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Laura Mora in conversation with Ricardo Chica

Cartagena 2023, 

The film director and screenplay writer Laura Mora (Colombia), a Cinema Director graduate from RMIT University in Melbourne (Australia), has receltly released Los reyes del mundo, Concha de Oro for best film winner in the San Sebastian Film Festival 2022, where it was also warded the Sgnis award and the Feroz prize given by the press, and has also been awarded the prize for best film at Biarritz Festival and at Zurich Festival. The film tells the story of some young, underprivileged boys from Antioquía and their relation with their origins and the land, that becomes an extraordinary narration that reflecto n many of the problems that affect Colombia. Her previous film, Matar a Jesús, was premiered at Toronto International Film F and the the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2017. The film was selected for more thann 30 festivals and won more tan 20 prizes worldwide. Mora has also directed the tv series Frontera verde and El Robo del Siglo. Ricardo Chica speaks with mora about her work as a director and about the stories that she choses for her films.