
Kiro Russo
Directing
Biography
Born in La Paz, Kiro Russo is a director and producer. Trained at FUC Buenos Aires, he directed and produced three short films which got significant exposure on the festivals circuit. In 2016, Kiro completed his first feature, "Dark Skull", selected at 80 festivals and winning 23 awards, including at Locarno FF. Developed with the support of writing residencies (Tabakalera, Moulin d'Andé), film markets and labs (LoboLab, Ciné Latino, BRLab, Fabrique des Cinémas, Artist with bright future), his second feature, ‘El Gran Movimiento’, was shot in La Paz and shown at Venice 78.
Known For

A symphony of the city in the heights, the illness of a worker, the nightmare and his redemption.
The Great Movement

Mysteries, anxieties, and dreams of a new life.
New Life

1538. In the Inca empire a strange visitor has arrived. The messenger Sisco will give the news.
The Beast

Some of the materials and studies that were made during 2015 for the conformation and creation of the short film New life. The selection, the re-appropriation and the montage of them, conform a new poetic that has a direct relation with the final work and at the same time opens a space that allows us to glimpse the creative process, transforming itself into a piece in itself. Materiales is like the B-side of another cinematographic work, as in the old 7-inch vinyl sigles.
Materiales

Man, city, machine. Once you've boarded the Enterprise, follow the driver's instructions.
Enterprisse

Elder Mamaní’s father has died, and it looks as if young Elder couldn’t care less, even though he has no one to take care of him now. He goes to live with his grandmother in the outskirts of the mining city, Huanuni, where Francisco, his godfather, gives him a job at the mine. But it doesn’t take long for Elder, who cares more about getting high and wandering through dangerous alleys at night, to mess it up. But he soon finds out about a dark secret regarding Francisco’s involvement in his father’s death…
Dark Skull

About ten thousand people enter daily into Posokoni, the largest tin mine in Bolivia, and make their way into primordial darkness.