Carla Forte was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
Lives and works in Miami, Florida.

EDUCATION

• 2005 IUNA National Art Institute. Buenos Aires, Argentina.    
• 2000-2004 Dance University Institute. Caracas, Venezuela. 

GRANTS & COMMISSIONS

• Dance Miami Choreographers' -DMC- Program (2024/2025) Miami, Florida.
• Miami Dade County Auditorium. Commissioner and Presenter (2025) Miami Florida.
• Miami Dade County Auditorium. Presenter (2024) Miami, Florida.
• O Cinema. Commissioner and Presenter. Underline Miami (2024) Miami, Florida.
• Miami Individual Artists (MIA) Stipend Program (2023) Miami, Florida.
• Dance Miami Choreographers' -DMC- Program (2023/2024) Miami, Florida.
• National Performance Network Documentation & Storytelling Fund award (2023).
• ​Miami Light Project Commissioner and Presenter (2023) Miami, Florida.
• Mention Estrella Gloriosa Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (2022) Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• Miami Individual Artists (MIA) Stipend Program (2022) Miami, Florida.​
• South Florida. South Florida Cultural Consortium Artist Acquisition Program Miami-Dade Art in Public Places (2020-2021) Miami, Florida. 
• The South Florida Cultural Consortium (2021) South Florida.
• Artist Access - Award Recipients (Spring - 2021) Miami, Florida.
• Artist Relief (2020).
• Emergency COVID-19 Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2020) New York, NY.
• Dance Miami Choreographers' -DMC- Program (2020) Miami, Florida.
• MAS Grant Award (2020) Miami, Florida.
• Actos de Confianza: NALAC Micro-Grant (2020) San Antonio, Texas.
• Oolite Arts Relief Fund (2020) Miami, Florida.
• Knight Arts Challenge (2019) Miami, Florida.
• Special jury mention for Cinematic Arts Residency. Oolite Arts (2019) Miami, Florida.
• Artist Access - Award Recipients (Fall -2019) Miami, Florida.
• TigerTail Artist Access - Award Recipients (Winter- 2017) Miami, Florida.
• Fire Gods in the Garden Commission by Tigertail Productions (2017) Miami, Florida.
• Winner of ICE project by Tigertail production. Residency Program (2016) Berlin, Germany.
• Miami Light Project Commissioned Artist for Here & Now (2016) Miami, Florida.
• Winner the Miami Film Development Project. In-Kind Sponsorship. Coral Gable Art Cinema (2016) Miami, Florida.
• Masterminds Miami New Times Award (2015) Miami, Florida.
• TigerTail Artist Access - Award Recipients (2012) Miami, Florida.
• Honored with the Best Dancer Award at the II Young Creators Dance Festival (2001)  Maracay, Venezuela. 

RESIDENCIES & PROGRAMS

• PAM CUT’s Sustainability Labs (October 16-22, 2022) Portland, Oregon.
• Official ​Selection Guayaquil Lab (2022) Guayaquil, Ecuador.

• Writing Residency and Art Studio Ginestrelle (February 22 -March 1, 2022) Assisi, Italy.
• 66th Flaherty Seminar (July 8-18,2021) Online.
• Certificate of Artistic Achievement Luxembourg Art Prize (2020) Luxembourg.
• XV Edition "Guest Artist" Miami New Media Festival (October 30-31, 2020) Miami, Florida.
• "En Residencia" Koubek Center, Miami-Dade College (January - October, 2019) Miami, Florida
• Kulturscio'k Live Art Collective, Residency Program (November 25-19, 2019) Domicella, Italy.
• FONLAD Residency Program (July 12- 22, 2018) Coimbra, Portugal.  
• Kulturscio'k Live Art Collective Residency Program (December 7-12, 2018) Domicella, Italy.
• Berlinale Talents (February 11-16, 2017) Berlin, Germany. 
• Cucalorus Dancemaker's Retreat (June 07-11, 2017) NA, Wilmington.
• National Performance Network (NPN) Performance Residency Program #10 (July, 2016) Barranquilla, Valledupar, Riohacha and Santa Marta, Colombia.
• The Writer's Room at Betsy Hotel. Residency Program (December 16-18, 2016) Miami, Florida. 
• The Writer's Room at Betsy Hotel. Residency Program (July 12-16, 2015) Miami, Florida. 
• National Performance Network (NPN) Performance Residency Program #9 (September, 2015), Barranquilla.
• ISAWsummer residency at Audiotheque Studios (August-September, 2014) Miami Beach, Florida.
• Artistic Residence, Dance -Tech AIR @ Lake Studios Berlin (November 11-21, 2014) Germany.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & WORKSHOPS​

• Founder and Co-Director of Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film 2005 - present. Miami, Florida.
• Co-Director at 305 & Havana International Improv Fest 2017-present.

• Cucalorus Film Festival / Board of Director (2023/2024).
• Jury at Cucalorus Film Festival (Feature Films/2023) Wilmington, North Carolina.
• O Cinema /  Board Advisor (2023).
• Jury at Festival de la Critica Cinematografica de Caracas (Short films) 2023.
• Jury at Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (Feature Documentaries) 2023.
• How to create Dance Film with Resources you have on-hand (January 17, 2023) ScreenDance Miami, Florida.

• Above the Line: micro-budget filmmaking, working with actors and Creating an Original Score (September 3-4-8, 2022) at O cinema, Miami Beach, USA.

