Irene Gutiérrez Torres

Irene Gutiérrez is a Tribeca and Sundance Fellow graduated in Documentary Film Production from the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba) and PhD fellow at the department of Journalism and Media Studies in Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (Spain). She has directed the films "Border Diaries" (2012), "Hotel Nueva Isla" (2014) and the web-doc series "Connected Walls" (2015). Her last film, "To Those Who Fight" is in stage of post-production. Her current project focus on digital self-images with particular attention to issues of surveillance and migration. Her films and research link the intimate portrait and the historical dimensions of her characters with the landscape as an expression of the political tensions between individuals and nations.