Amanecer (Dawn)

The director's mother died when she was 14. As her voice and gestures started to fade from Carmen's memory, she felt a growing need to find her biological mother. Thus began a 20-year quest. Amanecer explores ideas of maternity, identity, trauma and memories, ties, love and loss, what makes us who and how we are.

Carmen Torres is a filmmaker, screenwriter and cinematographer. She directed the photography for Albertina Carri’s Los rubios (2003), which won the Festival Prize for Best Feature Film at l’Alternativa in 2004, Andrés Denegri’s Luján (2004) and Andrés Duque’s Oleg y las raras artes (2015), which won her a nomination for Best Cinematography at the Ibero-American Fénix Film Awards. Amanecer is her first feature.