Irene Gutierrez Torres is a filmmaker from Ceuta. She earned a B.A. in documentary from the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV, Havana, Cuba) before receiving her M.F.A. in fine arts & cinema studies with high honors. She has directed Border Diaries (25’ SpainMorocco, 2012), Hotel Nueva Isla (70’ Cuba-Spain, 2014) and Exile Diaries (43’, Spain). Her films received funding from the Tribeca TFI program, the Sundance Institute and the Spanish General Consulate in New York city and have been screened in more than fifty international film festivals and art venues. Hotel Nueva Isla won special jury awards at the Jeonju International Film Festival, New Orleans International Film Festival and Austin Las Americas Film Festival. The film was part of the Bright Future program in 2014 and the MoMA Documentary Fortnight in 2015. Her films and research link the intimate portrait with the landscape as an expression of the political tensions between individuals and nations.