Filip
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Filip doesn’t like going to school. He’d much rather play football or watch films with his big brother Sebastian, who he likes but also admires. Until one day when he sees something that greatly disturbs him.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. She began her career in physical theatre in Costa Rica before earning her BFA in mime acting from Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden and her MFA from Columbia University, NYC in film directing/screenwriting. She is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, and NYFF Artist Academy, her short films have screened at film festivals worldwide. In 2016, Filip won the Best Film Under 15 Minutes award at the Palm Springs Shortfest. She co-wrote Entre Tú y Milagros, which won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. A participant in Torino ScriptLab 2021, she is currently developing her second feature film, The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands.
Films by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Molt 2018 | Shelter 2018 | Letting Go 2016 | Asunder 2015 | Filip 2015 | Not Blue 2011
