Alba Cros

Alba Cros (b. 1991) is a filmmaker, cinematographer, and teacher based in Barcelona whose work explores identity, intimacy, and other narratives.
Cros co-directed “Otherness” (2023) with Nora Haddad, a documentary on lesbian identities in Catalonia, which won the prestigious Ciutat de Barcelona Award and was nominated for Best Documentary and Best Original Score at the 2024 Gaudí Awards.
Her creative journey moves fluidly between fiction and documentary, with films such as “Àgata’s Friends” (2015), co-directed with Laia Alabart, Marta Verheyen, and Laura Rius Aran. The film had a successful theatrical release and was nominated for Best Film at the 2016 Gaudí Awards. “Longing for Light” (2023), a City Symphony for the Contemporary Culture Center of Barcelona (CCCB), premiered at IDFA.
Cros shapes the visual language of her projects as a director of photography. She was part of the cinematography team for “Southern Brides” (2024), directed by Elena López Riera, which premiered at Cannes. She was also the director of photography (and actress) in “Girlfriends & Girlfriends” (2022) by Zaida Carmona, which premiered at Rotterdam, as well as the cinematographer for the short film “Tomorrow Then” (2022) by David Moragas. Additionally, she served as assistant director for “The Days to Come” (2019) by Carlos Marquès-Marcet.
Since 2013, she has taken part in educational projects with A Bao A Qu, particularly through the Cinema en Curs program. She is an associate professor in Audiovisual Communication at Pompeu Fabra University and serves on the board of the Catalan Film Academy.

Alba Cros is a participant of the Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies program for 2025/26.