OUR TEAM – CINETORO

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It is a creative production platform that started in 2018 with the aim of promoting artists who work in dialogue with the audiovisual. The collective develops projects that bridge artistic research and practice through the production of experimental films (animation, documentary, and fiction) as well as the organization of artistic events centered on film and the visual arts.

CINETORO 2025

Conceptual Committee

Producer and Founder

Andrés Úzuga Naranjo

Cali, Colombia (1980). University lecturer, researcher, creative producer, and curator. Graduate of the Faculty of Performing Arts at Bellas Artes. He has taught at the Faculty of Visual Arts at Bellas Artes, as well as at the Faculty of Creation and Habitat at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali. His work focuses on interdisciplinary initiatives rooted in the interaction of audiovisual practices (Expanded Arts). He is the founder and director of CINETORO Experimental Film Festival.

DIRECTORA ARTISTICA

Bibiana Rojas Gómez

Visual artist with a Master’s degree in Audiovisual Creation. Her work spans animation, audiovisual essays, music composition, research, and teaching, while exploring the intersections of archive, sound, music, voice, and text in projects such as El tiempo del error (2025), El Sonido de los Grillos (2022), Anzoátegui (2018), and Postales en movimiento (2008). Currently teaching at Universidad Javeriana and Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Bibiana also leads the interdisciplinary music projects Marta Rivera and Materia Fantasma. She is currently developing Mudanzas, a project that is simultaneously an album, a film, and a performance, while also collaborating with Colombian filmmakers as animator, editor, and co-director.

directora de comunicaciones

Juliana Hernández Rocha

Visual artist from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and director of the experimental film distributor Autoparodia Films. She took part in Conecta: Distribution Lab for Latin America and the Caribbean (2019) and in the Locarno Industry Academy (2023), held at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market. In 2023, she joined the programming team of the Bogoshorts Film Festival, after serving on its jury in 2022. As a filmmaker, she has received national awards at festivals such as Cine Toro Experimental Film Festival (2019 and 2021), Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto (2019), and the Festival de Cine Experimental de Celaya in Guanajuato, among others.

Jefe de programación

Diego Cortes Solano

Studied Visual Arts at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. His work has focused on expression through animation and on exploring the relationship between art, social realities, and community engagement. A member of Moebius Animación and its branch Porosa Animación, he works on the dissemination and research of experimental animation, curating programs such as “Porous Animation: The Gesture of the Body in the Image” and “Body of a Third World.”

Jefe de programación ACÁDEMICA

Juan Sebastian Trejos Arismendy

Bachelor in Music from the University of Caldas and Master in Musicology from the National University of Colombia. Educational Programs Director of the Ibagué Festival, lecturer in music history at the Fernando Sor School of Music and Audio, and District Councilor for Audiovisual Arts in Bogotá D.C. (2023–2027). Coordinator of the Los Gatos Film Club (Manizales, 2010–2014) and El Ventanal Film Club (Bogotá, 2017–present). Jury member of the Quijote Award of the International Federation of Film Societies at the 25th MIDBO.

producción de campo

Santiago Rudas Vásquez

Professional musician trained at the Escuela de Música de Buenos Aires (E.M.B.A.) and the Escuela de Música Contemporánea (E.M.C.). Worked as a production assistant at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI) in 2013 and 2014. Private music teacher since 2014. Currently drummer of the band Marta Rivera and director of his own musical project Cerrooriental. Since 2024, production assistant at Cineclub El Ventanal and, as of February 2025, at Cinetoro Experimental Film Festival.

HOSPITALIDAD

Christhal Pérez Díaz

Student and youth activist, born on May 25. Currently pursuing studies in foreign languages, she has been involved in cultural and community projects in northern Valle del Cauca from an early age. Her leadership has led her to serve as a spokesperson for the Red Juvenil Diversa del Norte del Valle, where she promotes spaces of inclusion and diversity.

CINETORO EXPANDIDO

John Repizo

Dreamer, multidisciplinary artist, architect, and urban planner.

Proyección y cinetoro al aula

Santi Torres

Student of everything, expert in nothing. Always close to cinema and philosophy through the visual arts.

pRACTICANTE

Nicolás Méndez

Student of Visual Arts and Communication. His work unfolds through installation, performance, and audiovisual language, exploring paradox, the theory of the simulacrum, and spiritual pursuit in the face of contemporary paradigms. At the same time, he has developed projects in graphic design, audiovisual production, and digital media, linked to visual strategies and content creation. His work has been presented at festivals such as Para Verte Mejor and Videosonica, and some of his projects have received recognition at the SDG Film Festival and the Premios Magis of Universidad Javeriana.

pRACTICANTE

Laura Suárez

I’m Laura Suárez, an artist focused on audiovisual content. I use illustration, storytelling, and animation to bring stories to life. I can contribute to projects that aim to tell heartfelt stories with peculiar characters seeking to connect with their audience.