• Sociedad Venezolana Cinematografica (July 30, 2022) Virtual Workshop.

• Artist Talk. Dialogo, Cine, Arte y Ensayo. Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (September 22, 2021) Guayaquil, Ecuador. 
• Artist Talk, Florida Atlantic University (September 3, 2021) Miami, Florida.
• Jury at Cucalorus Film Festival (Other Shorts /2021) Wilmington, North Carolina.

• Cine Experimental en Pandemia. JEVA.ORG (March 3, 2021) Virtual Conference.
• How can you, as a dancer, direct your own dance film. ScreenDances Miami (January 21, 2021) Virtual Workshop.
• Feminine Perspectives Workshop. ScreenDances Miami (January 16, 2020) Miami, Florida.
• Guest Artist. Multimedia Conference Urbe University (November, 2017) Miami, Florida.
• Jury at Cucalorus Film Festival (Dance - a - Lorus, 2017) Wilmington, North Carolina.
• Panelist at Screen Dance Miami (2017) Miami, Florida.
• Panelist at Miami Film Development Project. Workshop Coral Gables Art Cinema (2016). Miami, Florida.
• Jury at Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (2016) Guayaquil, Ecuador. 
• Jury at Miami Film Festival, CinemaSlam (2016) Miami, Florida.
• Guest Artist at Speaking in Cinema, Miami Beach Cinematheque (2015) Miami Beach, Florida.
• Guest Artist at Symposium Speaks Series Artist: Exploring Three Dimensional Spaces, Coral Gable Art Cinema (2015) Miami, Florida.
• Panelist at JPII International Film Festival FIU College (2011) Miami, Florida.
• Independent Film-making Workshop. Centro Cultural Español (2011) Miami, Florida.

FILMOGRAPHY

ALIEN 
Augment Reality (AR) Video Portraits of Immigrant Women/ Art in Public Places (9'42") Scriptwriter & Film Director (2024, USA). 

• The Underline Miami ((October 13- December 8, 2024) Miami, Florida. 

CARMEN
Dance for Camera (4'36'') Scriptwriter, Choreographer & Film Director (2023, USA).​

• Cucalorus Film Festival (October 20-25, 2024) Wilmington, North Carolina.
• Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image ( October 18 & 19) Johnson City, NY.
• POOL  24 - Movement Art film Festival Berlin (October 17, 2024) Berlin, Germany.
• Bucharest International Dance Film Festival (September 5- 8, 2024) Bucharest, Romania.
• Chroma Art Film Festival (August  17-18, 2024) Miami, Florida.
• CICA Museum (October 2-20, 2024) Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
• Universidad Católica Andres Bello (February 3, 2024) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Screen Dance Miami (January 20, 2024) The Light Box MTC. Miami, Florida.
• Mostra Internacional de Danca  -IMARP (December 10-17, 2023) Brazil.
• Festival del Movimiento / Cuadro por Danza (November 22, 2023) Mérida, Venezuela.
• Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques (October 18- Nov 1, 2023) Milan, Italy.
• ​Dança em Foco Festival Internacional de Video & Danca (December, 2023) Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
• Cuadro por Danza (September 9 - October 4, 2023) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Bangalore Queer Film Festival (August 4-6, 2023) Bangalore, India.
• TJLAND FIVQ Festival Internacional de Video Danza Queer (June 16 & 23, 2023) Tijuana Mexico.

MIKI MANIACO
Feature Film (82')Scriptwriter, Film Director, Producer & Choreographer (2022, USA - Venezuela).
Acquired by Amazon Prime and Tubi.

• Cinema Church (July 28th, 2024) LA, California.
• Sala Cinemateca San Cristobal (January 25, 2024) San Cristóbal, Venezuela.
• Sala Cinemateca Tucupita (January 25, 2024) Tucupita, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela.

• Tampa international Film Festival (December 7-9, 2023) Tampa, Florida.
• Academia de Cine Antigua-Guatemala (December 1-9, 2023) Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. 
• Culver City Film Festival (December 1-7) LA, California.

• FilmHaus Streaming (October 27 -Nov 5, 2023) Berlin, Germany.
• CineFem (September 23, 2023) Uruguay, Punta del Este.
• Stuff Mx Film Festival (September 11, 2023) DF, Mexico.
• Oil Valley Film Festival (September 9, 2023) Oil City, Pennsylvania.
• Urban Film Festival (September 2, 2023) Miami, Florida.
• Festival de Cine “Entre Largos y Cortos Oriente ELCO (September 12-15, 2023”) Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
• Centro Cultural Parque Central (July 26, 2023) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Swedish International film Festival  (July, 2023 / Online Program) Varmland County, Sweden.
• ​Cine Del Mar 16 (July 14, 2023) Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• Ciudad de México International Film Festival (July 14-16, 2023) Ciudad de México, Mexico.
• Festival del Cine Venezolano (July 10 & 12, 2023) Merida, Venezuela.
• Malibu Film Festival - Online Selection (June 15 - 30, 2023) LA, California.
• Berlin FimlHause (November 22-26, 2023) Online Program. Berlin, Germany.
• Asolo Art Film Festival (June 14-18, 2023) Asolo, Italy.
• Beyond Hollywood International Film Festival (April 21, 2023) LA, CA.
• Bayamón International Film Festival (March 21-24, 2023) Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
• SANFICI Santander Festival internacional de cine Independiente (February 21, 2023) Santander, Colombia.
• Cinemateca Museo de Bellas Artes (February 2, 2023) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Cinemateca San Carlos (February 4, 2023) Cojedes, Venezuela.
• Cinemateca Tucupita (February 4, 2023) Delta Amacuro, Venezuela.
• Bizarro Land Film Festival (December 9-11, 2022) Orlando, Florida.
• Salerno International Film Festival (November 28 -December 03, 2022) Salerno, Italy.
• ​Festival de la Critica Cinematográfica de Caracas (November, 2022). Caracas, Venezuela.
• Bizarroland Film Festival (December 2, 2022) Orlando, Florida.
• Cucalorus Film Festival (November 20, 2022) Wilmington, North Carolina.
• Hollywood Film Festival (November 6, 2022) Hollywood, Florida.
• ​​Cines Unidos and Cinex (October 27 Oct - 9 Nov, 2022) Caracas, Venezuela.
• North America Premier at O Cinema South Beach (September 2-8, 2022) South Beach, Florida.
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (August 31, 2022) Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• Chichester International Film Festival (August 12, 2022) Chichester, UK.​​

