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Kim Torres

Kim Torres

Directing
1993-
Kim Torres is a Costa Rican director and screenwriter, recognized as an emerging voice in Latin American cinema. Her short Night Light (2022) was the first Costa Rican film to be nominated for a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Her work has screened at NYFF, Locarno, MoMA, Lincoln Center and the Eye Filmmuseum. Her debut feature participated in La Fabrique Cinéma and Cannes Focus Copro. She was a Guest Artist at CalArts (2022), a Berlinale Talents mentee (2023) and an alumna of the Locarno Filmmakers Academy (2024).

Participates in

  • Suncatcher
  • Lightning Falls Behind
  • Night Light
  • Ghost, Animal
  • Night Light
  • Nuestras Cartas
  • The Moon Will Contain Us
  • If We Don't Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night
  • The Shadow of the Desert (or the Paradise Regained)
  • Indignation
  • Hope
  • Memory
  • Indignation
  • Náufragos
  • I Dreamed of a Gentle Landscape
  • I Dreamed of a Gentle Landscape
  • If We Don't Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night
  • Era más grande la tierra