Rod Llaverías, Dominican filmmaker,
holds an MFA in Screenwriting & Directing
from Columbia University. His shorts have
screened at Rotterdam, San Sebastián,
and Locarno. A Berlinale Talents and
Locarno Academy alum, he received
the NewFest–Netflix grant in 2022. He
co-wrote Darling, winner of the Orizzonti
Award at Venice, with selections at SXSW
and TIFF. He later received the Katharina
Otto-Bernstein Grant for Tropicalía,
based on La Canícula, his upcoming
feature debut.