Valeria Alfaro was born in San José (Costa Rica) and earned a degree in Film and Television, specialising in production, from the Veritas University, with a graduation project entitled 'Cine de género, características y retos de su producción dentro del contexto costarricense' (Gendered cinema, characteristics and challenges for production in Costa Rica). While still at university, she was selected for the 'Encuentro Iberoamericano de Estudiantes de Cine', a film student encounter organised in Guatemala by the Ícaro Festival. She also participated in the production of various short films, as well as several web and television series. She has participated in many national projects, in both feature and series format, and is currently working on distributing the Nicaraguan-Costa Rican documentary feature 'Ernesto en la Tierra', which explores the life of the poet and his political and religious involvement in his Central American country. The short film she made as part of her thesis, 'Todas las Lunas', won the prize for best Costa Rican film at the Lúdico Festival in 2020, and premièred internationally at the Ícaro Festival in Guatemala that same year. Alfaro has taught creative writing workshops for adults at the Costa Rica National Library, thus supporting one of her main focuses of interest as a producer, namely that of fostering audiovisual culture in Central America. Her other main interests as a producer are linked to the creation of spaces and projects designed to involve vulnerable populations in audiovisual art.
Last update of this profile: 2021
