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Emiliana is an independent filmmaker from Venezuela with a vocation to create impact based storytelling. Collectively, her projects have been supported by fellowships with the Sundance Institute, Adobe, La Biennale Di Venezia, VULCAN and the Impact Guild.

Emiliana started her career working at Participant Media in their Documentary division and later went on to produce Venezuelan feature La Causa (World Premiere, IDFA 2019 ). In 2019, she produced numerous short films with Film Independent’s Project Involve Program as well as branded content with Gucci, VICE, and Garage Magazine. In 2020 she worked as a production supervisor for WIRELESS, produced by Steven Soderbergh for Quibi, now on ROKU TV.

Emiliana now works with Esperanto Filmoj, Alfonso Cuarón’s production company, based out of London. 

She is a co-founder of the production studio DISCORDIA. They are in development on three feature films and are premering two films at SXSW this year.

In 2020 she co-founded JEVA, a non-profit educational organization made for and from Venezuelan womxn that work within the cinematic space with now 1k+ members. They provide educational workshops, grant support, small sponsorships, and mentorship. They’ve partnered with FinalDraft and received program funding from the French, Spanish and US Embassies. 

Emiliana is heavily influenced by her roots and a strong sense of community filmmaking. She hopes to make ground-breaking independent cinema that does not follow dogmatic storytelling.