Rod 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, and Locarno. 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 was 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 will be his feature directorial debut.