Rodrigo Dattoli
Writing
Biography
Student at ENAC (National School of Cinematic Arts), specializing in Screenwriting. He began exploring the possibilities of the audiovisual field at the age of 16 as a self-taught filmmaker and editor for independent music videos. In 2016, he was in charge of the community film club at the Centro Cultural Sobre Ruedas located in the San Juan neighborhood of Mexico City, a project funded by the IECM Participatory Budget. In 2018, he received support from the "Piso 16. Laboratorio de Iniciativas Culturales" program at UNAM, collaborating on various artistic projects across different disciplines. In 2020, he joined ENAC, where he has collaborated on various projects as an editor, including “Metro” (2023), “The Black Dog” (2022), and “The Caves of Air” (2023). He also co-wrote the fiction I project at CCC, “Carne de Cordero” (2023). Additionally, he made his first documentary short film “Lethe” (2023), exploring the urban underworld of crime news in Mexico City. He is currently in post-production on “Toro,” a fiction short film that thematically explores death, violence, and tradition, set against the backdrop of bullfighting. He is also developing “Perseidas,” his thesis film set on the highways of northern Mexico. An aficionado of music and poetry, he also works in these two areas, having participated in various courses and workshops, and being published in different magazines as well as self-publications. Similarly, he experiments with the creation of electronic music linked to the generation of real-time audiovisuals.
Known For
Since Rosa was little, people used to say around town that her grandfather was a black dog. The legend, belonging to the Valley of Oaxaca, spoke of a man who had the ability to turn into a black dog and roam the streets at night. Through images of the town, interviews with the brothers and animated interventions, the documentary tells the story of the myth and its importance in the collective memory.
The Black Dog
One song traces a pathway from oral poet and Mazatec shaman Maria Sabina's tradition to Mazatec rapper Xéti NdáJnio and Medicine woman Zara Monrroy, also a poet, rapper and dancer from the Comcaac Nation. Two stories of indigenous rappers struggling to sing in their mother tongue.
Forbidden Songs of the Earth
Three friends talk about the legend of ´the caves of the air´, an ancestral site near a village where many people have disappeared mysteriously.
The Caves of the Air
A journey through the streets of Mexico City in search of capturing images of violent events that may be of public interest. Jaime Verde, a photojournalist specializing in crime news, drives through the labyrinthine metropolis, enveloped in its lights and sounds. His work consists of navigating daily life, waiting for the right moment; it is during this wait that the city reveals itself.
Lethe
An experimental and sensory portrait of the Mexico City Metro System through the job of a subway driver and the spaces she journeys.
Metro
A search sparked by the eternal struggle between faith and the fear of death. Toro traces the spiritual journey of Julián, a young man bound to the inherited fate of the bullfighting ritual.