​​​PRIZES​​​

• Best Actor and Director of Photography, Premio Municipal del Cine de Chacao (January 19, 2024) Caracas, Venezuela.

• Best Actress, Culver City Film Festival (December 2023) LA, USA.
• Best Actor, Pitch to Screen Film Awards (October, 2023) LA, USA.
• Best Editing, The Magic of Cinema (September 2023) NY, NY. /  Barcelona - Spain (October, 2023) Barcelona, Spain.
• Best Actor, Oil Valley Film Festival (September 2023) Oil City, Pennsylvania.
• Best Cast, BlastOff Award Winer (September 2023) LA, USA.
• Best International Film, Urban Film Festival (September 2023) Miami, Florida.
• Best Women's Film, Beyond The Curve Film Festival (Septiembre 2023) France.
• Best Actor, Festival Internacional Cine Del Mar (2023) Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• ​Special Mention Best Director of Photography, Festival Internacional Cine Del Mar (2023) Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• Best Original Music, Festival del Cine Venezolano (2023) Merida, Venezuela.
• Honorable Mention Original Music, Red Movie Awards (2023) LA, USA.
• ​Best Feature, Hollywood Gold Award (2023) LA, USA.
• Best Actor - Best Picture and Best Black and White Film, 8 & Half Awards (2023) Roma, Italy.
• Best Feature Film, Vesuvius Film Festival (Edition XXXII 2023) Napoli, Italy.
• Best supporting Actress, Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (2023) London.
• Best Lead Actor - Best Supporting Actress and Best Ensemble Cast, Berlin FilmHaus (2023) Berlin, Germany.
• ​Best Foreign Film, Beyond Hollywood International Film Festival (2023) LA, USA.
• ​Outstanding Excellence to the Art House Feature Film, Hispanic International Film Festival (2023) Delaware, Dover.
• Best Actor, Actors Award (2023) USA.
• Online Audience Award, Bizarro Land Film Festival (2022) Orlando, Florida.
• Best Actress, ​Festival de la Critica Cinematográfica de Caracas (2022) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Best Feature Film, Best Actor and Best Actress Hollywood Film Festival (2022) Hollywood, Florida.

FEMME
Dance for Camera (9'51'') Scriptwriter, Choreographer, Performer & Film Director (2021 USA). ​​​

• International Contemporary Art Exhibition (August 25-28, 2022) Assisi, Italy.
• Cuadro por Danza. Asociación Cultural Humboldt (June 18-19 2022) Caracas, Venezuela.
•  ScreenDance Miami Special Edition North Beach Bandshell ​(June, 9 2022) Miami Beach, Florida.  
• Arte Latino Now, Virtual Exhibition (April, 2022) USA.

• Women of vision Strength and Softness in Motion, Doral Contemporary Museum (March 8, 2022) Miami, Florida.

• Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (November 22-27, 2021) Salerno, Italy.​​​​
• Fonlad Digital Art Festival (November 20-27, 20210) Coimbra, Portugal​.
• Paadmaan Video Event (November 26 - December 7, 2021) Tehran, Iran.
• Centre Film Festival (November 1-7, 2021) Philipsburg, PA.​
• ADAF Physical Edition, Museum of Modern Greek Culture (October 13-17,2021) Athens, Greece.
• Athens Digital Arts Festival (September 20- October 31, 2021) Athens, Greece. 
• Motif Film Screening Series (September 21, 2021)  Providence, Rhode Island.

• CICA Museum (November 3-21, 2021) Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. 
• Borders ArtFair Venice FUTURE LANDSCAPES (August 30 to September 19, 2021) Venice Italy.
• ​PBS Season 4 (June 15-17, 2021 - December 2022) Miami, Florida.
• Miami Dade County Auditorium. Drive -Through. Theatre experience (February 13, 2021) Miami, Florida.
• Melamegi Lab Contest (February- March, 2021) Villanova, Italy.
• ScreenDance Miami (January 22, 2021) New World Center's Projection Wall at Soundscape Park. Miami, Florida.

​FEMME (Little Havana)
Dance for Camera (14') Scriptwriter, Choreographer & Film Director (2019, USA).

• ​South Florida Cultural Consortium Artist Acquisition Program Miami-Dade Art in Public Places (2020-2021) South Florida.

