Rodrigo Barriuso | |
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| Born | (1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 Vedado, Havana, Cuba |
| Citizenship | Cuban, Canadian |
| Alma mater | Ryerson University |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Website | Official website |
Rodrigo Barriuso (born 1988) is a Cuban-Canadian filmmaker, most noted as co-director with his brother Sebastián Barriuso of the film A Translator (Un traductor),1
Born in 1988 in Havana, Barriuso moved to Canada in the late 2000s to study film at Ryerson University. His short film For Dorian premiered at the Ryerson University Film Festival, the annual festival of short films by Ryerson film students;2 it later won the juried award for Best Canadian Film at the 2013 Inside Out Film and Video Festival,3 and was co-winner with Antoine Bourges's East Hastings Pharmacy of the 2013 Lindalee Tracey Award.4
A Translator premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.5 The Barriuso brothers won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Director at the 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival,6 and the film was selected as the official Cuban entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2019.7
Barriuso remains based in Toronto, Ontario, where he is a Spanish studies instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Neverman, his second feature film, is slated to premiere in the Centrepiece program at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.8
References
References
- Dennis Harvey, "Film Review: ‘Un Traductor’". Variety, January 20, 2018.
- "Five films to look out for at the Ryerson University Film Festival". Ryerson Folio, May 31, 2012.
- "Weekly roundup: distribution, awards and funding news". Playback, June 7, 2013.
- Peter Knegt, "‘When I Walk,’ ‘Dragon Girls’ Top Hot Docs Winners". IndieWire, May 5, 2013.
- Sheri Linden, "‘Un Traductor’ (‘A Translator’): Film Review | Sundance 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, January 19, 2018.
- Zhang Kun, "Out of Paradise bags top award at Shanghai film festival". China Daily, June 24, 2018.
- Erik Pedersen, "Oscars: 93 Countries In Running For International Feature Film Race". Deadline Hollywood, October 7, 2019.
- Kate Erbland, TIFF Adds More Than 60 New Titles, Including Festival Winners ‘La Gradiva’ and ‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’". IndieWire, August 4, 2026.