[1][2] Alex Lora was born in Barcelona, Spain and started making film in very young age after his parents bought a video8 handycam.

[3][4] Mr. Lora is a graduate of Barcelona's Ramon Llull University, where he earned BA and MA degrees in filmmaking and writing and directing for fiction.

[2] During this period, he collaborated with Xavi Satorra on two documentaries: “Seria Buenos Aires”[5] exploring the effects of the 2001 crisis in Argentina, and “Peace Camp”, for the Catalan TV, about a group of kids from Israel, Palestine, Iran and Spain, meeting up at the Forum 2004.

[6][7][8] In 2011, as a Fulbright Scholar, he completed his two-year MFA in Media Arts Production program at City College of New York, mentored by Chantal Akerman, where he was a final nominee for the Student Academy Award.

The film, starred by Jorge Antonio Guerrero and Xingchen Lyu, tells the story of two illegal aliens in New York who find each other.

According to a Variety review, the film highlights Alex's talents in addressing societal angst through themes of sex, drugs, and instagram post.