• Doral Contemporary Art Museum (November 30, 2019) Doral, Florida.
• "Litle Havana Unmasked" Koubek Center Miami - Dade College (October 26, 27, 2019) Miami, Florida.​

QUARANTINE  RAIN 
Dance for Camera (3'07'') Scriptwriter, Choreographer, Performer & Film Director (2020, USA).

• Fonlad  Best off 2023/ Program of Romaria Cultural (July 28, 2024) Gouveia, Portugal​.
• Fonlad Digital Art Festival (September 15, 2023) Coimbra, Portugal​.

• South Florida PBS Episode 1004 -The Story of Us (February 1, 2022) Miami, Florida.

• Ephemereye Moving Images in focus (September 1, 2021) Vallejo, California.
• 305 & HAVANA International Improv Fest (May 2, 2020)​ Miami, Florida.
• O Cinema "Welcome to Our World" / AltspaceVR (April 24, 2021) Miami Beach, Florida.

HISTERIA
Feature Film (78') Scriptwriter, Film Director & Producer (2020, USA - Venezuela).​

• ​Cines Unidos and Cinex (December 15  - December 22, 2022) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Festival Internacional Amorpho  (Octubre 9, 2022) San José, Costa Rica.
• Under Berlin Film Festival (October 8, 2022) Berlin, Germany.
• FINDECOIN - Independent International Short & Feature Film Festival "The day is short" (February 22-24, 2022) Anzuategui, Venezuela.
• SANFICI Santander Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (February 21, 2022) Santander, Colombia.
• Festival de la Critica Cinematografica de Caracas (December 15 -19, 2021) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground (December 8- 12) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Cucalorus Film Festival (November 12, 2021) Wilmington, NC.
• Bahía Independent Cinema Festival (November 4-7, 2021) Bahía, Brazil.
• One Take Film Festival (October 22-24, 2021) Zagreb, Croatia.
• Elco Film Festival (August 8- October 15, 2021) Oriente, Venezuela.
• Guayaquil International Film Festival (Septiembre 17-22, 2021) Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• One Shot International Film Festival (September 4-11, 2021) Yerevan, Armenia.
• Cine del Mar (July 10, 2021) Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• New Filmmakers New York (April 6, 2021) NY, NY.
• Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (December 9, 2020) Salerno, Italy.​​​​ ​​

​PRIZES

• Best Feature Film, Festival Internacional Amorpho (2022) San José, Costa Rica.

CONEJO 
Feature Film (85’) Scriptwriter Film Director & Producer (2020, USA -  Cuba - Venezuela).​

• ​Cines Unidos and Cinex (December 08  - December 21, 2022) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Spring Edition Košice International Film (June 8-10, 2022) Košice, Slovakia.

• SANFICI Santander Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (February 25, 2022) Santander, Colombia.
• Aporia Film Festival (December 15 - January 15, 2021-2022) DMZ Village, South Korea.
• Festival Internacional de Cinema em Balneário Camboriú (November 24 - December 7, 2021) Brazil.
• Elco Film Festival (August 8- October 15, 2021) Oriente, Venezuela.
• Parana International Films Festival (September 3-10, 2021) Parana, Argentina.

• LETNetworks #AmLatino Film Festival (June, 2021) USA.
• Maracay International Film and Video Festival (June 21-23, 2021) Maracay, Venezuela.

• FesCine con Riesgo (December 19-22, 2021) Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Dumbo Film Festival (September, 6, 2021) Brooklyn, NY.
• Vesuvius International Film Festival (December Edition, 2020) Naples, Italy.
• South Film and Arts Academy Festival (2020) Rancagua, Chile.
• LatinUy 12 (December 20, 2020) Punta del Este, Uruguay
• Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (December 8, 2020) Salerno, Italy.
• Festival de Critica cinematografica de Caracas (December 3-6, 2020) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Icaro Festival Internacional de Cine de Centroamerica (December 5-12, 2020) Guatemala City.
• Cucalorus Film Festival (November 14, 2010) Wilmington, NC.
• Festival Internacional Cine del Mar (August 27, 2020) Punta del Este, Uruguay.
• Festival de Cine Venezolano (September 10-24, 2020) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine (16-23, August 2020) Santiago de Chile, Chile.
• The Nickel Independent Film Festival  (July 25, 2020) St. John's, Canada.
• Miami International Film Festival, Ibero America Competition (March 8, 2020) Miami, Florida.
• Big Muddy Film Festival, Opening Ceremony (February 24, 2020) Carbondale, Illinois.​

PRIZES

• Best Drama Feature Film, Maracay International Film and Video Festival (2021) Maracay, Venezuela.
• Best Narrative Feature, Dumbo Film Festival (2021)
• Best Lead Actress, Vesuvius International Film Festival (2020) Naples, Italy.
• Best Lead Actress, Festival Internacional Cine del Mar Punta del Este (2020) Uruguay.

• Special Awards: Feature Film Of The Month, Best Drama Feature, Best Director In A Feature Film, Best Screenplay In A Feature Film, Best Lead Actor In A Feature Film, Best Supporting Actor In A Feature Film, Best Lead Actress In A Feature Film. Best Cinematography In A Feature Film, Best Art Direction In A Feature Film and Best Poster at South Film and Arts Academy Festival (#39 December 2020).

NOSTALGIA IN DOMICELLA
Video Art (6') Film Director & Performer (2019, Italy).​

• Screen Dance Miami's 10 year History Miami Beach Bandshell, (January 24, 224) Miami, Florida.
• Cuadro por Danza Centro Cultural Parque Central(July 15, 2022) Caracas, Venezuela.
• InShadow Lisbon Screen Dance Festival (November 15 - December 18, 2021) Lisbon, Portugal.
• Festival International de Videoarte de Camaguey (November 8-10, 2021) Camaguey, Cuba.

