José Luis Torres Leiva
José Luis TORRES LEIVA (1975, Chile) has made a considerable number of short films and independent videos. El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia (2008) was his first feature film. Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), it was nominated for a Tiger Award and won the FIPRESCI Award at IFFR in 2008. Verano was also supported by the HBF and had its premiere at the Venice film festival in 2011. The European-Latin American co-production Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2019.
Filmography
(selection) Confesiones de un caballo suicida/Confessions of a Suicidal Horse (2002, short), No tengo nada que decir/I Have Nothing to Say (2003, short), Ningún lugar en ninguna parte/No Place Nowhere (2004, doc), Los ojos abiertos/The Open Eyes (2004, short), Obreras saliendo de la fábrica/Women Workers Leaving the Factory (2005, short), El tiempo que se queda/The Time That Rests (2007, doc), El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia/The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (2008), El secreto/The Secret (2008, short), Trance uno/Trance One (2008, short), Trance (1-10) (2008), Primer día de invierno/First Day of Winter (2010, short), Tres semanas después/Three Weeks Later (2010, doc), Verano/Summertime (2011), Copia imperfecta/Imperfect Copy (2012, short), Ver y escuchar/Listen to it (2013), 11 habitaciones en Antártica/11 Rooms on Antarctica (2013), El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa/The Winds Know That I’m Coming Back Home (2016), El sueño de Ana/Ana’s Dream (2017, short), Sobre cosas que me han pasado (2018, short), Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos/Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes (2019)
More info: Wikipedia, José Luis Torres Leiva
José Luis Torres Leiva at IFFR
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Lucía
A beautifully made portrait of the seamstress Lucia, who lives with her father in an old house in Santiago, that offers an unexpected glimpse of the c
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Hubert Bals Fund
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Previously On
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De jueves a domingo
Scenes from a marriage, viewed from the back seat of the spacious Mazda 929 that a Chilean family uses to go on holiday for a couple of days. Sensitiv
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Tigers
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El tiempo que se queda
‘A film about the passing of time: in simple things, in the faces, in object, in nature, in details.’ Talented young Chilean filmmaker cautiously allo
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Cinema of the Future: Sturm und Drang
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Obreras saliendo de la fábrica
An atmospheric portrait of four women who leave the factory where they work to go to the beach.
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Short: As Long As It Takes
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El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia
Pure cinema, apparently casual in its story, image and sound, about ordinary, lonely people who live on a remote Chilean island. Who are we to contrad
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VPRO Tiger Awards Competition
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Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos
Intimate depiction of a struggle between love and sorrow. Two women cherish being together while death waits to strike.
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Voices Main Programme
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El sueño de Ana
An electrifying lover’s goodbye from the maker of The Winds Know That I’m Coming Back Home (2016). A film of profound emotions and cinematic pre
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Voices Short
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El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa
Looking for extras and locations, a filmmaker settles on Chiloé, the second largest island off the coast of Chile. He does auditions, but mainly liste
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Deep Focus
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ID: Community Cameras
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Ningún lugar en ninguna parte
Meditative film shot in an ouder suburb of the Chilean port Valparaïso, incomparably described by the director himself as ‘notes by a documentary abou
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Sturm und Drang
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De jueves a domingo
Scenes from a marriage, viewed from the back seat of the spacious Mazda 929 that a Chilean family uses to go on holiday for a couple of days. Sensitiv
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Tiger Awards Competition
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