Xavi Sala (1971) is a Mexican screenwriter, director and film producer. His short "Hiyab" (2005) was nominated for the Goya Awards. His feature-length film debut,"Guie’dani’s Navel" ("Xquipi’ Guie’dani", 2018), was selected for more than 40 festivals. It won 9 awards and it was sold, among others, to HBO USA, and commercially released in Mexico and Spain. Sala has directed nine short films and participated in many festivals. He received more than 80 awards and has become internationally recognized. Some of these film festivals include Tampere, Oberhausen, Dresden, San Sebastian, Berlin, Guadalajara, Sao Paulo, Kyiv, Saint Petersburg, Los Angeles, Chicago, Montreal, Seoul, Sidney, Tangier, etc. He is currently in pre-production on his new film titled Black Hands ("Manos Negras").
Filmography:
Xquipi' Guie'dani (2018), La virgen silenciosa (The Silent Virgin, 2025)