FORMATION
2021: Master’s in Audiovisual Creation – Pontifical Javeriana University
2018: PhD candidate in Communication at the University of La Plata – Argentina (in progress)
2015: Bachelor’s in Social Communication and Journalism from Universidad Minuto de Dios – Colombia (With Honors)
1996: Scientific Baccalaureate – Italy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TEACHING
2021: Temporary Professor at the Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Arts, Pontifical Javeriana University – Bogotá Campus.
2018-2020: Director of the Technology in Audiovisual Production Program, Faculty of Communication Sciences, UNIMINUTO.
2012-2020: Full-time Professor of Film and Photography in the Technology in Audiovisual Production Program, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Universidad Minuto de Dios.
2017-2020: Guest Professor in the Master’s in Audiovisual Creation offered by the Faculty of Arts, Pontifical Javeriana University.
2016-2020: Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, Pontifical Javeriana University (Subject: Electronic Arts).
2011: Workshop Instructor on Arduino and Film at LIFT (The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto).
2007-2009: Teacher in SIX Super-8 film workshops organized by the KINOLAB-COLOMBIA laboratory in Bogotá, Colombia.
2007-2009: Workshop Instructor in the pilot project for Super-8 film at the National University of Colombia.
2007-2008: Teacher in a training workshop for trainers at the ESCUELA GALAN Corporation in Bogotá.
ARTISTIC PROJECTS
2019 – Antennas with Roots. Meeting organized by Barbara Santos’ Cuenco de Cera in Pereira at the MinkaLab space. [Link: https://quiasma.co/antenasconraices]
2018 – 16 SRA, Regional Salon of Artists – Colombia – Participation in the 16th Regional Salon of Artists of Colombia. Work presented: “Messages of Light.”
2018 – Tiempo del Ruido – Audiovisual Experience – Interdisciplinary creation grant, IDARTES 2018 – Bogotá, Colombia.
2018 – Do it Yourself. Analog Film Labs Meeting. (International meeting of artist-run film laboratories) – CDMX, Mexico.
2018: Director of the kinetic exploration laboratory with 3D-printed projectors. Winner of the 2017 grant from the art, science, and technology line of Plataforma Bogotá – IDARTES.
2017 – VIII Biennial of Professors of the Department of Visual Arts – Pontifical Javeriana University, Bogotá Campus. Work presented: “MAGMA.”
2017: Chromaris Project, presented at ISEA 2017 in Manizales and at ARTE-CAMARA in Bogotá.
2016 – Bains Argentiques. International Film Labs Meeting. (International meeting of artist-run film laboratories) – Nantes, France.
2014: Co-Founder of the ephemeral film and music collective: Diálogos Mutantes.
2012 – Exhibition “el cuento” at Lugar a Dudas, Cali – Colombia.
2011 – Two-month artistic residency at LIFT (The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto) – Canada.
2010 – Exhibition “el Cuento” at Valenzuela Klenner Gallery, Bogotá – Colombia.
2007 – Co-Founder of the Super-8mm film laboratory KinoLab in Bogotá, Colombia. [Link: www.kinolabcolombia.blogspot.com]
2001-2006: Member of the Filmmakers and Artists Laboratory of Paris: L’Abominable. [Link: www.l-abominable.org]
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS
2021: Article: “Cinema and Community: Projections of Other Possible Worlds.” Luna, M., & Madirola, E. (2020). Cine y comunidad: proyecciones de otros mundos posibles. MEDIACIONES, 16(24), 2-7. [Link: https://doi.org/10.26620/uniminuto.mediaciones.16.24.2020.2-7]
2017: Paper “Cinesthetic Cinema: An Open Cinematic Genre” in the “Visual Culture” group at the IAMCR congress – CARTAGENA 2017.
2015: Co-Investigator on the research project: “The Art of Projection.” Project funded with support from the Faculty of Arts of Pontifical Javeriana University – Bogotá Campus. Directed by research professor Andrés Jurado. Publication in progress.
