Hermes Paralluelo graduated from Centro de Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya, majoring in cinematography, and immediately began working on documentaries for Barcelona Televisión. In 2004 he moved to Argentina where he debuted two years later with a medium-length film, Pan de Azúcar, which was selected for Documenta Madrid and the Valdivia IFF. His feature-length debut, Yatasto (2011), was awarded at numerous film festivals such as Bafici, FidMarseille, Viennale, Ficunam, Málaga, etc. His second feature film, Not All Is Vigil (No todo es vigilia, 2014), premiered at the San Sebastián IFF and was later awarded at film festivals in Bratislava, Palm Springs, Mar del Plata, Uruguay, Cosquín, etc.