• O Cinema "Welcome to Our World" / AltspaceVR (July 30, 2021) Miami Beach, Florida.​
• Fonlad Digital Art Festival (2020) Coimbra, Portugal.

• Arte Latino Now Virtual exhibition at Queens University of Charlotte (April, 2021) Charlotte, NC.
• Centro Cultural Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (March 4, 2021) Caracas, Venezuela.​​​
• Vesuvius International Film Festival (January Edition, 2021) Naples, Italy.
• Miami New Media Festival (November, 2020) Miami, Florida
• Rochester International Film Festival (August 20-22, 2020). Rochester, NY.
• ScreenDance Miami (January 18, 2020) Perez Art Museum. Miami, Florida.
• International Dance Film Festival (October 5, 2019) Brussels, Belgium.​

​​PRIZES

• Best Dance for Camera, Vesuvius International Film Festival (2021) Naples, Italy.

TEARS  
 Dance for Camera (4') Scriptwriter, Choreographer, Performer & Film Director (2017, USA).

• South Florida PBS "season" 2 Film-Maker (2019) Miami, Florida.
• Festival International de Videoarte de Camaguey (April 29, 2019) Camaguey, Cuba.
• ​Miami Film Machine Coral Gables Art Cinema (May 5, 2018) Miami, Florida.
• OGA VideoArt Exhibitions (Octubre, 2018) Roma, Italy.
• Miami New Media Festival ArtMedia Gallery (October 6, 2017) Miami, Florida.
• Miami Film Machine Miami Book Fair (Oct 5, 2017) Miami, Florida.
• Women Media Arts and Film Festival (September 3, 2017) Sydney, Australia.
• Fonlad Digital Art Festival (July 21, 2017) Coimbra, Portugal.​​

HURRICANE  
Dance for Camera and Video-Art Installation (5') Scriptwriter, Choreographer, Performer & Film Director (2017, USA).

• The University Galleries Florida Atlantic University (September 17- October 30, 2021) Miami Film Machine Indie Pasion Indie Film Festival (April 5, 2019) Boca de Raton, Florida.
• Miami Film Machine Indie Pasion Indie Film Festival (April 5, 2019) Miami, Florida.
• Screen Dance Miami (January 19, 2019) Miami, Florida. 
• Wild Beast Collective FATVillage Projects (November 3, 2018) Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• Replay at Edge Zone (September 29, 2018) Miami, Florida.
• GRRL HAUS CINEMA (August 15, 2018) Berlin, Germany.
• Quinzena de Danca de Almada -Contemporary Dance Festival Portugal (September 21-Oct 20, 2018) Almada, Portugal. 
• OGA VideoArt Exhibitions (Octubre, 2018) Roma, Italy.
• Experiments in Cinema Festival (April 14, 2018) Alburqueque, NM.
• Women In Dance Leadership Conference (January 18-20, 2018) New York, New York.
• Festival de Improvisation Dia 14 (November 17, 2017) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Cucalorus Film Festival (November 12, 2017) Wilmington, North Carolina.
• Miami New Media Festival ArtMedia Gallery (October 5, 2017) Miami, Florida.
• Video Art and Experimental Video Showcase Intermediaciones (October 5, 2017) Medellin, Colombia.
• The First  and The Last  Experimental International Film Festival (September 23-24, 2017) Syney, Australia.
• Fonlad Digital Art Festival (July 21, 2017) Coimbra, Portugal.
• Cube Art Project (July 21, 2017) Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Fabrica de Arte Cubano (July 23 & 30, 2017) Havana, Cuba.
• Fire Gods in the Garden Vizcaya Museum & Gardens (April 12, 2017) Miami, Florida.

ANN 
Feature Film (87’) Scriptwriter, Film Director & Producer (2016, USA).

• Cinewest Cinematheque (September 13-20-27, 2020) Sydney, Australia.
• Lockdown Online Film Festival (April, 2020) UK.
• Filmoteca Virtual Fundacion Festival de Cine de Guayaquil (April 8, 2020) Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• Adriana Barraza Cinematheque (October 12, 2019) Miami, Florida.
• VEFF Venezuelan Film Festival (November 3, 2018) Barcelona, Spain.
• Charlotte Film Festival (September 29, 2018) Charlotte, NC.
• Urban Film Festival (Septembre 2, 2018) Miami, Florida.
• Trasnocho Cultural (Septembre 2, 2018) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Centro Cultural Chacao (June 30, 2018) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival and Writers Award (August 16-26, 2018) Las Vegas, NV.
• Festival del Cine Venezolano (June 3 & 7, 2018) Merida, Venezuela.
• The IndieFest Film Award (Season May, 2018) La Jolla, CA.
• Nice International Film Festival (May 10, 2018) Nice, France.
• Festigious International Film Festival (January, 2018) LA, California.
• Southern States Indie FanFilmFest (Ja nuary 3, 2018) Biloxi, Mississippi.
• Festival Internacional de Cine GLBT 2017 OUTFEST (December 1 & 5, 2017 ) Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.
• Sydney Transgender International Film Festival (September 30 - October 1, 2017) Sydney, Australia.
• Women Media Arts and Film Festival (September 2 & 3, 2017) Sydney, Australia.
• Miami Beach Cinematheque (August 17, 2017) Miami Beach, Florida
• Ciclo de Cine de la Diversidad (July 05, 2017) Caracas, Venezuela.
• Mix Mexico Film Festival (May 24, 2017) D.F, Mexico.
• Atlanta Film Festival (March 30, 2017) Atlanta, GA.
• Athens Animfest (March 18, 2017) Greece, Athens.
• Boddionale Film Festival (February 18, 2017) Berlin, Germany.
• El Lugar Sin Limites (November 19,21 & 23, 2016) Quito, Ecuador.
• Venezuelan Film Festival (September 17, 2016) NY, NY.
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (September 16, 2016) Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• Festival Euromediterraneo (August 26, 2016) Calabria, Italy.
• Social Machinery Film Festival (July 29 & 31, 2016) Mantova, Italy. ​

