2023Nominee
Best Director
Los Gigantes
Jurgen Ureña
Director · Producer · Writer
Biography
Jurgen Ureña is a graduate of the Film and TV School of Veritas University (Costa Rica) and has a Master's Degree in Creative Documentary from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His short films have been screened at the Cannes, Washington, Hamburg and Cartagena film festivals, among others. His first feature film, Muñecas rusas (2014), received the Best Director Award at the Ícaro Central American Film Festival. Two years later, his second film, Abrazame como antes (2016), received the same recognition, along with the Best Central American Feature Film Award from the Costa Rica International Film Festival, among other awards.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2020Nominee
Best Director
Dulce Martina
2016Nominee
Best Director
Hold Me Like Before
Career Highlights
2006Highlight
Best Director
Mirages
2005Highlight
Best Writing
From Sun to Sun