Rodney Llaverías, a Dominican-American filmmaker, holds a graduate degree in Screenwriting & Directing from Columbia University. His short films have been showcased at various prestigious film festivals, including Rotterdam, San Sebastián, Locarno, New Orleans Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival, Outfest, and the Guadalajara International Film Festival. Rodney is also an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and was awarded the Newfest New Voices Filmmaker grant in partnership with Netflix in 2022 to support emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers. Furthermore, he was selected to participate in the Locarno Filmmakers Academy in 2023.
Additionally, Rodney co-wrote the short film "Darling", which garnered acclaim, winning the Orizzonti Award for Best Short at the Venice International Film Festival in 2019, receiving a Special Mention at SXSW, and being selected for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). He was also granted the Katharina Otto-Bernstein production grant for his short film "Tropicalía", an adaptation of his project "La Canícula", which is set to be spearheaded by the Colombian arthouse film hub: Inercia Películas. “La Canícula” will be his debut feature film as a director.