PRIZES

• Best LGBT Film, Action on Film Mega Fest (2018) Las Vegas, NV.
• Best Foreign Film, Hollywood Dreamz Film Festival (2018) Las Vegas, NV.
• Jury Price, Honolulu Film Awards (2018) Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Award of Merit: Actor, IndieFest Film Award (2018) La Jolla, San Diego.
• Honorable Mention: Actor, New York Film Awards (2018) New York, New York.
• Best Experimental Film, Festigious International Film Festival (2018) LA, California
• Honorable Mention: Actor, New York Film Awards (2018) New York, New York,
• Best Cinematography, Southern States Indie FanFilmFest (2018) Biloxi, Mississippi. 
• Best Actor, Cine GLBT 2017 OUTFEST (2017) Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.

• Best Actor, Social Machinery Film Festival (2016) Mantova, Italy. 

EMOTIONAL ZERO 
Dance for Camera (8’) Choreographer, Performer & Film Director (2016, USA).

• Geofilmfestival and Expocinema (November 9, 2017- March 3, 2018) Citadella, Italy.
• Fabrica de Arte Cubano (July 23 & 30, 2017) Havana, Cuba.
• Camaguey International Video Art Festival (April 8, 2017) Camaguey, Cuba. 
• New Media Festival (October 8, 2016) Miami, Florida.​

THE HOLDERS 
Documentary Feature Film (80’) Scriptwriter, Film Director & Producer (2015, USA). 

• Filmoteca Virtual Fundacion Festival de Cine de Guayaquil (April 8, 2020) Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• Cine Animal Bogota (November, 2018) Bogota, Colombia.
• Strasburg Film Festiva (November 9, 2018) Strasburg, Virginia.
• Instituto de Derechos del Animal del Colegio de Abogados de Rosario (June 04, 2018) Santa Fe, Argentina.
• Geofilmfestival and Expocinema (November 9, 2017- March 3, 2018) Citadella, Italy.
• Cardiff Independent Film Festival (27- 29 October 2017) Cardiff Bay, UK.
• Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne (March 7, 2017) Melbourne, Australia.
• Culture Unplugged Festival (June 19, 2016) Mountain View, CA.
• World Congress Animal Rights (December 11-12, 2015) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• St. Louis International Film Festival (November 15, 2015) St. Louise, Missouri.
• Miami Beach Cinematheque as part of Speaking in Cinema (October 17, 2015) Miami, Florida.
• Los Angeles CineFest (October 6, 2015) LA.
• Matsalu Natures Film Festival (September 17, 2015) Lihula, Estonia.
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (September 10, 2015) Guayaquil, Ecuador. 
• Miami International Film Festival (March 8-14, 2015) Miami, Florida.​​​

PRIZES

• Chrysalis Documentary Feature Film, Cine Animal Bogota (2018) Bogota, Colombia.

• Best Documentary Feature Film, Cine Animal Bogota (2018) Bogota, Colombia.

TALASHIMAII 
Experimental Feature Film (60’) Scriptwriter, Film Director & Producer (2015, USA).

• FilmGate Interactive Conference Week (February 26, 2016) Miami, Florida.
• O Cinema Wynwood, Cine al Fresco (December 12, 2015) Miami, Florida. 
• FUTURE WORLD : UNKNOWN iiiPoints Dot Fifty-one Gallery (October 11, 2015) Miami, Florida​.

ELLA
Dance for Camera (16´) Film Director (2015, USA).

• Geofilmfestival and Expocinema (November 9, 2017- March 3, 2018) Citadella, Italy.
• New Media Festival (October 8, 2016) Miami, Florida.
• Festicaribe International Theater Festival (September 14, 2016) Santa Marta, Colombia. 
• KurzFilmFestival (May 19-22, 2016) Weimar, Germany.
• Proxy Act Festival (May 29, 2016) London, UK.
• Screen Dance Miami, PAMM Museum (January 23, 2016) Miami, Florida.
• Golden Sun Short Film Festival (January 4-12, 2016) Zebbug, Malta.​

STARING AT THE CEILING 
Dance for Camera (5') Scriptwriter, Choreographer, Performer & Film Director (2014, USA). ​

• The University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University (September 17-0ctober 30, 2021) Boca de Raton, Florida.
• Miami Film Machine Indie Pasion Indie Film Festival. (April 5, 2019) Boca de Raton, Florida.
• Miami New Media Festival (October, 2019) Miami, Florida.
• REFLEKS program at Zagreb Dance Centre (November 18, 2107) Zagreb, Croatia.
• Another Experiment by Women Film Festival (December 6, 2017) NY, NY. 
• Fabrica de Arte Cubano (July 23- 30, 2017) Havana, Cuba.
• New Mavericks Film Series (November 19, 2016) Georgia, Atlanta.
• LadyFest Miami (September 24, 2015) Miami, Florida.
• Teatro Maderos (June 27, 2015) Valledupar, Colombia.
• Index Art Center 10th Annual Film and Video Screenings (April 25, 2015) Newark, New Jersey.
• Experiments in Cinema (April 15-19, 2015) Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
• Screen Dance Miami (January 24- 25, 2015) Miami, Florida.​

PRIZES

• Second Place, Screen Dance Miami (2015) Miami, Florida.

