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Rodrigo García

(He/him)

Director, Producer and Screenwriter, Macarena Boys

Guatemala City, Guatemala GT

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About

Rodrigo García, Guatemalan, holds a degree in Communication Sciences and a Master's Degree in Screenwriting from the University of Seville. He has written and directed short films and documentaries. He has worked for Unicef, ESPN, CARE, USAID, among others. He currently teaches Documentary Filmmaking at ISTMO University. He has been selected in the Solutions Storytelling: Latin America Project of Video Consortium, supported by the Skoll Foundation 2024 (USA), 11th LabGuion of Cinefelia 2023 (Colombia), 15th Talents of Guadalajara 2023 (Mexico), 1st International Filmmakers Meeting of the Festival Ícaro 2022 (Guatemala) and Laboratory of audiovisual creation “PRISMA 2: Construyendo cine e identidad (Mexico) 2022. He has won 2 times the ESPACIOS fund of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala. He is developing his first fiction feature, Carretera de Supervivencia. And he is the producer of Josma Maica's documentary debut, Hombres de barro.

Featured Work

Trailer of the documentary Deportivo Xejuyup more than a club

Synopsis: The Perechú family is afraid that the ancestral costume of their ancestors will disappear, but they see in football an opportunity to keep their culture and legacy alive. Role: Director, screenwriter and producer Festivals: - 10 Festival Nacional de Cine Pobre Panalandia (2023 - Panamá) - 7 Côte d'Azur International FICTS Festival (2023 - Francia) - 13 Latino & Native American Film Festival (2023 - United States) * Ganó el premio de Cultural / Linguistic Heritage & Identity Award. - 12 Festival Acampadoc (2023 - Panamá) - 10th Americas Film Festival NY (2023 - United States) *Ganó el premio del Mejor corto documental - 17ª Muestra Cine+Video Indígena 2023 (Chile) - 15th Mittelamerikanisches Filmfestival Wien (Ciclo de Cine Centroamericano - Viena) (2023) - 6th Kenya International Sports Film Festival - KISFF (2023) - 9ª Festival de Cine de Maracaibo (Venezuela - 2023) - 4 Apatzingán Festival Internacional de Cine AFIC (México - 2024)

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Volcanista: El despertar de un ciudadano

Synopsis: Jorge Luís Altuve is a young Guatemalan, passionate about mountaineering and a lover of his country. After the COVID-19 crisis and the lack of transparency in the execution of funds by Alejandro Giammattei's government, a wave of indignation arose that led thousands of Guatemalans to demonstrate. Jorge Luis attended the central square, when PNC agents began to intimidate the peaceful protesters. He and other citizens were arrested without having committed an act of vandalism. Role: Director of photography and editor Festivals: - Festival Ícaro 2021 Internacional - Mittelamerikanisches Filmfestival Wien (Ciclo De Cine Centroamericano - Viena) (2021) - Rushdoc International Documentary Film Festivals - Los Ángeles 2021 - Festival Internacional de Cine de Tequila (FICT ) - México 2022 - The Americas Film Festival New York TAFFNY - USA 2022 *Ganó el premio al mejor cortometraje documental en el festival. - Lisbon Film Rendezvous - Portugal 2022

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Tejidos de resistencia

In 2016, a group of weavers met and presented a law to protect the authorship of indigenous textile designs and clothing after the plagiarism of one of their designs. More than seven years have passed and the fight continues for the weavers, who not only have to face the people who appropriate their art but also the deficiency of the Guatemalan government, machismo, racism and discrimination in society. Role: Director, producer and editor

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Teaser de carretera de supervivencia

Synopsis: In San Juan la Laguna, Sololá, Guatemala, brothers Tomás (28) and Marcos (29), are worried about the family's economic situation which is complicated when their businesses are extorted by gangs and their father, Rigoberto (65), goes into emergency to a private hospital for health problems. The brothers' savings are depleted after paying the first extortion payments, and the hospital debt continues to increase. During the family's despair, Tomás has a plan to pay off the debts: rob the gas stations on the Pan-American Highway. Marcos flatly refuses his brother's plan, but there are no other options of getting money elsewhere are closing. Between the brothers' inexperience and mistakes, they manage to rob two gas stations, but their clumsiness at the crime scenes gives them away to Walter (45), a former soldier of the Guatemalan army. The ex-soldier threatens the brothers with death and forces them to continue robbing the gas stations, but on the condition that they will split the money. Everything goes dark when the press investigates the gas station robbery and discovers that the governor of Sololá, Blanca Martínez (60), is the owner of all the gas stations on the Pan-American Highway. The desperation of the brothers leads to a terrible chase by the police and Martínez's security who seek revenge.

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