Violena Isabel Ampudia Rodriguez

EICTV

BIOGRAPHIE

Cuban filmmaker and actress based in Lisbon. Graduated in Performing Arts, at the National School of Arts, Havana, Cuba, in 2012. With studies in Audiovisual Communication, specializing in Film Directing, at the Instituto Superior de Arte, ISA, Havana, Cuba, 2016. Graduated in Documentary Film Directing from the International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (EICTV), in 2020. Master in Documentary Filmmaking at DOCNOMADS - the two-year itinerant master program between Portugal - Hungary - Belgium - in 2022. Her films explore interpersonal relationships, encounters and growth processes. Lately, more focused on collaborative and artisanal filmmaking processes. Her films have been selected in festivals such as Jihlava IDFF, Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse, Belo Horizonte IFF, Curta Kinoforum ISSF in São Paulo, Potiers IFF and Doc Buenos Aires IDFF. She is currently part of the analog film collective Laboratório da Cave, based in Lisbon.

FILMOGRAPHIE