Lina Rodriguez

{{Short description|Colombian-Canadian director and screenwriter}}

{{about|the Colombian-Canadian director and screenwriter|the Cuban politician|Lina Olinda Pedraza Rodríguez}}

File:Lina Rodriguez au Casa D’Italia.png, Québec, Canada inside Cinéma Public of Casa D’Italia.]]

Lina Rodriguez is a Colombian-Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter,Kate Taylor, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/how-filmmaker-lina-rodriguez-captures-the-naturalism-of-family-life/article36019304/ "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, [https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/05/10/my-two-voices-is-a-poetic-reflection-on-immigrant-identity.html "‘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, [http://filmint.nu/behind-the-lens-of-senoritas-an-interview-with-lina-rodriguez/ "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, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/senoritas-directed_by_lina_rodriguez "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, [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/movies/this-time-tomorrow-review.html "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, [https://www.thegate.ca/film/035401/tiff-2018-short-takes-lina-rodriguez-on-ante-mis-ojos/ "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, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-features/tfca-body-remembers-when-the-world-broke-open "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, [https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/lina-rodriguez-my-two-voices-berlinale-1235184121/ "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, [https://povmagazine.com/mis-dos-voces-review-women-talking/ "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, [https://thatshelf.com/tiff-announces-canadian-films-for-2022-festival/ "TIFF Announces Canadian Films for 2022 Festival"]. That Shelf, August 10, 2022.