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Ricardo Acosta(I)

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Ricardo Acosta
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RICARDO ACOSTA, C.C.E, is a film editor, script consultant and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Canadian Cinema Editors. Acosta moved to Canada from his native Cuba where he studied and worked at the world-renowned Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC). He has been an Alumni and Adviser of the Sundance Institute's Documentary Editing Lab. A few of his editing and story consulting credits include: Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020), The letter (2019), The Silence of Others(2018), winner of GOYA, ALMA, and the Berlinale Panorama Documentary Audience Award, Sembene! (2015), and Marmato (2014). His films have premiered at Sundance, Cannes, and IDFA, among other world film festivals. He is an Emmy winner and nominee for the Canadian Industry Genie and Gemini Awards, Canadian Film Editors Association Awards and Canadian Screen Awards.
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    Known for

    Marmato (2014)
    Marmato
    7.3
    • Editor
    • 2014
    Children of Las Brisas (2022)
    Children of Las Brisas
    8.1
    • Editor(edited by)
    • 2022
    The Take (2004)
    The Take
    7.6
    • Editor
    • 2004
    Herman's House (2012)
    Herman's House
    6.3
    • Editor
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Editor



    • A Place of Absence
      • Editor
      • Post-production



    • Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance (2025)
      Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
      8.9
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • How to Build a Library (2025)
      How to Build a Library
      7.0
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • Nosotras (2023)
      Nosotras
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • Febrero (2023)
      Febrero
      7.6
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • Children of Las Brisas (2022)
      Children of Las Brisas
      8.1
      • Editor (edited by)
      • 2022
    • Sing Me a Lullaby (2020)
      Sing Me a Lullaby
      8.5
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2020
    • I Am Samuel (2020)
      I Am Samuel
      7.0
      • Editor
      • 2020
    • The Letter (2019)
      The Letter
      6.9
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • The Blessing (2018)
      The Blessing
      6.5
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Francisco Franco in Le silence des autres (2018)
      Le silence des autres
      8.0
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Lovesick
      8.0
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • Shadow Girl (2016)
      Shadow Girl
      6.5
      • Editor (edited by)
      • 2016
    • How to Recruit a Terrorist (2015)
      How to Recruit a Terrorist
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2015
    • Cold Nights Hot Salsa (2015)
      Cold Nights Hot Salsa
      • Editor
      • 2015
    • Sembene! (2015)
      Sembene!
      7.1
      • Editor
      • 2015

    Editorial Department



    • Carol Dysinger in One Bullet Afghanistan (2024)
      One Bullet Afghanistan
      8.8
      • additional editor
      • 2024
    • Ted & Noel (2023)
      Ted & Noel
      6.2
      Short
      • Consultant Editor
      • 2023
    • Skin of Glass (2023)
      Skin of Glass
      7.9
      • story consultant
      • 2023
    • Juvencio Gómez and Brandon Ra Pestano in Pemón (2023)
      Pemón
      Short
      • consulting editor
      • 2023
    • Razing Liberty Square (2023)
      Razing Liberty Square
      7.4
      • consulting editor
      • 2023
    • A Story of Bones (2022)
      A Story of Bones
      7.9
      • Consultant Editor
      • 2022
    • Strangers to Peace (2022)
      Strangers to Peace
      8.9
      • Advising Editor
      • 2022
    • Bangladesh - Surfer pour s'émanciper (2021)
      Bangladesh - Surfer pour s'émanciper
      7.5
      • consultant editor
      • 2021
    • Unarmed Verses (2017)
      Unarmed Verses
      7.6
      • editorial consultant
      • 2017
    • Tempest Storm in Tempest Storm (2016)
      Tempest Storm
      6.9
      • story editor
      • 2016
    • Memories of a Penitent Heart (2016)
      Memories of a Penitent Heart
      7.4
      • consulting editor
      • 2016
    • Dan and Margot (2015)
      Dan and Margot
      • story editor
      • 2015
    • The Messenger (2015)
      The Messenger
      7.3
      • consulting editor
      • editing consultant
      • 2015
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional editing
      • 2013
    • P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      7.9
      TV Series
      • assistant editor
      • 2013

    Writer



    • Casas Muertas (2025)
      Casas Muertas
      • story editor
      • 2025
    • How to Build a Library (2025)
      How to Build a Library
      7.0
      • screenwriter
      • 2025
    • Staceyann Chin in A Mother Apart (2024)
      A Mother Apart
      8.6
      • story editor
      • 2024
    • Strangers to Peace (2022)
      Strangers to Peace
      8.9
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • I Am Samuel (2020)
      I Am Samuel
      7.0
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020)
      Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
      7.3
      • story Editor
      • 2020
    • The Letter (2019)
      The Letter
      6.9
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • The Blessing (2018)
      The Blessing
      6.5
      • writer
      • 2018
    • Darith Ung, Tharoth Sam, and San Kim Sean in Surviving Bokator (2018)
      Surviving Bokator
      3.5
      • story consultant
      • 2018
    • Francisco Franco in Le silence des autres (2018)
      Le silence des autres
      8.0
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Billsville (2016)
      Billsville
      Short
      • story consultant
      • 2016

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    Herman's House
    Herman's House
    Trailer 2:27
    Herman's House

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