José Luis Torres Leiva (born April 2, 1975, in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
) is a
film director,
editor, and
screenwriter. José Luis Torres Leiva won the FIPRESCI Prize in Rotterdam with his first feature, El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia (2008). The second, Verano (2011), premiered in the Orizzonti section in Venice. El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa (The Wind Knows I'm Coming Back Home) participated in San Sebastian's Zabaltegi section in 2016, returning
to the same section in 2017 (also the year he was president of the International Film Students Meeting jury) with the short El sueño de Ana. He is currently preparing the feature Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos.
Filmography
* Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos (2019)
* Sobre cosas que me han pasado (2018)
* El sueño de Ana (2017)
* Los soñadores (2016)
* El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa (2016)
* Qué historia es ésta y cuál es su final (2013)
* El brazo de Sandow (2013)
* 11 habitaciones en Antártica (2013)
* Ver y escuchar (2013)
* ''
Summer'' (2011)
* Tres semanas después (2010)
* Primer día de invierno (2009)
* Trance 1-10 (2008)
* ''
The Sky, the Earth and the Rain'' (2008)
* El tiempo que se queda (2007)
* Obreras saliendo de la fábrica (2005)
* Ningún Lugar en Ninguna Parte (2004)
Awards
*
Cartagena Film Festival
The Cartagena Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short ...
Golden India Catalina Award: El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa (2016)
* Best Film, Olhar de Cinema, Brasil for El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa (2016)
*
Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival Cinemex Award for Best Narrative Film: El cielo, la tierra, y la lluvia (2008)
*
Rotterdam International Film Festival
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental fi ...
FIPRESCI Prize: El cielo, la tierra, y la lluvia (2008)
* Buenos Aires Film Festival Cinema of the Future Award: El tiempo que se queda (2007)
* Best International Short Film Zinebi Bilbao Film Festival for "Obreras saliendo de la fábrica", 2005
* Best International Short Film Chicago Int. Film Festival for "Obreras saliendo de la fábrica", 2005
* Best Short Film, Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece, for "Obreras saliendo de la fábrica", 2005
References
External links
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1975 births
Chilean film directors
Living people
Chilean screenwriters
Male screenwriters
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