Juanita Onzaga

Jury Member

Juanita Onzaga is a Colombian-Belgian film director and cinematographer. Within her narrations, she touches on the importance of memory, death and imagination, creating tales that reflect different ways of perceiving reality, often within a strong political context. In 2017, Onzaga’s short film The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do won the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the Generation 14plus section of the 67th Berlinale, the highly acclaimed VAF Wildcard, as well as other prizes at various festivals worldwide. Her latest short film, Our Song to War, premiered in 2018 at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. It was also selected for Clermont Ferrand, IDFA, DokLeipzig, RIDM, Chicago, and many other festivals, winning multiple awards. Onzaga is currently developing her first narrative feature film The Landscapes That You Seek at the TorinoFilmLab ScriptLab, supported by the Hubert Bals Fund Bright Future, while also directing other short films and a VR project.

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