2014: Co-Investigator on the research project: “Eurhythmy: The Collective Space in the Work of Rogelio Salmona for Bogotá,” completed with an audiovisual product and a text publication. University of Los Andes. ISBN: 978-958-774-002-8.
2013: Author of the article “Huella de un documento escrito en pantalla” published in the compilation “Solo Memorias: Muestra Internacional de Documental 1998-2012,” ISBN: 978-958-763-084-8.
2013: Editorial coordinator of the publication “Solo Memorias: Muestra Internacional de Documental 1998-2012,” ISBN: 978-958-763-084-8.
FILMMAKER
2021 – “Lenguajeo” – 26 min, 16mm & Video, Colombia.
2018 – “Alétheia” – 9 min, Full-HD, Colombia.
Selected in:
- NATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL COMPETITION – 16 Bogoshorts – 2018
- NATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL COMPETITION – CineToro – 2019
- 19th Independent Film Show 2019
2012-2013 – “Euritmia: An Audiovisual Experience in the Collective Space of Rogelio Salmona’s Work for Bogotá” – 50 min, Full-HD, Colombia. Experimental documentary produced by the University of Los Andes.
Selected in: - BEST DOCUMENTARY – 8th Istanbul Architecture and Urban Film Festival – 2014
- BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Jahorina Film Festival – 2015
- OFFICIAL COMPETITION – FICARQ 2015, International Film and Architecture Festival, Spain
- OFFICIAL COMPETITION – CIUDADES REVELADAS, International Film and City Show, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2011 – Film: “el cuento” – 30 min, Super-8 and 16mm, France. Experimental documentary. This film received writing support from the CNC (National Center for Cinema) in France in 2007.
Selected in: - 29th Torino Film Festival 2011
- 10th International Festival Signes de Nuit / Paris / October 2012
2009 – “Desarrollo Armónico” – 52 min, DV-Cam, Colombia. Documentary about two alternative education systems for rural areas in Colombia.
2008 – “A l’aube” – 5 min, Super-8, 16mm, Colombia. Experimental film.
2006 – “Mónica” - 13 min, Super-8 and 16mm, France. Experimental film, distributed by LighCone – Paris.
Selected in: - 24th Torino Film Festival 2006
- 53th International Film Festival Oberhausen – 2007
- Independent FilmShow – 2007
- Toronto International Film Festival – 2007
- Honorable mention at Fincortex 2007 (International Short Film Festival – Tunja – Colombia)
2006 – “El Papá Sapo” – 6 min, video, Colombia. Animated film created with 17 children from the Arroz-Barato neighborhood in Cartagena, Colombia. The film was presented twice at the Human Rights Film Festival in Cartagena (Cine con Sentido) in 2007 and 2008.
2003 – “Sipar N°1” – 8 min, Super-8, France. Film installation.
1999 – “Gioco” – 4 min, Super-8, Italy. Experimental film. The film was shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (May 2001) and at the 2001 Videofest in Mexicali, Mexico.
THEATRICAL PROJECTS
2018 – Film images and videos for the play “el sabor de las perdices,” directed by Carlos Sepulveda.
2014 – Lighting design for the play “La Secreta Obscenidad,” directed by Matías Maldonado, produced by El Espacio Odeón, En la Luna Productions, and Teatro del Embuste.
2014 – Videos and Super-8 for the play “El tren de la memoria,” directed by Philippe Legler, produced by the Fundación la Quinta Porra with support from Europeaid and the Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands. Presented from August 8 to 24 at the Estación de la Sabana in Bogotá.
2013 – Lighting design and images for the play “Voces de Mujeres de Saramago,” directed by Maia Landaburu, presented at the Bogotá Book Fair.
AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES
2015: Winner of the “Imágenes en Movimiento” Audiovisual Archives and Documentation Centers Management Grant with the project: “Archivo Familiar en 16mm de Jacobo Brandwin.”
