Lina Rodriguez is a Colombian-Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter based in Toronto, Ontario,Kate Taylor, "How filmmaker Lina Rodriguez captures the naturalism of family life". The Globe and Mail, August 18, 2017. most noted for her 2022 documentary film My Two Voices (Mis dos voces).Isabel Inclan, "‘My Two Voices’ is a poetic reflection on immigrant identity". Toronto Star, May 10, 2022.
A native of Bogotá, Rodriguez moved to Canada to study film at York University.Tom Ue, "Behind the Lens of Señoritas: An Interview with Lina Rodriguez". Film International, October 2, 2014. 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.Stuart Henderson, "Señoritas: Lina Rodriguez". Exclaim!, August 21, 2014. She followed up in 2016 with This Time Tomorrow (Mañana a esta hora), which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.Ben Kenigsberg, "Review: In ‘This Time Tomorrow,’ a Family Will Be Upended". The New York Times, August 3, 2017.
Her short documentary film ante mis ojos premiered in the Wavelengths program at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival,Andrew Parker, "TIFF 2018 SHORT TAKES: LINA RODRIGUEZ ON ANTE MIS OJOS". TheGATE.ca, September 4, 2018. 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.Norman Wilner, "The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open wins Toronto critics’ prize". Now, January 10, 2020.
My Two Voices premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival,Emiliano Granada, "Berlin Title ‘My Two Voices’ Broken Down by Director Lina Rodriguez". Variety, February 16, 2022. and had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.Pat Mullen, "Mis Dos Voces Review: Women Talking". Point of View, February 15, 2022. In the same year she released her third narrative fiction film So Much Tenderness, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.Pat Mullen, "TIFF Announces Canadian Films for 2022 Festival". That Shelf, August 10, 2022.
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