Laura Baumeister de Montis

Laura Baumeister de Montis

Born 1983
Managua, Nicaragua

Biography

Sociologist and director, Laura Baumeister studied filmmaking in Mexico. She has directed the short films Isabel im Winter (2014), screened in the Semaine de la Critique at the Festival de Cannes, Fuerza bruta (2016), recipient of a special mention at Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse and of the Best Actress Award at the Morelia Festival, and Ombligo de agua (2018), which had its premiere at the Rotterdam Festival. La hija de todas las rabias (Daughter of Rage), her first feature film, won the Best Project Award at the VIII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, the EFADs-CAACI Europe-Latin America Co-production Award and the Artekino International Prize at the San Sebastian Festival. It carried off the WIP Latam Industry Award in 2021.

Festival de San Sebastián

Director

Movies
2022

Daughter of Rage

2016

Primal Force

Short
2018

Water Navel

2014

Lagunas

Screenwriter

Movies
2022

Daughter of Rage

2016

Primal Force

Short
2018

Water Navel

2014

Lagunas

Producer

Short
2018

Water Navel

Editor

Short
2014

Lagunas