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What about Jose Luis
His personal and professional journey has led him from being part of teams with various Amazon rainforest communities in his native Colombia to crafting an animation project commissioned by the Granada Center at The University of Manchester, where he did his MA in Visual Anthropology.
He has been part of research teams and visual producers with nonprofit organisations such as GIZ or Erigaie, as well as with academic and educational institutions in Colombia, the UK and The United States. His work has been printed with renowned publishers such as Planeta and Penguin Random House.
He is interested in projects that aim to bridge understanding between cultures and communities, looking at themes of identity, belonging and our connections to specific cultural and geographical contexts. Themes are intricately interwoven with imagination and creating realities and sense.
During his professional career, he has received several recognitions such as The Granada Center Scholarship (2022-2023), Colfuturo Scholarship, IETLS Prize as well was selected for the HOME artist Film Lab, in Home Cinemas -Manchester, (2022), We are here Scotland Fund (2023) and Emerging Filmarkers Creative Circle Workshop (2024) in The Scottish Documentary Institute.