Valentina Hueck is a director, writer and editor. In 2020, she graduated with Honors from Pratt Institute with a B.F.A. in Film. Since graduating, she has been working as a freelance video editor. She is one of the eleven 2021 "Filmed in NC" awardees. Her film, “pulsing orange, skinny youth,” was screened at the New York Lift-Off Film Festival and the VisionsFFC, where she won the highest award for filmmaking known as the "VISIONARY AWARD."
Her film, “mañana negra" has screened at Raleigh's PrideFest and Artspace, NC in conjunction with Corrientes Latinas exhibition. The film has been recognized by Tú Cuentas Cine Youth Festival and is an official selection for the Bush Films festival, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, LIFE Fest, Uptilt film festival and more. Her co-writing script, "Hand of My Mother", with Casiano Hamer is a recipient of a Spike Lee Film Production Fund through NYU.
Through cinema, she dissects her ideas of love and identity as a queer, Venezuelan-American woman. The experience of leaving her home country as a child of a single mother has instilled in her a care of marginalized persons’ endeavor in America. Therefore, she hopes that her filmmaking practice will not only represent and amplify her voice but also others, thus nurturing a community. The artistic objective of her work is to heal and emotionally enchant all involved.
