Person
Kim Torres
Directing · Born 1993-01-12
Biography
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).
Known for
Nuestras Cartas
Director
Náufragos
Screenplay
Lightning Falls Behind
Assistant Director
Era más grande la tierra
Writer
Night Light
Director
Ghost, Animal
Producer
Suncatcher
Director
Memory
Screenplay
Hope
Screenplay
Indignation
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2025If We Don't Burn, How Do We Light Up the NightDirector
- 2025I Dreamed of a Gentle LandscapeDirector
- 2025Era más grande la tierraWriter
- 2024NáufragosScreenplay
- 2023The Moon Will Contain UsDirector
- 2022Night LightDirector
- 2022Nuestras CartasDirector
- 2021SuncatcherDirector
- 2020Ghost, AnimalProducer
- 2020The Shadow of the Desert (or the Paradise Regained)Screenplay
- 2017Lightning Falls BehindAssistant Director
- —IndignationScreenplay
- —MemoryScreenplay
- —HopeScreenplay
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