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Kim Torres
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…
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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).
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2025
If We Don't Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night
Movie Director
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2025
I Dreamed of a Gentle Landscape
Movie Director
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2025
Era más grande la tierra
Movie Writer
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2024
Náufragos
Movie Screenplay
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2023
The Moon Will Contain Us
Movie Director
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2022
Night Light
Movie Director
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2022
Nuestras Cartas
Movie Director
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2021
Suncatcher
Movie Director
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2020
Ghost, Animal
Movie Producer
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2020
The Shadow of the Desert (or the Paradise Regained)
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2017
Lightning Falls Behind
Movie Assistant Director
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Hope
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Memory
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Indignation
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