http://barbaracigarroa.com/films-1 daily 0.75 2016-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1456447370904-KUJTIKEQWA211JBRF8VZ/image-asset.jpeg Films Marta Rosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1456447370904-KUJTIKEQWA211JBRF8VZ/image-asset.jpeg Films Marta Rosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1456447586457-BD0CK32YDH3RA8UN61HI/Picture+1.jpg Films Flight of the Fields http://barbaracigarroa.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2016-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1456448565808-SJI5DCC0TGFLD37G6MUQ/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery FLIGHT OF THE FIELDS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1456448565808-SJI5DCC0TGFLD37G6MUQ/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery FLIGHT OF THE FIELDS http://barbaracigarroa.com/about daily 1.0 2020-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591807027854-0YNUMDL0KS2BMVP0I4L0/Barbara+Cigarroa2.jpg About - BIOGRAPHY Barbara Cigarroa is a Mexican-American filmmaker from South Texas. She holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University and a BA in English from Yale University. A storyteller, with a passion for social justice activism, and Hispanic narratives, Barbara’s work has been recognized worldwide on the festival circuit, and through individual grants and awards. Cigarroa’s screenplay, EL OTRO LADO (The Other Side), was a featured project at IFP’s 2018 No Borders Co-Production Market, and was selected for the 2019 Sundance Institute Directors & Screenwriters Labs, the 2019 Hamptons Screenwriters Lab, is a winner of the 2019 SFFILM Westridge Grant, and was a winner of the the inaugural 2019 The Black List/Latinx List. Cigarroa was also the recipient of the Sundance Latinx Fellowship, Maja Kristin Directing Fellowship, and was celebrated by FILMMAKER MAGAZINE as one of the “Top 25 New Faces of Independant Film” in 2019. EL OTRO LADO is to be Cigarroa’s first feature. Cigarroa’s short film DIOS NUNCA MUERE had its world premiere at the 2018 New York Film Festival, where she was invited to be a member of the 2018 NYFF Artist Academy. DIOS NUNCA MUERE went on to screen at dozens of film festivals, including Palm Springs, Winterthur, Cartageña, Aspen, and IFF Boston where it won the Grand Jury Prize. Previous work, MARTA ROSA, was an official selection at dozens of international film festivals, including Austin, New Orleans, and Palm Springs, where it won Panavision’s “Best North American” short and IndieWire named it “Best of the Fest.” Prior to her narrative work, Barbara volunteered as a documentary filmmaker in South Texas for non-profit companies focused on fighting for underprivileged community’s rights. Before this, Barbara mentored under renowned documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles (SALESMAN, GREY GARDENS, GIMME SHELTER). http://barbaracigarroa.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2023-01-05 http://barbaracigarroa.com/work daily 0.75 2020-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591814414426-E6SZQXN028ZWTW7ROY1W/DNM+STILL+4.jpg Work - DIOS NUNCA MUERE Short | 15 mins | 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591817057862-OV00BB439C8T8XRK8Y05/MartaRosa.5.jpg Work - MARTA ROSA Short | 9 mins | 2015 http://barbaracigarroa.com/press daily 0.75 2020-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591809460181-5XWYHOKF0UIMSC2QIORB/2019_DirectorsLab_ElOtroLado_JenFairchild_0081.jpg Press - “It Is Time”: Labs Alum Barbara Cigarroa on Latinx Representation in Film Sundance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591809508824-OCPAC1T84YF5W41IUXSD/Barbara-Cigarroa2-copy-628x348.jpg Press - 25 New Faces of Independent Film Filmmaker Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591809700542-L5P6EPE9NCNWG81HGJAQ/2019_DirectorsLab_ElOtroLado_JenFairchild_0038.jpg Press - Chasing “The Thing”: Sundance Institute Fellows Describe Their Directors Lab Experience in 3 Words Sundance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591809770332-LRMK07E48465EI31KO2W/Screen-Shot-2019-05-10-at-2.47.41-PM.png Press - Here Are the Eight Films Selected for Sundance’s 2019 Directors and Screenwriters Labs IndieWire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591809910295-HQ4Y5F6ZHRF8Z719WDZO/Sundance-Institute-logo.jpg Press - Sundance Institute Announces 2019 January Screenwriters Lab Fellows Sundance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591810266830-E1FZV5GTUCATJDVQX42O/latinx-list-female-writers.jpg Press - Meet 3 Latina Screenwriters Featured on Prestigious List of Most Promising Unproduced Latino Scripts Remezcla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591810362577-B29SG7CJYUQI7YRKW65N/Latinx-List-1.png Press - The Latinx List: The Black List Launches Latinx Version IndieWire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591810516542-UEF5XSJAVUDIXG6NG9VE/WestridgeFilmmakers_Filmhouse_byPamelaGentile_018.jpg Press - Winners Announced for Spring, 2019 SFFILM Westridge Grants Filmmaker Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591810669572-0NHABLC1X36QLQHZVEU7/77f7535cfa4375190d461618_400x140.jpg Press - HIFF SCREENWRITERS LAB: 2019 SELECTIONS & MENTORS Hamptons FilmFest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591810884260-HW6S4UBIRVARZC3R7UI6/bear-story.jpg Press - 5 Essential New Short Films From the Palm Springs ShortsFest IndieWire http://barbaracigarroa.com/dios-nunca-muere daily 0.75 2020-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591815569297-N4PWG0Y5K9FJA6XH1MIM/Dios+nunca+muere_Futura2.jpg Dios Nunca Muere - DIOS NUNCA MUERE Short | 15 min | 2018 SYNOPSIS: Living in hidden America, Paula, a Mexican farmworker, struggles to raise two children on her own. When a new caravan arrives on the cramped lot they live on, Paula allows herself, and her children, to imagine the home is theirs. WRITER & DIRECTOR: Barbara Cigarroa PRODUCER & STORY BY: Julie O’Leary CO-PRODUCER: Rezwan Shahriar Sumit DP: Pepe Avila del Pino STARRING: Mónica del Carmen, Diego Sanchez, Miley Cabañas SELECTED FESTIVALS + AWARDS: NYFF (World Premiere) AFI Film Festival Cartageña International FF Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur New Hampshire Film Festival Torino Short Film Market Aspen ShortsFest Palm Springs International ShortFest New Orleans Film Festival Guanajuato International FF Montecatini International Short Film Fest IFF Boston *Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Shorts Tacoma Film Festival *Best Narrative Short Film) Hollyshorts Film Festival Athens International Film + Video Festival Encounters Film Festival http://barbaracigarroa.com/marta-rosa daily 0.75 2020-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56cf6031044262f81c0d7540/1591816686202-OM6LQMDO6IF11AI32HWT/MR_Small+Poster.jpg Marta Rosa - MARTA ROSA Short | 9 mins | 2015 SYNOPSIS Immediately following the death of her young child a rural Mexican woman, Marta Rosa, must struggle with both her own internal grief and the harsh realities of the external world around her. DIRECTOR: Barbara Cigarroa WRITER & PRODUCER: Tania Zarak DP: Alejandro Mejía STARRING: Adriana Paz SELECTED FESTIVALS + AWARDS Palm Springs International Shortfest * Winner Panavision’s Best North American Short” * Winner “Best Student Film Under 15 Minutes” New Orleans Film Festival Austin Film Festival NYC Short Film Festival Denver Film Festival Coronado Film Festival Athens International Film + Video Festival San Diego Latino Film Festival Chicago Latino Film Festival Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara