Anabel Rodríguez Ríos (born 22 March 1977) is a Venezuelan film director and screenwriter. Her feature-length debut and documentary film, ''

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'', was Venezuela's submission for the

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Education

In 1998 Rodríguez Ríos graduated from the School of Social Communication at the

Andrés Bello Catholic University Andrés Bello Catholic University also known in Spanish as Universidad Católica Andrés Bello is a private university in Venezuela. One of the largest universities in Venezuela, UCAB has campuses in several cities, such as Caracas (where the mai ...

(UCAB) and later studied filmmaking at the

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, as part of a student agreement between the two countries.

Career

In 2003 she directed the short film ''Toilet'' and in 2008 she was one of the directors involved in the anthology film ''1, 2 and 3 women''. In 2008 Anabel visited for the first time Congo Mirador, a town in the

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located on

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, and in 2013 she began shooting her production, after a previous project called ''El Galón'', which led her to have her first contact with the town. Her latest short film, ''El Galón'', part of the ''Why Poverty'' series, participated in more than fifty festivals.. In 2020, he made his solo debut with the feature-length documentary ''

''. The documentary was part of the

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selection, was Venezuela's submission for the

and was praised by international critics, receiving an 88% approval rating on

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Filmography

* ''Toilet'' (2003) (short film) * ''1, 2 y 3 mujeres'' (2008) (anthology film) * ''El Galón'' (short film) * ''

'' (2020) (feature film)

References

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