Sandra Rodriguez

A prologue to a timely conversation on AI’s biggest promises and pitfalls. Lured by the possibilities of an emulation of one of today’s most famous minds, we meet and engage with CHOMSKY_AI, an entity under construction. Renowned thinker Noam Chomsky has devoted his career to studying the mind. Drawing from the arsenal of digital traces he’s left behind, CHOMSKY_AI challenges us to ponder: What exactly are we hoping to replicate? And what are we leaving behind?

An experimental VR documentary immersing participants in the exuberant and chaotic worlds of an imagination haunted by bipolar disorder. Winner of the first Golden Nica awarded for a VR documentary project. #Narrative #documentary #madewithunity #Installation

Nigeria, January 2018 – UNOCHA. More data is being collected and shared by humanitarian actors and partners than at any other time. In Nigeria today, data helps respond to a food security crisis affecting millions of households. The challenge is to get an accurate Big Picture: making sure data is accessible, shared and analyzed to inform life saving decisions.
For more information: https://centre.humdata.org – @humdata – #data4humanity, Directed by Karen Vanderborght and Sandra Rodriguez

Do Not Track (Traque Interdite) is a personalized documentary series created by Brett Gaylor, about privacy and the web economy. Produced by Upian (France), the National Film Board of Canada (ONF/NFB), ARTE, and the Bavarian Rundfunk (Germany). Sandra Rodriguez is scriptwriter, and author and director of Episode 05 - Big Data and its algorithms, co-created with Akufen Design Studio.

SUR NOS TRACES (We Were There/ Punto de partida), 64 min-HD.
Priests. Revolutionaries. Grandpas. Witty and joyful road-trip into the memory of six ex-revolutionary priests and their surprising destinies.
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (2013), Oaxaca Film Fest (Mexico, 2013), Latinarte (2013), Religion Today Film Fest (Italy, 2013), FENAVID (Bolivia, 2013), Festival de la memoria (Mexico, 2013), Atlantidoc (Uruguay, 2013), International Ethnographic Film Festival (Montreal, 2014)… Show more

SUR NOS TRACES (We Were There/ Punto de partida), 64 min-HD.
Priests. Revolutionaries. Grandpas. Witty and joyful road-trip into the memory of six ex-revolutionary priests and their surprising destinies.
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (2013), Oaxaca Film Fest (Mexico, 2013), Latinarte (2013), Religion Today Film Fest (Italy, 2013), FENAVID (Bolivia, 2013), Festival de la memoria (Mexico, 2013), Atlantidoc (Uruguay, 2013), International Ethnographic Film Festival (Montreal, 2014), Festival del Nuevo Cine (La Havane, Cuba 2014), Singapore International Film Festival (2014) Show less

Evaluation of the evolution of the C-Vert project (from the pilot project in 2005 to its official review in 2013), funded by the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation - Social and environmental engagement of city youth (Montréal, Gatineau, Québec).

CITY SLICES (Tranches de ville), Educational web-clips - HD
City of Montreal's Department for Cultural Diversity

Diverse collaborations. Social and political engagement of Youth, Civic Engagement research and practice

Expert-conseil, collaboratrice et conférencière
L'engagement des jeunes québécois de la "Génération C" (12-24 ans) - Volet citoyen
Un projet d'envergure du CEFRIO mené auprès de 2020 jeunes québécois.

RAPAYAN (director Francis Delfour), 52 min-DV
Arrimage Productions; TV5 Monde (2008), TV5 Québec-Canada, TFO (2009), TV3 (Spain 2009), Archaeology Channel Film Fest (Oregon, USA 2009), Globians DocFest (Berlin, 2009), LASA (2010), Rassegna del Cinema – Public's Choice Award (Italy, 2010)

THE ENEMY WITHIN (L'ennemi enfoui), 48 min-DV
Movida Film Productions; Montreal World Film Festival (2006), MaoriTV (New Zealand, 2008), Taiwan Public Television Service (2008), Singapour International Film Festival (2008), Prime Time News Asia (Singapour, 2008), Taiwan Public Broadcasting (Taipei, 2010), Objectiffs (Singapour, 2011)

SER LATINO Y VIVIR SIN SOL, 27min-DV.
Movida Film Productions; Huy short-film Festival (Belgium, 2003)

ET S'IL PLEUVAIT SUR SAN AGUSTIN / SI LLOVIERA EN SAN AGUSTIN; 27min-DV.
Movida Film productions; Montreal World Film Festival (2001); Silence-on-court (2001)

A co-direction between director Sandra Rodriguez, choreographer Alexander Whitley and Normal Studio, Future Rites is an immersive and collaborative performance experience based on the seminal ballet The Rite Of Spring. Combining real-time animation and AI, it enables anyone to join in the dance. As users interact with a constantly evolving natural world, their movements and gestures decide a crucial outcome, guiding a narrative through this celebrated work of classical music around themes of… Show more

A co-direction between director Sandra Rodriguez, choreographer Alexander Whitley and Normal Studio, Future Rites is an immersive and collaborative performance experience based on the seminal ballet The Rite Of Spring. Combining real-time animation and AI, it enables anyone to join in the dance. As users interact with a constantly evolving natural world, their movements and gestures decide a crucial outcome, guiding a narrative through this celebrated work of classical music around themes of ritual, nature and sacrifice. In these troubled times, who and what are we willing to sacrifice? The Rite of Spring is considered by many to be one of the most influential and controversial works of art of the 20th century. Following this inspiring legacy, we are very excited to be bringing such a vital and timely production into VR for the first time providing a truly contemporary take on this classic, and placing the public at the heart of the action. Show less