Oscar Ruiz Navia

Born in 1982 in Colombia, Oscar Ruiz Navia graduated in Social Communication and Journalism from Universidad del Valle. In 2006, he founded Contravía Films, a platform to produce art house films. His feature film debut, Crab Trap (2009), won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2013, his short film Solecito was selected at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. His second feature, Los Hongos, was supported by the TorinoFilmLab, the Hubert Bals Fund and the Cinéfondation, among others. He is currently working on Epifanía, which he will co-direct with Swedish director Anna Eborn.

FILMOGRAPHY

2005 Los hijos de la bestia
2006 Al vacío 1,2,3 – short
2008 En la barra hay un Cerebro – doc. short
2009 Crab Trap (El vuelco del cangrejo)
2013 Solecito – short
2014 Los hongos