INTERRUPTA 
Dance for Camera (6’) Scriptwriter, Choreographer, Performer & Film Director (2013, USA).

• Women’s Movie Night (December 6, 2024) Art Basel Week. Miami, Florida.
• Brooklyn Studios for Dance (October 21, 2017) Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
• Key West Film Festival (November 22, 2015) Key West, Florida.
• The Sagamore Hotel as part of Speaking in Cinema (October 17, 2015) Miami Beach, Florida.
• Miami Beach Cinematheque as part of Speaking in Cinema (October 17, 2015) Miami Beach, Florida.
• New Media Festival (October 8 - 31, 2015) Miami, Florida.
• LadyFest Miami (September 24, 2015) Miami, Florida.
• Teatro Maderos (June 27, 2015) Valledupar, Colombia.
• FEMCINE (March 25-29, 2015) Santiago de Chile, Chile.
• Cucalorus Film Festival (November 12- 16, 2014) Wilmington, North Carolina.
• Festival Les Instants Vidéo (November 10, 2014) Marseille, France.
• POOL 14 – INTERNATIONALE TanzFilmPlattform (September 12, 2014) Berlin, Germany.
• Art Screening at Trestle Gallery (April 15, 2014) Brooklyn, New York.
• Index Internacional Arts Festival (April 10-11, 2014) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• Screen Dance Miami (January 25, 2014) Miami, Florida.
• Quinzena de Danca de Almada (October 18, 2013) Almada, Portugal.  
• International Dance Film Festival Uruguay (October 5, 2013) San Salvador, Uruguay. 
• Dances Made to Order Edition 21 (March 6, 2013) Seattle, Washington.​

IMAGINARIUM  
Video-Art (15’) Scriptwriter,  Performer & Film Director (2013, USA).

• Teatro Maderos (June 27, 2015) Valledupar, Colombia.
• Leiden International Short Film Experience (May 1- 3, 2014) Scheltema, Netherlands. 
• Miami Beach Cinematheque (March 15-17, 2013) Miami Beach, Florida.
• SandBox Series 2012-2013 Miami Theater Center (December 6-22, 2012) Miami, Florida.
• Cannes Court Métrage Short Film Corner Cannes Film Festival (May 15-26, 2013) Cannes, France.

RESET
Experimental Short Film (12’) Scriptwriter, Film Director & Producer (2012, USA-Venezuela).

• Filmake “Target” Periodic  Competition (July, 2021) LA, California.
• CinemaCafe Film Night (June 18, 2014) Miami, Florida.
• Cannes Court Métrage Short Film Corner Cannes Film Festival (May 25, 2012) Cannes, France.

HISTORIAS DE LA URBE
Feature Film (82’) Scriptwriter, Film Director & Producer (2011, USA - Spain - Venezuela).

• Universal Film Festival (August 24, 2018) Kansas City, MO.
• Cinema Zero Online Program (June 17- 25, 2014) NY, NY.
• Festival de Cine Venezolano (June 4- 6, 2012) Merida, Venezuela.
• Bootleg Film Festival Toronto (May 24, 2012) Toronto, Canada.
• Miami, Florida. Indieflix (November 8, 2011) Seattle, WA.
• Marbella International Film Festival (October 14-16, 2011) Marbella, Spain.
• Los Angeles Movies Award (I) Honorable Mention (May 23, 2011) Los Angeles, CA.​

PRIZES

• Award of Merit, Lucerne International Film Festival (2012) Lucerne, Switzerland.
• Winner Best Script - Best Feature and Best Cinematographer, Bootleg Film Festival (2012) Toronto, Canada.
• Best Feature and Best Actress, Miami Life Awards (2011) Miami, Florida.
• Honorable Mention. Los Angeles Movie Award (I). (2011) Los Angeles, CA.

PERFORMANCES

BIRD WOMAN
Performance Multimedia (50') Choreographer & Performer ​(2023,USA).

• Presenter: Miami Dade County Auditorium (May 1, 2024) Miami, Florida.

• ​Cucalorus Film Festival (Nov 18, 2023) Wilmington, North Carolina.

• ​Biennal of the Americas (April 29, 2023) Denver, Colorado.
• Presenter and Commissioner: Miami Light Project, ​Miami Theater Center (February 24-25, 2023) Miami, Florida.

FEMME STORIES FROM THE BODY 
Performance (30') Choreographer & Performer (2021, USA) 
Artistic collaboration as a choreographer, performer and film director. Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran.  

• ​On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium, Drive-Through Theatre Experience series (February 13, 2021). Miami, FL, United States.​

 
ANN 
Performance (70') Writer and Director (2019,USA).

• ​Presenter: Miami-Dade County Auditorium. Black Box Theatre. (February, 11-12, 2019) Miami, Florida.

EMOTIONAL ZERO
Performance (20’) Writer, Choreographer and Performer (2016, USA).

