MoreThan Films Acquires Gabriel Azorín’s Venice-Bound ‘Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes’". Variety, 24 July 2025. Later screenings included the section of the 70th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci), where it won the Fundos Special Award, and the Belfort Entrevues International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix.Fabien Lemercier, "The Belfort Entrevues Festival crowns Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes its champion". Cineuropa, 24 November 2025.
Filmography Greyhounds (Los galgos) - 2011 El buen amor - 2014 Pas à Genève - 2014, codirector with Elena López Riera Tomorrow, the Bullet (Mañana vendrá la bala) - 2015 The Mutants (Los mutantes) - 2016 The Noise of the Universe (El ruido del universo) - 2022 Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (Anoche conquisté Tebas) - 2025
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