Oscar Molina - Writer, Director, Producer, Assistant Editor & Cinematographer
Colombian film director and producer with studies in journalism and visual arts in Colombia and with MFA in Film and Media Arts at Temple University (US). His recent film work has been focused in the relationship between economy, migration and home. In 2004 he received the Colombian National Journalist Prize for his documentary 'The Enchanted Kingdom'. Also, he has served in several positions developing audiences for film in his country such us film programmer at art cinema houses and film festivals. Since 2011 he has been working on research, development and production of Mi Casa My Home documentary film trilogy. His film work has been screened at national and international film festivals, and broadcast on Colombian and U.S. television. His feature film La casa de Mama Icha was one of the fourteen feature films selected to be part of the prestigious POV & PBS documentary film series in its 34th season. He is a co-leader of Salon Documental Medellin, a film event to promote the development and professionalization of documentary production in his city and country. Together with Brenda I. Steinecke Soto he lauched and directs the producing company Actor Inmaterial. More: https://vimeo.com/oscarjmolina |
Brenda I. Steinecke Soto - Producer & Co-Writer
(Colombia/Germany). Producer, cultural manager and choreographer. MA in philosophy and Literature from Hamburg University. After studying and working in Europe for 18 years, Brenda returned to her home town, Medellín, where she launched and is director of the Espacio Arte Foundation (www.espacio-arte.org), a non profit organization based in the rural site of Medellín/Colombia. Its approach relies on boosting dynamics of social transformation through multidisciplinary artistic projects, intertwining their work in a local and international context. As a film producer, Brenda concentrates in documentary and experimental projects in which she engages also as a conceptual advisor and co-researcher. Together with Oscar Molina she lauched and directs the producing company Actor Inmaterial. More: www.espacio-arte.org |
Aggie Ebrahimi - Coproducer
(US/Iran) Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz is an award-winning, Iranian-American documentary artist, writer, and educator. Her community-engaged creative practices focus on diasporic identities, belonging, and Freirean praxis. Her work includes VR/360° documentary experiences, live participatory performances, installations, multi-platform collaborations—any form conducive to contributing nuance to interrogations of power and to the ongoing work of social justice. Bazaz’s films have been shown internationally at film festivals, including Slamdance, Encounters Film Festival, CAAMFest, Atlanta Film Festival, Indie Grits Film Festival, and her recent film, “How to Tell a True Immigrant Story” (2019) was the first-ever VR film to be programmed in the Pardi di Domani shorts competition at the Locarno International Film Festival. Among other honors, she has received support from the Wexner Center, MDOCS Summer Storytellers’ Institute, Interlochen Arts Academy, Cal Humanities, the Center for Asian American Media and the Bay Area Video Coalition. |
She earned her M.A. in multicultural literature from the University of Georgia and her M.F.A. in filmmaking from Temple University. Aggie is Assistant Professor of filmmaking at Georgia State University. She is at work on a long-term project embedded within a community of migratory farmworkng families who live and work in California's Central Valley. More: https://aggiebazaz.com/
Gustavo Vasco - Editor, Co-Writer & Associate Producer
Film editor for documentaries and fictional movies such as “Todo Comenzó por el fin” (2016, dir: Luis Ospina, Macondo-Award winner for the best montage), “Pizarro” (2016, dir: Simón Hernández, India Catalina-Award winner for the best documentary for TV), “Somos Calentura” and “Tura” (2017 & 2018, dir: Jorge Navas), "Amazona" (2017, dir: Clare Weiskopf), "Suspensión" (2020, dir: Simón Uribe); "Mateo" (2014, dir: María Gamboa), “Tierra en la lengua” and “Señorita María Luisa, la falda de la montaña” (2014 & 2017, dir: Rubén Mendoza) “Tierra en la lengua was award-winner for the best movie at Cartagena’s International Film Festival – FICCI - 2014. He also has worked as editor for several shorts: “Madre” (2016, dir: Simón Mesa, Official Selection for Cannes 2016), “Se venden conejos” (2015, dir: Esteban Giraldo, award-winner for the best short movie at |
Cartagena’s International Film Festival – FICCI – 2015) and “Elefante” (2015, dir: Cesar Herediia, award-winner for the best Colombian short at the Berlinale). He studied anthropology at the Andes University, Bogotá, and editing at the La Femis, Paris. He also performs as a lecturer at diverse national and international universities.
Manuel J. Gordillo - Composer Original Music
Composer and Film Sound Designer, graduated from Berklee College of Music's master's program Scoring for Film, TV and Video Games. Co-founder of MuCine (Colombian Association of Film Music Composers). Co-founder and Manager of La Tina Sonido, an original music and sound design company founded in 2010, where he has worked in all areas of sound postproduction. More: http://manuel.la-tina.co |
Daniel Giraldo - Sound Postproduction
Noise. Consultant for sound as a narrative element for audiovisual material, audio editor and Foley interpreter. Active member of the Colombian Association of Cinematographic Sound A.D.S.C. He has worked in different national and international film productions. His career includes participation in 31 fiction and documentary feature films, 18 short films and other audiovisual projects. |
Andrés Silva - Sound Postproduction
Colombian sound designer and music producer. Founding partner of the studio La Tina Sonido in 2010 www.la-tina.co . He has participated in audiovisual projects such as: Suspension, Green Border, Tropical Virus, Summer Birds, Amazon, Pizarro, El Abrazo de la Serpiente, Bad Lucky Goat and Cómprame un Revolver among others. His work around sound nurtures from his experience in music, sound installations and film. |
La Tina Sonido - Coproducer La Tina Sonido is a sound design, audio post-production, and film scoring studio. We see sound as a fundamental and infinitely expressive medium for cinematic language. Our Portfolio contains films such as The Embrace of the Serpent (2015). nominated to the Academy Awards (2016), Violencia (2015), Siempreviva (2015), Estudio de Reflejos (2014) and El Cartel de los Sapos (2012), along with several other films, documentaries and sound installations in Colombia, USA, the UK, Spain, Chile, Iran and Finland. More: https://la-tina.co/en/ Jorge Martín Molina Esobar - Coproducer
*Colombia. Jorge Martín Is a mining engineer and PHD in natural resources. Currently he works as a full-time professor at the Faculty of Mines of the National University of Colombia. His parents are of peasant origin and he is the eldest son of seven siblings. His childhood was spent in the country and with his family he went to live in the city to seek better educational options. Thanks to a scholarship for graduate studies, he lived in Japan for about four years. His training has allowed him to also work as a researcher and consultant. He has great confidence in the future. |