Valentina Maurel

History

Valentina Maurel, is of Franco-Costa Rican origin, has a degree in Filmmaking from the Insas in Brussels. Her graduation film, Paul is Here (2017), won the First Cinefondation Prize at Cannes and was screened at the Premiers Plans Film Festival. Lucia en el limbo (2019), her second short film, was selected at the Critic's Week at Cannes, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Premiers Plans Film Festival in 2020.

Movies

I Have Electric Dreams
Associate Producer
Eva can't stand the fact that her mother wants to renovate the house and get rid of the cat, which, disoriented since the divorce, pees everywhere. Eva wants to go and live with her father, who, disoriented like the cat, is experiencing a second adolescence. And Eva follows him while he tries to reconnect with his desire to become an artist and find love again. But like someone who crosses an ocean of adults without knowing how to swim, Eva will also discover the rage that gnaws at him, and that without knowing it, she has inherited from him.
I Have Electric Dreams
Screenplay
Eva can't stand the fact that her mother wants to renovate the house and get rid of the cat, which, disoriented since the divorce, pees everywhere. Eva wants to go and live with her father, who, disoriented like the cat, is experiencing a second adolescence. And Eva follows him while he tries to reconnect with his desire to become an artist and find love again. But like someone who crosses an ocean of adults without knowing how to swim, Eva will also discover the rage that gnaws at him, and that without knowing it, she has inherited from him.
I Have Electric Dreams
Director
Eva can't stand the fact that her mother wants to renovate the house and get rid of the cat, which, disoriented since the divorce, pees everywhere. Eva wants to go and live with her father, who, disoriented like the cat, is experiencing a second adolescence. And Eva follows him while he tries to reconnect with his desire to become an artist and find love again. But like someone who crosses an ocean of adults without knowing how to swim, Eva will also discover the rage that gnaws at him, and that without knowing it, she has inherited from him.
Lucia in Limbo
Screenplay
Sixteen-year-old Lucia wants to get rid of two things more than anything: her lice & her virginity.
Lucia in Limbo
Director
Sixteen-year-old Lucia wants to get rid of two things more than anything: her lice & her virginity.
Paul Is Here
Writer
Paul is here. Like a step backwards, like a ghost knocking at the door. He is here, and his annoying presence will disrupt Jeanne's everyday life.
Paul Is Here
Director
Paul is here. Like a step backwards, like a ghost knocking at the door. He is here, and his annoying presence will disrupt Jeanne's everyday life.