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Victoria Linares Villegas

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Victoria Linares Villegas

Born October 16, 1988 · Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (age 37)

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 b…

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Don't Come OutDon't Come Out · 2026
Don't Come Out
★ 9.02026
MovieHorrorDrama
After her girlfriend's death, Liz hides her true self until a weekend trip awakens forbidden desires. When her sexuality is exposed, paranoia and violence consume the group as her secret becomes deadly.
ChocolateChocolate · 2017
Chocolate
2017
MovieRomanceFantasy
Yan is awful at love, disappointments lead him to meet his friends in a nightclub, where they encourages him to talk to a girl. This time Yan will not do it alone, in this story of fantasy and love at first sight.
Stay QuietStay Quiet · 2018
Stay Quiet
★ 8.02018
MovieDrama
Despite living in a conservative society, Daniela, a closeted queer, commits to a young high school girl named Lucía, but a traumatic event threatens their relationship.
RamonaRamona · 2023
Ramona
★ 7.82023
MovieDocumentary
Preparing for a role, an actress holds conversations with pregnant young girls. Throughout the process, the girls lay out the stories of their own lives on camera, changing the course of the production of the film.
I Love You So Much, But You Are So DifficultI Love You So Much, But You Are So Difficult · 2025
I Love You So Much, But You Are So Difficult
2025
Movie
A hybrid film reimagining the relationship between mother and daughter as they traverse the tropics and topics in a series of travels through tender and emotionally charged terrains, finding parallels amongst differences and bonds through reflection.
It Runs in the FamilyIt Runs in the Family · 2022
It Runs in the Family
★ 5.02022
MovieDocumentary
A revelation about Oscar Torres, her unknown and once world-famous queer filmmaker cousin, sends Victoria down a path of self-discovery through reconstructions of his intimate memories living in the 1950's authoritarian Caribbean, as Victoria leads re-enactments of his unproduced screenplays with the family who erased him.
My Mother Resents MeMy Mother Resents Me · 2019
My Mother Resents Me
★ 7.02019
MovieDocumentaryAnimation
In My Mother Resents Me, Victoria Linares Villegas wonders if her mother has always been a sad person, and works towards an understanding of her own relationship to her that draws on old photographs and new discoveries – an exploration that takes the artist back to the Dominican Republic’s former dictatorship, and the idea that anxiety, solitude and sorrow can persist through generations.

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