• 13th Fonlad Digital Art Festival (July 16, 2018) Coimbra, Portugal.
• 305 & Havana International Improv Fest (April 21, 2018) Trinidad, Cuba.
• XXVII Festicaribe International Theater Festival (September 14, 2016) Santa Marta, Colombia.
• Here and Now, Light Box at Goldman Warehouse (May 12-14, 2016) Miami, Florida.​

ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS

POR DENTRO ​ (2023, USA).
​​Artistic collaboration as a performer and film director. Multimedia Performance directed by the choreographer Alexey Taran.

• Inkb8 (October 25, 26, 2024) Miami, Florida.
• 305 International Improv Fest (April 4 & 12, 2024) Miami, Florida / San Jose, Costa Rica.
• ​On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium (October 5-6-, 2023). Miami, FL, United States​​​.

​
THE COMMUNE. CHAPTER 3: "THE FEAR OF FREEDOM" (2022,USA)  
​Artistic collaboration as a performer and film director. Multimedia Performance directed by the choreographer Alexey Taran.​​

• ​On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium (October 6-7-, 2022). Miami, FL, United States​​​

THE COMMUNE. CHAPTER 2: "THE ANARCHIST" (2021, USA) 
Artistic collaboration as a performer and film director. Multimedia Performance directed by the choreographer Alexey Taran.​​

• ​On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium (October 7-8-, 2021). Miami, FL, United States​​​

​
LIGHT AND DESIRE (2021, USA) 
Artistic collaboration as a performer and film director.  Performance directed by the choreographer Colleen Thomas.

• 27th Miedzynarodowe Spotkania Teatrów Tańca (November 11, 2023) Lublin, Poland.​
• Loyola Marymount University (September 1 -2, 2023) LA, California.
• ​New York Live Arts Theatre (September 15-18, 2021). New York, New York.​ ​

​
THE COMMUNE . CHAPTER 1: A COMMUNE OF ORANGE (2020, USA) 
Artistic collaboration as a performer and film director. Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran. 

• ​On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium (January 9-10-11, 2020). Miami, FL, United States​

​
FLESH (2017, USA) 
Artistic collaboration as a film director. 
​Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran.

• On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium (April 12-13-14, 2017) Miami, FL, United States. 
• Fábrica de Arte Cubano FAC (June 16 - 23 -30,2017). Havana, Cuba​.​​

TRIBE (2015, USA)
​Artistic collaboration as a film director and performer. 
​Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran.

• ​On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium (April 2-3-4-5, 2015) Miami, FL, United States
• ArtCenter South Florida (May 2, 2015) Miami, FL, United States
• 20. International Dance Festival “Habana Vieja en Movimiento” (April 15-19, 2015) Havana, Cuba​.

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RESONANCIAS (2014, USA) 
Artistic collaboration as a film director. Performance directed by the music composer Jose Luis de la Paz and choreographer Niurca Marquez. 

• ​​On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium (May 8 - 9, 2014) Miami, FL, United States​.

IMAGINARIUM LIFE (2012, USA) 
Artistic collaboration as a performer and film director. ​Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran.

• Miami Beach Cinematheque at Historic City Hall (March 15 -17, 2013) Miami Beach, FL.
• SandBox Series, Miami Theater Center (December 6-22, 2012) Miami, FL.

• Inkub8 (April, 2012) Miami, FL​.

ASSASSINS FOR ONE NIGHT (2011, USA)
Artistic collaboration as a film director and Performer. Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran.

• ​​La Biennale di Venezia,  Marathon of the Unexpected (June 24, 2012) Venice, Italy.
• LITup AT 92Y Harkness Dance Festival (February 18-20, 2011) New York.

SCHIZO BOLO (2009, USA)
​Artistic collaboration as a film director and performer. 
​Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran.

• Live performance and Installation Art Exhibition, EdgeZones Gallery (June 9, 2019) Miami, FL.

• LIT Loft into Theater, Soho Showcase (January 11, 2010) New York, NY.

SYMBOL (2009, USA) 
​Artistic collaboration as a film director and performer. Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran.

• Here & Now 2009, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Carnival Studio Theater (March 5-7, 2009) Miami, FL.

BOLO (2005, USA)
​​Artistic collaboration as a film director and performer.  Multimedia Performance Co-Directed with the choreographer Alexey Taran.

• XXI International Festival of Young Choreographers de Venezuela, Alberto de Paz y Mateos Theater.  Caracas, Venezuela.
• Art of Uncertainty Exhibition, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• 10th Dance & Non-Verbal Theatre Festival San Vincent, Zagreb, Croatia.
• Fall Season, Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY.
• Gorilla FEST 07, New York, NY.
• A Desert for Dance International Dance Festival, Hermosillo, Mexico.
• Jacobo Borges Museum, Exhibition: From relations and reactions, University Institute of Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts Armando Reveron IUESAPAR, Caracas, Venezuela.
• University Institute of Advanced Studies in Arts Armando Reveron, Caracas, Venezuela.
• XIII International Dance Festival Maracaibo, Baralt Theater, Maracaibo,Venezuela.
• 2th World Dance Festival Solos and Duets, Rajatabla Theater, Caracas, Venezuela.
• Central University of Venezuela, School of Humanities and Education, Caracas, Venezuela.
• International Dance Day, Center for Latin American Studies Rómulo Gallegos, Caracas, Venezuela.