Cuban film director (born 1988)
Rodrigo Barriuso
Born (1988-01-22 ) 22 January 1988 (age 36) Nationality Cuban, Canadian Citizenship Cuban, Canadian Alma mater Ryerson University Occupation Years active 2008–present Website Official website
Rodrigo Barriuso (born 1988) is a Cuban-Canadian filmmaker, most noted as co-director with his brother Sebastián Barriuso of the film A Translator (Un traductor) ,[ 1]
Born in 1988 in Havana , Barriuso moved to Canada in the late 2000s to study film at Ryerson University . His short film For Dorian premiered at the Ryerson University Film Festival, the annual festival of short films by Ryerson film students;[ 2] it later won the juried award for Best Canadian Film at the 2013 Inside Out Film and Video Festival ,[ 3] and was co-winner with Antoine Bourges 's East Hastings Pharmacy of the 2013 Lindalee Tracey Award .[ 4]
A Translator premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival .[ 5] The Barriuso brothers won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Director at the 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival ,[ 6] and the film was selected as the official Cuban entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2019.[ 7]
Barriuso remains based in Toronto , Ontario , where he is a Spanish studies instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University .
References
^ Dennis Harvey, "Film Review: ‘Un Traductor’" . Variety , January 20, 2018.
^ "Five films to look out for at the Ryerson University Film Festival" . Ryerson Folio , May 31, 2012.
^ "Weekly roundup: distribution, awards and funding news" . Playback , June 7, 2013.
^ Peter Knegt , "‘When I Walk,’ ‘Dragon Girls’ Top Hot Docs Winners" . IndieWire , May 5, 2013.
^ Sheri Linden, "‘Un Traductor’ (‘A Translator’): Film Review | Sundance 2018" . The Hollywood Reporter , January 19, 2018.
^ Zhang Kun, "Out of Paradise bags top award at Shanghai film festival" . China Daily , June 24, 2018.
^ Erik Pedersen, "Oscars: 93 Countries In Running For International Feature Film Race" . Deadline Hollywood , October 7, 2019.
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