LINA RODRIGUEZ
Señoritas and Aquí y Allá
Dec. 08 2020
Virtual Event
LINA RODRIGUEZ | Lina Rodriguez is a Colombian/Canadian filmmaker. She has written, directed and produced six short films and two feature films which have been showcased in many festivals and cultural venues including the Locarno Film Festival,Toronto International Film Festival,Vancouver International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Harvard Film Archive, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Sala Leopoldo Lugones and Tabakalera – Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea.
SEÑORITAS | Señoritas a subtle, contemplative and deeply intimate examination of the way one young woman navigates the daunting terrain of sex, desire and identity.
AQUÍ Y ALLÁ | A poetic reflection on family as an emotional system that operates across generations, Aquí y Allá focuses on the passing of time, the possibilities of remembering and the construction of space as an ongoing historical and subjective process. Weaving fragments of private and public spaces, gestures, voices and phrases, the film creates an intimate audiovisual site of personal and collective memory that reflects on the complexity of family dynamics between Rodriguez’s grandparents, her father and his siblings during their time together in Chipaque, a small town near Bogotá. A type of cognitive map that works as a family portrait, the film juxtaposes colour 16mm, B&W mini-DV footage and photos from the filmmaker’s family archive with an impressionistic sound design and a diaristic use of text to illustrate the impossibility of looking at the past as a fixed, solid and understandable dimension.