Lina Rodriguez
Lina Rodriguezis aColombian-Canadianfilmmaker and screenwriter,[1]most noted for her 2022 documentary filmMy Two Voices(Mis dos voces).[2]
A native ofBogotá,Rodriguez moved to Canada to study film atYork University.[3]She wrote and directed a number of short films before releasing her debut feature filmSeñoritasin 2013, which premiered at theCartagena Film Festival.[4]She followed up in 2016 withThis Time Tomorrow (Mañana a esta hora),which premiered at theLocarno Film Festival.[5]
Her short documentary filmante mis ojospremiered in the Wavelengths program at the2018 Toronto International Film Festival,[6]andHere and There (Aquí y allá)premiered at the2019 Vancouver International Film Festival.
In 2020, Rodriguez was selected by former TIFF programmerMichèle Maheuxas the recipient of the $50,000 "pay it forward" grant from Maheux'sClyde Gilmour Awardpackage.[7]
My Two Voicespremiered at the72nd Berlin International Film Festival,[8]and had its Canadian premiere at the 2022Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[9]In the same year she released her third narrative fiction filmSo Much Tenderness,which premiered at the2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[10]
She is based inToronto,Ontario.[1]
References[edit]
- ^abKate Taylor,"How filmmaker Lina Rodriguez captures the naturalism of family life".The Globe and Mail,August 18, 2017.
- ^Isabel Inclan,"‘My Two Voices’ is a poetic reflection on immigrant identity".Toronto Star,May 10, 2022.
- ^Tom Ue,"Behind the Lens of Señoritas: An Interview with Lina Rodriguez".Film International,October 2, 2014.
- ^Stuart Henderson,"Señoritas: Lina Rodriguez".Exclaim!,August 21, 2014.
- ^Ben Kenigsberg,"Review: In ‘This Time Tomorrow,’ a Family Will Be Upended".The New York Times,August 3, 2017.
- ^Andrew Parker,"TIFF 2018 SHORT TAKES: LINA RODRIGUEZ ON ANTE MIS OJOS".TheGATE.ca,September 4, 2018.
- ^Norman Wilner,"The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open wins Toronto critics’ prize".Now,January 10, 2020.
- ^Emiliano Granada,"Berlin Title ‘My Two Voices’ Broken Down by Director Lina Rodriguez".Variety,February 16, 2022.
- ^Pat Mullen,"Mis Dos Voces Review: Women Talking".Point of View,February 15, 2022.
- ^Pat Mullen,"TIFF Announces Canadian Films for 2022 Festival".That Shelf,August 10, 2022.
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