
SYNNOIA
After an accident leaves his wife in a coma, Marcos agrees to preserve her consciousness inside his own body. What seemed like an act of love begins to blur the boundaries between them.
I write stories that enter through the image and stay through emotion.


I am interested in what a character does, what they leave unsaid and what they are willing to lose. I use genre as a tool, not a limit, to create stories capable of surprising, moving and staying with the audience.
In a future where human emotion has nearly vanished, a screenwriter discovers that his stories can make an entire society feel again; but the mogul controlling his gift begins erasing his identity and threatening the only woman capable of seeing him.

After an accident leaves his wife in a coma, Marcos agrees to preserve her consciousness inside his own body. What seemed like an act of love begins to blur the boundaries between them.
Short films that have already reached the screen. Mírame is currently in post-production.

David, a solitary man tormented by voices he cannot silence, searches for an explanation for his suffering. When he receives a mysterious box that may hold the key to the truth, he must confront what he has avoided for far too long.

Nada sin ti is a moving portrait of the final moments Lucas shares with his mother, María. What seems like a simple farewell becomes a reunion filled with unexpected decisions that will test the bond between them.

When two former classmates reunite, old wounds rise to the surface. Through silences, gestures and an unexpected revelation, they discover that some wounds can only heal when we learn to truly see.
Produced short films and screenplays recognised at international competitions: awards, finalist placements and selections that support a growing body of work.
Also, SYNNOIA was a finalist at Oxford Script Awards and a quarter-finalist at Outstanding Screenplays. Both SYNNOIA and The Last Tear of Man were finalists at the Berlin International Screenwriting Festival | BISF; the latter was also a quarter-finalist at Page Turner Screenplays. The journey also includes awards and official selections at competitions across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
View all awards and selections →A profile exploring his journey as a screenwriter, the origins of his vocation, and the development of a cinematic voice rooted in emotion, imagery and character.
Read interview · ENThe screenplay’s central conflict, the boundary between love and possession, the rewriting process, and the balance between science fiction and emotion.
Read interview · ENA conversation about his perspective as a writer, his cinematic influences, and SYNNOIA as a visual story about love, loss and identity.
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J. H. Allely (Seville, 1979) is a screenwriter with a visual and atmospheric approach. His stories move across different genres and formats, with a focus on character, conflict and the narrative power of the image.
His writing seeks to turn powerful concepts into clear, human cinematic stories with a distinctive identity, balancing genre ambition with dramatic precision.
He is part of the anthology universe Edificio 23, for which he has written episodes and produced short films including Liberación, Nada sin ti and Mírame. His work has received dozens of awards, selections and international distinctions. SYNNOIA has been recognised by screenplay competitions in several countries, while his feature screenplay The Last Tear of Man has begun its international run with awards, finalist placements and official selections.
He completed the specialist course in Fiction Screenwriting at HAZ RTVE. He is currently developing feature screenplays and new projects across different genres and formats, with a clear ambition: to turn powerful ideas into visual, intimate and emotionally memorable cinematic stories.
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