Sofía Quirós Ubeda (born July 4, 1989) is a Costa Rican film director.
Sofía Quirós Ubeda | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 4, 1989  Buenos Aires |
| Occupation | Film director |
Sofía Quirós Ubeda was born on July 4, 1989 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and grew up in Costa Rica.[1] She studied at the University of Buenos Aires.[2]
She expanded her short film Selva (2017) into the feature film Ceniza Negra/Land of Ashes (2019). In both films, Smashleen Gutiérrez plays Selva, a 13-year-old girl living in a coastal town with her grandfather Tata (Humberto Samuels). Selva feels more at home in the jungle.[3][4][5] Selva was screened at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and Land of Ashes at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. They were the first short film and first feature film from Costa Rica to be featured at Cannes.[6] Land of Ashes was Costa Rica's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.[7]
She is working on her second feature-length film, Madre Pájaro.[8]
Filmography
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edit- ^ a b c "Festival Scope". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ "An interview with Sofía Quirós Ubeda". MIFF 2024. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ a b c Betancourt, Manuel (2021-06-01). "The Natural Order of Things". Film Quarterly. 74 (4): 68–71. doi:10.1525/fq.2021.74.4.68. ISSN 0015-1386.
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (2019-05-21). "'Land of Ashes' ('Ceniza Negra'): Film Review | Cannes 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ Ide2019-05-19T10:55:00+01:00, Wendy. "'Land Of Ashes': Cannes Review". Screen. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Times, The Tico (2019-05-20). "Sofía Quirós directs the first feature film from Costa Rica at Cannes". The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ "Oscars 2021: LAND OF ASHES Is the Costa Rican Contender". Cinema Tropical. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ "Madre pájaro, segundo largometraje de Sofía Quirós Úbeda, seleccionada para el fondo de Coproducción de 50.000€ del TorinoFilmLab – Caligari" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ Prensa (2023-11-20). "THREE FILMMAKERS, WITH VERY DIFFERENT STYLES, TALK ABOUT THEIR SHORT FILMS IN THE OFFICIAL SECTION: 'EL SILENCIO DE LOS NIÑOS', BY SOFÍA QUIRÓS UBEDA; 'BETIKO GAUA', BY ENEKO SAGARDOY; AND 'GREGORIA', BY CELIA VIADA CASO". Gijon International Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-08-04.