Lina Rodriguez is a Colombian-

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filmmaker and screenwriter,

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"How filmmaker Lina Rodriguez captures the naturalism of family life"
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'', August 18, 2017. most noted for her 2022 documentary film '' My Two Voices (Mis dos voces)''. A native of

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

, Rodriguez moved to Canada to study film at

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. She wrote and directed a number of short films before releasing her debut feature film ''Señoritas'' in 2013, which premiered at the

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. She followed up in 2016 with ''This Time Tomorrow (Mañana a esta hora)'', which premiered at the

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. Her short documentary film ''ante mis ojos'' premiered in the Wavelengths program at the

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, and ''Here and There (Aquí y allá)'' premiered at the

2019 Vancouver International Film Festival The 38th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) took place from September 26 to October 11, 2019. The opening film was Atom Egoyan's ''Guest of Honour'', and the closing film was Nicolas Bedos's ''La Belle Époque''. Awards The festival awa ...

. 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

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package. ''My Two Voices'' premiered at the

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, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2022

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.Pat Mullen
"Mis Dos Voces Review: Women Talking"
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'', February 15, 2022. In the same year she released her third narrative fiction film '' So Much Tenderness'', which premiered at the

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.Pat Mullen
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''That Shelf'', August 10, 2022. She is based in

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, Ontario.

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