Laura Mora

Laura Mora

Nascimento : 1981-04-20, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

História

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. He 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. Matar a Jesús is Mora's debut feature film. It was released in 2017 in theaters in Colombia. 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.

Perfil

Laura Mora

Filmes

Os Reis do Mundo
Writer
Cinco amigos deixam as ruas de Medellín e embarcam em uma jornada perigosa pela Colômbia para recuperar um terreno deixado pela avó de um deles.
Os Reis do Mundo
Director
Cinco amigos deixam as ruas de Medellín e embarcam em uma jornada perigosa pela Colômbia para recuperar um terreno deixado pela avó de um deles.
The Bed
Production Executive
Alan and Adriana are taking everything from their home, to let it empty. They try to take out a double bed from their room and it gets stuck between them, pull them apart and block the view. As they can´t see each other, they find the possibility to talk and give each other reasons why they are stopping living together.
Killing Jesus
Writer
A estudante Paula testemunhou o assassinato de seu pai, mas ela e sua família sabem que as autoridades não fazer nada e que logo o caso vai ser arquivado. Mas, alguns meses depois, perto do Natal, Paula encontra com Jesús, o jovem que matou seu pai. E é aí que a vingança vem na cabeça de Paula.
Killing Jesus
Director
A estudante Paula testemunhou o assassinato de seu pai, mas ela e sua família sabem que as autoridades não fazer nada e que logo o caso vai ser arquivado. Mas, alguns meses depois, perto do Natal, Paula encontra com Jesús, o jovem que matou seu pai. E é aí que a vingança vem na cabeça de Paula.
Before the fire
Director
The journalist Alvaro Mendoza investigates the murder of his best friend and colleague. With the help of a journalism student, they discover the plan of the guerilla, the mafia and the military to attack the Colombian justice palace.
Lo azul del cielo
Script
Salomé
Writer
It's the 16th of July Virgin del Carmen´s day, and Salomé, a beautiful 14-year-old girl, is celebrating the first anniversary of her beloved father’s death. While everybody is partying, her Grief contrasts with the festivity environment, forcing her to confront her pain, her own believes, her myths and even her most precious childhood memories and illusions to be able to understand imminent death and finally get some closure.
Salomé
Director
It's the 16th of July Virgin del Carmen´s day, and Salomé, a beautiful 14-year-old girl, is celebrating the first anniversary of her beloved father’s death. While everybody is partying, her Grief contrasts with the festivity environment, forcing her to confront her pain, her own believes, her myths and even her most precious childhood memories and illusions to be able to understand imminent death and finally get some closure.
Brotherhood
Editor
Brotherhood tells the story of two brothers of Middle Eastern descent, who live with their mother in a social housing complex, known as Housing States, in the city of Melbourne, Australia. While Ali, the older brother suffers from heroin dependence, Syed, the youngest, tries to make a different life from his brother and finds a means of escape in urban poetry.
Brotherhood
Producer
Brotherhood tells the story of two brothers of Middle Eastern descent, who live with their mother in a social housing complex, known as Housing States, in the city of Melbourne, Australia. While Ali, the older brother suffers from heroin dependence, Syed, the youngest, tries to make a different life from his brother and finds a means of escape in urban poetry.
Brotherhood
Writer
Brotherhood tells the story of two brothers of Middle Eastern descent, who live with their mother in a social housing complex, known as Housing States, in the city of Melbourne, Australia. While Ali, the older brother suffers from heroin dependence, Syed, the youngest, tries to make a different life from his brother and finds a means of escape in urban poetry.
Brotherhood
Director
Brotherhood tells the story of two brothers of Middle Eastern descent, who live with their mother in a social housing complex, known as Housing States, in the city of Melbourne, Australia. While Ali, the older brother suffers from heroin dependence, Syed, the youngest, tries to make a different life from his brother and finds a means of escape in urban poetry.