The True/False Film Festival has announced Dominican director Victoria Linares Villegas as the 2023 recipient of the True Vision Award, presented to a director’s dedication to the advancement of nonfiction filmmaking.
Linares Villegas is an award-winning queer Dominican filmmaker whose interests lie in telling stories regarding transgenerational trauma and sociopolitical oppression. Her debut non-fiction film It Runs in the Family has been an official selection at True/False, BFI Flare, BAFICI, Outfest LA, DOC NYC, Festival de Málaga, among many others. The film has won best documentary at the Fine Arts Film Festival in Dominican Republic, Best New Director by the Youth Jury at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Best Film as decided by the Youth Jury at the Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival, and Best Documentary Film Runner-up at the Outshine Film Festival.
Linares Villegas’ new film Ramona, will screen at the festival alongside a retrospective program. It Runs in the Family will return to screen as part of the True Vision retrospective program, and the director will curate and present a film that was influential in forming her own approach to filmmaking, which will be announced soon.
Launched in 2004, the True/False film festival takes place annually in Columbia, Missouri, with a particular focus on nonfiction cinema. Its True Vision Award was first presented in the inaugural edition of the festival. In 2019, it was presented to Spanish-Mexican director Nuria Ibáñez, and last year to Mexican director Juan Pablo González. The 2023 edition of True/False will take place March 2-5.
