José Luis Torres Leiva (born April 2, 1975, in

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. 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

* '' When Clouds Hide the Shadow'' (2024) * 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) * ''

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'' (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 (), 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 films. The Cartagena Film Festival, which is held ever ...

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 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films. The inaugural festival took place in June 1972, ...

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

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