FEATURE FILMS
SI NO ARDEMOS, CÓMO ILUMINAR LA NOCHE
– IF WE DON’T BURN, HOW DO WE LIGHT UP THE NIGHT –
BY KIM TORRES
SINOPSIS
A sus trece años, Laura se siente atrapada en su nueva familia. Justo cuando empieza a aceptar su nueva vida entre extensos bosques y plantaciones de palma, descubre que el pueblo esconde un oscuro secreto que amenaza a las mujeres que más ama.
SYNOPSIS
Thirteen-year-old Laura feels adrift in her newly stitched-together family. Just as the forests and endless palm plantations begin to feel like home, she uncovers a lurking secret that threatens the women she holds close.
FESTIVALS
FUNDS & AWARDS
Krishnan Shah Family Foundation Grant
Fomento al Cine Mexicano (FOCINE)
with the support of the SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)
Centro Costarricense de Producción Cinematográfica
WORKSHOPS & FESTIVALS
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DIRECTED BY
Kim Torres
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PRODUCED BY
Ale Vargas Carballo
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GENRE
Drama
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DURATION
88 min
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COUNTRY
Costa Rica, México, France
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LANGUAGE
Spanish
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YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2025
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CO PRODUCTION
Mariana Monroy – Tropical Films
Camille Ferrero – Les Films du Clan
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SCRIPT
Kim Torres
Luisa Mora Fernández
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DoP
Mel Nocetti
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EDITING
Nicole Chi Amén
Omar Guzmán
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ART DESIGNER
Mauricio Esquivel
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SOUND DESIGNER
Thomas Becka
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MUSIC
Delphine Malaussena
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CAST
Lara Yuja Mora – Laura
Keylin Delgado Arguedas – Daniela
Valentina Chaves Jimenez – Gaby
Michelle Jones – Marisol
Teresa Sánchez – Gloria
Juan Luis Araya – Charlie
Gabriel Guzmán Rodríguez – Esteban
Luis Carlos Canhoto Baptista da Silva – Bruno
GUIÁN
BY NICOLE CHI
SINOPSIS
Después de que la abuela Guián fallece, Nicole decide ir a China por primera vez a buscar la casa que su abuela abandonó cuando emigró a Costa Rica. Esta sería la única forma de responder las preguntas que Nicole nunca pudo hacer porque nunca aprendió chino, y su abuela nunca aprendió español. Este viaje la lleva a cuestionar la memoria y el peso del pasado para conformar la propia identidad.
SYNOPSIS
After grandma Guián passes away, Nicole decides to go to China for the first time to look for the house Guián left when she emigrated to Costa Rica. This becomes a journey to answer the questions Nicole was never able to ask her because she never learned Chinese, and her grandma never learned Spanish. The whole film is the first and last imagined conversation between her and her grandma and an attempt to come to terms with the duality of her identity.
FESTIVALS
Italo-Latino Americana
FUNDS & AWARDS
WORKSHOPS & FESTIVALS
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DIRECTED BY
Nicole Chi Amen
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PRODUCED BY
Ale Vargas Carballo
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GENRE
Documentary
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DURATION
75min
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COUNTRY
Costa Rica
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LANGUAGE
Spanish | Cantonese | Mandarin
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YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2023
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DoP
Nicole Chi Amén
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EDITING
Roberth Pereira
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SOUND DESIGNER
Gabriela Rivas Feoli
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MUSIC
Diego Rojas
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SOUND MIXING
Miles Foster-Greenwood
