Lina Rodriguez is a Colombian-Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter,[1] most noted for her 2022 documentary film My Two Voices (Mis dos voces).[2]

A native of Bogotá, Rodriguez moved to Canada to study film at York University.[3] She wrote and directed a number of short films before releasing her debut feature film Señoritas in 2013, which premiered at the Cartagena Film Festival.[4] She followed up in 2016 with This Time Tomorrow (Mañana a esta hora), which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.[5]

Her short documentary film ante mis ojos premiered in the Wavelengths program at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival,[6] and Here and There (Aquí y allá) premiered at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival.

In 2020, Rodriguez was selected by former TIFF programmer Michèle Maheux as the recipient of the $50,000 "pay it forward" grant from Maheux's Clyde Gilmour Award package.[7]

My Two Voices premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival,[8] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[9] In the same year she released her third narrative fiction film So Much Tenderness, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[10]

She is based in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

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