2008-2014: Founder of KinoLab-Colombia laboratory and responsible for the rescue and digitization of various audiovisual archives in Super-8 and 16mm formats in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and grants for Audiovisual Archives Management.
2012: Tutor for (1) Audiovisual Archives Management Grant for the Ministry of Culture.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
2011 – “Portraits” – 9 min 29”, Full-HD, Colombia. Short film by Juan Sebastián Forero, produced by Germán Forero.
2007 – “Tramas” – 100 min, DV-Cam, Brazil – France. Documentary by Augusto Contento, produced by Cineparallax.
- BEST DIRECTOR AWARD International Sulmona Film Festival, Italy, 2008
- BEST SOUNDTRACK International Sulmona Film Festival, Italy, 2008
- BEST FILM Visioni di Fata Morgana Film Festival, Cosenza, Italy, 2008
2004 – “Ônibus” – 55 min, DV-Cam, Brazil – France. Documentary by Augusto Contento, produced by Cineparallax. - BEST DIRECTOR International Sulmona Film Festival, Italy, 2007
- BEST DIRECTOR AWARD International Sulmona Film Festival, Italy, 2007
- BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD Bellaria Film Festival, Italy, 2007
- BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD Ischia International Film Festival, Italy, 2007
- QUALITY PRIX Terra di tutti i film Festival, Bologna, Italy, 2008
2004 – “Rien pour l’instant” – 20 min, DV-Cam, France. Short film by A. Corbin, sound TFE FEMIS.
2004 – “Plume” – 8 min, Super-8, France. Short film by Marie Clotilde, sound TFE FEMIS.
2001 – “La Quiete” – 10 min, 16mm, Italy. Short film by Giuseppe Sansonna.
2000 – “Greta” – 10 min, 16mm, Italy. Short film by Luca Patrizi.
2000 – “Cheope” – 4 min, DV-Cam, Italy. Music video by Luca Andreotti.
EDITOR
2013 – “Cesó la horrible noche” – 25 min, Full-HD, Colombia. Documentary by Ricardo Restrepo.
2008/2009 – “L’homme aux serpents” – 90 min, DV-Cam, France. Documentary by Eric Flandin.
- BEST DOCUMENTARY Festival International de l’environnement, France, 2009
- BEST DOCUMENTARY Festival International Cinema Planeta, Mexico, 2010
- FIRST CAMERA Rencontre Internationales du Documentaire, Canada, 2010
- SPECIAL MENTION Festival International Cinema Ambiente, Italy, 2010
2007 – “Tramas” – 100 min, DV-Cam, Brazil – France. Documentary by Augusto Contento, produced by Cineparallax. - BEST DIRECTOR AWARD International Sulmona Film Festival, Italy, 2008
- BEST SOUNDTRACK International Sulmona Film Festival, Italy, 2008
- BEST FILM Visioni di Fata Morgana Film Festival, Cosenza, Italy, 2008
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
September 2015: SEMINAR – XII National Meetings of Audiovisual Archives in Bogotá, Colombia.
September 2010: SEMINAR – VII National Meetings of Audiovisual Archives in San Agustín, Colombia.
September 2009: SEMINAR – VI National Meetings of Audiovisual Archives in Bogotá, Colombia.
May-June 2009: Creation Workshop: Sound as Material – Pontifical Javeriana University – Faculty of Arts.
October 2008: SEMINAR – V National Meetings of Audiovisual Archives in Medellín, Colombia.
November 2002: Training SEMINAR at the TECHNOVISON headquarters in Paris, France.
April 1998: SEMINAR on Cinema and Light at the Bologna Cinema in Italy, led by Director of Photography Robby Müller.
February 1998: SEMINAR on Cinema and Light at the Bologna Cinema in Italy, led by Director of Photography Giuseppe Lanci.