Rodrigo BARRIUSO

Rodrigo Barriuso is a Cuban-Canadian filmmaker. He was born and raised in Havana, and relocated to Toronto in 2006 to attend Ryerson University’s School of Image Arts, where he earned a BFA in Cinema Studies. He later received his MA in Contemporary Art History from OCAD University. His first short film, For Dorian (12), screened at festivals worldwide, receiving awards at Inside Out, Mix Copenhagen and the Torino LGBT Film Festival. His debut feature, Un Traductor (18), premiered at Sundance Film Festival as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition and won the award for Best Director at the 21^st Shanghai IFF and the 17^th Pune IFF, among other accolades. Un Traductor was Cuba’s official entry to the 92^nd Academy Awards in 2020. Rodrigo is an alumnus of TIFF’ Filmmakers Lab and the Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program, where he attended the Havana Screenwriters Workshop, the Editing Intensive and the Sound Design and Music Lab. He is currently developing his second feature film Neverman.