Lina Rodriguez

This article is about the Colombian-Canadian director and screenwriter. For the Cuban politician, see Lina Olinda Pedraza Rodríguez.
Lina Rodriguez photographed in Montréal, Québec, Canada inside Cinéma Public of Casa D’Italia.

Lina Rodriguez is a Colombian-Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter,[1] most noted for her 2022 documentary film My Two Voices (Mis dos voces).[2]

A native of Bogotá, Rodriguez moved to Canada to study film at York University.[3] She wrote and directed a number of short films before releasing her debut feature film Señoritas in 2013, which premiered at the Cartagena Film Festival.[4] She followed up in 2016 with This Time Tomorrow (Mañana a esta hora), which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.[5]

Her short documentary film ante mis ojos premiered in the Wavelengths program at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival,[6] and Here and There (Aquí y allá) premiered at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival.

In 2020, Rodriguez was selected by former TIFF programmer Michèle Maheux as the recipient of the $50,000 "pay it forward" grant from Maheux's Clyde Gilmour Award package.[7]

My Two Voices premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival,[8] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[9] In the same year she released her third narrative fiction film So Much Tenderness, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[10]

She is based in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kate Taylor, "How filmmaker Lina Rodriguez captures the naturalism of family life". The Globe and Mail, August 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Isabel Inclan, "‘My Two Voices’ is a poetic reflection on immigrant identity". Toronto Star, May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ Tom Ue, "Behind the Lens of Señoritas: An Interview with Lina Rodriguez". Film International, October 2, 2014.
  4. ^ Stuart Henderson, "Señoritas: Lina Rodriguez". Exclaim!, August 21, 2014.
  5. ^ Ben Kenigsberg, "Review: In ‘This Time Tomorrow,’ a Family Will Be Upended". The New York Times, August 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Andrew Parker, "TIFF 2018 SHORT TAKES: LINA RODRIGUEZ ON ANTE MIS OJOS". TheGATE.ca, September 4, 2018.
  7. ^ Norman Wilner, "The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open wins Toronto critics’ prize". Now, January 10, 2020.
  8. ^ Emiliano Granada, "Berlin Title ‘My Two Voices’ Broken Down by Director Lina Rodriguez". Variety, February 16, 2022.
  9. ^ Pat Mullen, "Mis Dos Voces Review: Women Talking". Point of View, February 15, 2022.
  10. ^ Pat Mullen, "TIFF Announces Canadian Films for 2022 Festival". That Shelf, August 10, 2022.