RICARDO ACOSTA, C.C.E.
RICARDO ACOSTA 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, and
the Music Composition and Sound Design 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.
“ Making a film isn’t finding the answer to a question; it’s trying to capture life as it is.”