Víctor Manuel Gaviria González is a Colombian film director, writer and poet. His four feature-length films are acclaimed and have won many international awards. He is the first Colombian filmmaker to

La vendedora de rosas is a 1998 Colombian film directed by Víctor Gaviria, who also co-wrote the script. The film is loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Ande