Victoria Linares Villegas

Biography

Victoria Linares is an award winning Dominican queer filmmaker. Her first feature film, Lo que se hereda, premiered in March 2022. It has been official selection in festivals such as True/False Film Fest, BFI Flare London Festival, BAFICI, DOC NYC, among others, winning international and local awards. Her second feature film “RAMONA” premiered at the prestigious Berlinale 2023 festival, and has been part of the BFI London Film Festival, AFI, FICCI, IDFA, FICVALDIVIA, among others. 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. She is currently in production of her first feature narrative film titled NO SALGAS.