Oscar Ruiz Navia

Colombian Filmmaker. Director-Writer-Producer and Cinematographer. BFA in Social Communications and Journalism, Universidad del Valle (Cali-Colombia). In early 2006 he founded CONTRAVÍA FILMS, one of the most recognized independent film production houses in Colombia, coproducing with countries like France, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Canada and Argentine. He was part of the Cannes Cinefondation Residency in 2010. His films have been selected for festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Venice, San Sebastian, Locarno, Rotterdam, among others. 

Supervisor: Mariella Nitoslawska and Michael Yaroshevsky

Research Interests:

Non-Profesional Actors' Direction, Cinema of the periphery, Author Cinema, Hybrid Films, Cinema du Réel, Poetic Cinema. 

Teaching/TAShips:

Reserve Course Professor, Filmmaking 1  2024-25 

TAShips: Filmmaking I - Filmmaking Summer Micro Program 2024

Selected Filmography:

-EL VUELCO DEL CANGREJO ( Crab Trap) Feature Film 2009 

SOLECITO (Little Sun) Short Film 2013

LOS HONGOS (The Fungi) Feature Film 2014

EPIFANÍA (Epiphany) Feature Film - codirected with Anna Eborn-2016   

FAIT VIVIR  Doc Feature Film 2019

Instagram: @ruiz.navia @contravia_films 

Website: www.contraviafilms.com.co

Favourite Films:

Andrei Rubliev by Andrei Tarkovski (1966) 

The 400 Blows by François Truffaut (1959)

Teorema by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1968)

Where is my Friend House by Abbas Kiarostami (1987)