Juan Francisco Rodriguez is a Colombian artist and filmmaker based in Cologne (Germany). He completed a BA in Film and Television at the National University of Colombia and is currently finishing a MFA in Media Arts at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). His films and installations have been exhibited in film festivals and art exhibitions in Colombia, Perú, Brazil, Canada, Tunisia, Italy and Germany.
Juan Francisco Rodríguez's work investigates and speculates images and narratives that seek a re-enchantment of the world; an affective and critical intertwining with the landscape. His work combines lens-based media with knowledge of ecology, magic and light resulting in experiments that run along the edges of documentary filmmaking, expanded photography and light art.
Parallel to his personal projects, he has been part of artistic collectives, has worked as graphic/motion/light designer, research assistant in experimental film and has been assistant programmer in events such as the Bogotá International Documentary Film Festival (MIDBO).
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Juan Francisco Rodríguez es artista y realizador de cine. Vive y trabaja entre Alemania y Colombia. Graduado del pregrado de Cine y Televisión de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, actualmente completa su maestría de Artes Mediales en la Academia de Artes y Medios de Colonia (KHM), Alemania. Sus películas e instalaciones han sido exhibidas en festivales de cine y muestras de arte en Colombia, Perú, Brasil, Canadá, Túnez, Italia y Alemania.
El trabajo de Juan Francisco Rodríguez investiga imágenes y narrativas que buscan un reencantamiento de mundo, un entrelazamiento crítico y afectivo con el paisaje. En sus proyectos combina medios fotográficos con conocimientos de ecología, magia y óptica dando lugar a experimentos que juegan en las márgenes del cine documental, la fotografía expandida y el arte lumínico.
Paralelo a sus proyectos personales, ha sido parte de colectivos artísticos y ha trabajado como diseñador gráfico, de motion graphics y de luz. Ha sido investigador asistente en cine experimental, y asistente de programación de cine en eventos como la Muestra Internacional Documental de Bogotá (MIDBO).
Screenings (S) Exhibitions (E) Awards (A)
2025
64 FICCI - International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias (S)
Best Iberoamerican Shortfilm (Oscar’s quilifier shortfilm) @ 64 FICCI (A)
Sustainability Recognition - Best Short Film @ 64 FICCI (A)
2024
22 Bogoshorts – Bogotá Shortfilm Festival. Colombia (S)
Best Cinematography -“Nido de Cocodrilo" @ 22 Bogoshorts (A)
2023
Weltkunstzimmer - “Ghosts at the feast (E)
Atelierhaus Alterburgerwall Köln - “On Pliny’s Paths” (E)
Interference Light Art Project Tunis (E)
Rundgang 2023, KHM (E)
International Photozene Köln - “Double Presence” (E)
Folkwang Universität der Künste - “Grinding present glitches” (E)
Kortfilm.be (S)
Weltkunstzimmer - “Ghosts at the feast (E)
Atelierhaus Alterburgerwall Köln - “On Pliny’s Paths” (E)
Interference Light Art Project Tunis (E)
Rundgang 2023, KHM (E)
International Photozene Köln - “Double Presence” (E)
Folkwang Universität der Künste - “Grinding present glitches” (E)
Kortfilm.be (S)
2022
46 National Artists Salon. Colombia (E)/(S)
Apero – Acephalle. Cologne, Germany (S)
8 Dobra International Experimental Film Festival. Brazil (S)
15 Cinetoro Experimental film festival. Colombia (S)
21 International Image Festival. Colombia. (S)
9 Corriente Encuentro Latinoamericano de cine de no ficción. Perú (S)
20 Bogoshorts – Bogotá Shortfilm Festival. Colombia (S)
Rundgang „Außer der Reihe“ KHM. Trinitatiskirche, Cologne. Germany (E)
2021
Prize for Artistic Work in the field Art/Nature. National Stimulus Program. Colombia (A)
20 International Image Festival. Colombia (S)
23 MIDBO Bogota International Documentary Film Festival. Colombia (S)
23 Equinoxio Film and Audiovisual Festival. Colombia. (S)
Laberinto Independent Film Festival. Colombia. (S)
2020
Festival du nouveau Cinema de Montreal, Canada. (S)