Director

Laura Mora

Born April 20, 1981 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia5 films

Laura Mora Ortega (Medellín, 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter, recognized for her 2017 feature film Matar a Jesús, and for winning the Golden Shell at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, with Los reyes del mundo.

She was born in Medellín and studied high school at the German School in the same city. He studied film production and directing at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Before the fire is Mora's debut feature film. It was released in 2015 in theaters in Colombia. Her follow up film is Matar a Jesús. The film won a large number of national and international awards, including the EGEDA Award at the Cartagena Film Festival, the Jury Prize for Best First Film and the Casa de las Américas Award at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, the Eroski Youth Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Roger Ebert Award at the Chicago Film Festival.

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The best way into Laura Mora's work

First watchThe Kings of the World20227.6Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Rá, Culebro, Sere, Winny and Nano. Five boys who live on the streets of Medellín. Five kings with no kingdom, no law, no family, set out on a journey in search of the promised land.View film

Filmography

5 films as director

2022The Kings of the WorldDirector
2017Killing JesusDirector
2015Before the fireDirector
2012SaloméDirector
2006BrotherhoodDirector