José Luis TORRES LEIVA (1975, Chile) has made a considerable amount of short films and independent videos. The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (2008) was his first feature film. Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), it was nominated for a Tiger Award and won the FIPRESCI Award at the IFFR in 2008. Summertime has also been supported by the HBF and had its premiere at the Venice film festival in 2011.
(selection) Confesiones de un caballo suicida/Confessions of a Suicidal Horse (2002, short), No tengo nada que decir/I Have Nothing to Say (2003, short), Ningún lugar en ninguna parte/No Place Nowhere (2004, doc), Los ojos abiertos/The Open Eyes (2004, short), Obreras saliendo de la fábrica/Women Workers Leaving the Factory (2005, short), El tiempo que se queda/The Time that Rests (2007, doc), El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia/The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (2008), El secreto/The Secret (2008, short), Trance uno/Trance One (2008, short), Trance (1-10) (2008), Primer día de invierno/First Day of Winter (2010, short), Tres semanas después/Three Weeks Later (2010, doc), Verano/Summertime (2011)