Born in Zaragoza (Spain), Sadie Duarte is an award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter and executive producer who holds a B.A. in English Studies at UNED, an M.A. in Textual and Cultural Studies in English Language (British & Hollywood Cinema) at University of Zaragoza and an MA in Film Direction and Production of TV Shows (University San Jorge). She has three novels for young adults published: Alas Para Soñar (Certeza, 2001), Souls of Fire (Libros Certeza, 2013) and Recordando Bethlem (Certeza, 2016). Sadie Duarte has received eleven literary & academic awards, more than 120 international awards for her films and also works both as a teacher of English & translator.
DMUS is the first short musical film that Sadie Duarte wrote, directed and produced with two teams working together in Spain and USA. It’s an international project to promote artists from different countries, actors & musicians which has already got many official selections and 19 awards DMUS is the first Spanish musical film shot in English language which made it onto IMDb.
In 2016, Sadie also wrote, directed and produced the melodrama Quizás un Día (Maybe Someday - in Spanish language with English subtitles) which received several official selections, won the Giulio Penzos's Award at Medff in Sicily (Italy), won Best Actress - Amelia Rius at Barcelona Planet Film Festival, received an Honorable Mention at Virgin Spring CineFest in India for Best Women‟s Film, Best Actress – Amelia Rius at AltFF (Alternative Film Festival) in Toronto (Canada) and won Best Twist at Top Indie Film Awards in Tokyo.
In 2016, Sadie Duarte also directed, wrote and produced the music video So Far by British singer Daniel Angelus.
In May 2017, Sadie wrote, directed and produced the comedy film Blown Away (Enchufados) which started touring the festival circuit in November 2017 and stars two Spanish celebrities, comedian Paco Arévalo and award-winning actor/director/producer Secun de la Rosa. This movie received 22 international awards including the Best TV Pilot Award at the prestigious annual festival FECICAM in Ciudad Real (Spain).
Sadie Duarte’s fourth movie, When the Music Stops Playing, which was first shown at the Sunny Side Up Film Festival in Oklahoma (USA) in 2019, a story about cerebral palsy shown from the protagonist’s damaged brain, won 34 international awards.
The Lights of Dawn, Sadie Duarte’s fifth movie about the last days of James Dean, shot in August 2020, has received 42 international awards.
Between Here and Gone, Sadie’s sixth movie, which she co-wrote with actor Iván Gisbert, started the festival circuit in 2022 and won 63 international awards.
Sheltered from Time (2023), a story about the myth of Lilith has received 35 international awards since it was released.
Sadie Duarte has other projects in the pipeline like two full-feature movies, one of them based on her novel Recordando Bethlem (Remembering Bethlehem). In her spare time, Sadie Duarte works as a freelance journalist, writing reviews and articles and helping artists to promote their works in magazines like Punk Globe (Los Ángeles, USA).
In April 2026 Sadie Duarte was a finalist at the prestigious Goya-qualifying festival Fescila (Spain) with her screenplay Vivir para contarlo.
Message from Sadie Duarte about Remnants of a Heartbeat: “Where sadness ends, hope finds its light.” Three ways to tell one story. Three experiences: Feature film documentary, short film documentary and musical film.
