Diana Larrea

Diana Larrea is a Peruvian documentary filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist working in Miami and Cusco. Her directorial debut, “Monarcas,” a short documentary addressing the crisis of wage theft among undocumented day laborers in Homestead, FL, premiered at the Miami Film Festival and received official selections at LALIFF and the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival. Her upcoming film, “Hatun Sonqo,” tells the story of language preservation through the experiences of Maya and Quechua families living in South Florida. It has been selected for the Knight Heroes Short Documentary Development Program, supported by IF/Then and the Knight Foundation, as well as Oolite Art’s 2023 The Ellies Creator Award. Diana has also lent her editing skills to various projects, including “Madame Pipi” (2021), “Birthright” (2021), and the Emmy-winning documentary “Six Degrees of Immigration” (2019). Throughout the past decade, Diana has collaborated with Miami artists, capturing their essence through intimate portraits while simultaneously documenting communities grappling with the effects of development and gentrification. She is currently working on “I Left Too Soon,” a multidisciplinary project and photobook that explores absence, identity, and memory through family archives, video, and textiles. Diana holds an Associate’s degree in Film Production from Miami-Dade College and began her career as an editor for broadcast networks and institutions. She aims to poetically portray and empower the immigrant experience through her work.