Victoria Linares Villegas

Victoria Linares Villegas (Dominican Republic)

Victoria Linares is an award-winning Dominican filmmaker whose interests lie in telling queer stories regarding transgenerational trauma and sociopolitical oppression.

Her debut non-fiction film It Runs in the Family" won best documentary at the Fine Arts Film Festival in Dominican Republic, Best New Director by the Youth Jury at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Best Film as decided by the Youth Jury at the Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival, and Best Documentary Film Runner-up at the Outshine Film Festival.

Her latest film Ramona had its world premiere at the Berlinale. She is the recipient of the True Vision Award 2023 at the True/False Film Festival. The film won the SIGNIS Award and Best Documentary at Cinélatino Toulouse, and was selected by Cinema Tropical as one of the best Latin American films of 2023.

Filmography

  • Ramona
    2023
  • It Runs in the Family
    2022
  • My Mother Resents Me
    2019
  • Stay Quiet
    2018

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