Costa Rica-based Valentina Maurel obtained a degree in Filmmaking from the Insas in Brussels. Her graduation film, Paul is Here was awarded the First Cinefondation Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2017. Lucía en el Limbo, her second short film shot in Costa Rica, was selected at the Critics’ Week at Cannes 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival and won first prize at the Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico.
