Charlie López

Charlie López - Director known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «Society Pages» (2024),

Charlie López (1999) is a Costa Rican film director and moving image artist. His first fiction short film “En cada casa vacía” received the award for Best national short film at the ninth edition of the Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine (CRFIC) and his most recent short film, “The Swimmers", a film essay inspired by artist Ed Ruscha’s photography book “Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass”, had its international premiere at the twelfth edition of the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (BIEFF). The latter film has also been selected and shown in spaces such as Le Festival International du Film sur l'Art (Le FIFA), Filmfest Dresden, Lago Film Festival, L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Curta Kinoforum, Fest New Directors New Films, and received an honorable mention at the tenth CRFIC. Aside from festivals, López has also been part of collective and individual exhibitions in Costa Rican art spaces such as Satis.FACTORY, where he produced his short film “Society Pages”. In 2023 he received an honorable mention from the National Awards for Audiovisual Arts given by the Ministry of Culture and Youth of Costa Rica.

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