A young Mexican university student, Melissa also does an activity considered to be "for men". There, she demonstrates the strength and courage needed for dealing with an environment where women are constantly under threat. (LGV)
- Guanajuato International Film Festival - Special Mention Best Short Film (2018)
- Morelia International Film Festival - Documentary Short Film (2018)
- Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival (2019)
- Cinequest Film Festival (2019)
- Malaga Film Festival (2019)
Laura earned her Master's in Documentary Creation from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. She further started cultivating her interest in film in San Francisco, CA.
In 2011 in Mexico, Laura is part of the Emergenciamx group of filmmakers and is a founding partner of La Sandía Digital. She has made over twenty documentary short films. In 2012 she directed the feature-length documentary Son duros los días sin nada produced by La Sandía Digital.
Her debut feature documentary, El Remolino, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and won awards at a dozen festivals, including Documentamadrid, Planetfocus (Canada) and Saratovv International Film Festival (Russia). She is now in the production stage of her next film La Mami.