His 2013 film "Norte, the End of History" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 66th Cannes Film Festival. He received the Golden Leopard at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival for "From What Is Before". At the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, his film "A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery" was awarded the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize. In the same year, he also received the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival for "The Woman Who Left".