Tom Garner

Tom is the co-founder of OTOXO Productions, an award winning production company, based in Barcelona. creating character focused, narrative driven docs to raise the sound of unheard voices & shed a light on unseen faces.

He has created documentaries for broadcasters and platforms both in Spain & internationally, such as FILMIN, The Guardian, TV3, RakutenTV, El Pais & BTV, and his films have picked up prizes in festivals across the globe.

He most recently directed the feature documentary, Unbound, about a group of abuse survivors from the ballet world who walk out of toxic companies & start a radical, inclusive, supportive new company of their own. The film is a co-production with TV3 and had its world Premiere at DocsBarcelona, won the Jury Prize at Central Scotland Doc Fest, and has been selected by FIPADOC, Borderlines Film Festival, and Reframe Film Festival for 2025. It has global distribution with Journeyman Pictures.

Also, through OTOXO’s unique ‘INto INdustry’ programme Tom heads up a team that give young,creative individuals a combination of rigorous training & professional filmmaking opportunities, & help them become industry professionals in their own right. Tom’s specific focus on the programme is cinematography and directing photography.

Beyond directing, he is also the producer on a number of shorts, such as Flamenco Ikigai withdirector Emanuel Massa, a winner at Halicarnassus film festival and Riders Uniting, with director Will Roberts, which featured in Huck Magazine.

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