ALLISON ACZA FIGUEROA ROJAS
FILMMAKER-RESEARCHER-CURATOR-PROGRAMMING
FILMMAKER-RESEARCHER-CURATOR-PROGRAMMING
Allison Acza Figueroa Rojas is a filmmaker, researcher, curator, and film programmer. They are the founders of Ratita Films, a multimedia research-creation laboratory dedicated to working with the moving image, archives, and curatorial practice.
Born in Tongoy, Coquimbo, Chile, and raised in Canada, Allison holds a double specialization in English Literature and Film History from Concordia University in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, and an MA in Theory and Practice of Creative Documentary Filmmaking from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Born in Tongoy, Coquimbo, Chile, and raised in Canada, Allison holds a double specialization in English Literature and Film History from Concordia University in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, and an MA in Theory and Practice of Creative Documentary Filmmaking from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
As both a settler in Canada and an immigrant in Europe, Allison’s work explores power, memory, and colonial legacies through a decolonial and diasporic lens. Their practice weaves together food narratives, identity politics, and relationships to homeland, with archival research playing a central role. Their Latinx identity deeply informs both their artistic inquiries and curatorial vision.Allison's work has been supported and published by Concordia University, OKSTAMP Experimental Press (Montreal), The New Media Advocacy Project (New York), and Chicken and Bread Magazine (UK). Their films have screened at venues including Cinema Moderne (Montreal), Zumzeig Cinema (Barcelona), La Virreina Centre de la Imatge (Barcelona), and Matadero Madrid. Festival presentations include the Cadence Video Poetry Festival (Seattle), La Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona (MIFDB), DocsBarcelona, DOCMA (Spain), and The European Observatory on Memory.
In 2024, Allison was awarded the Jury Prize at the Montreal Rendez-vous Vidéopoésie (RVVP), and their latest short film, Espectro (2024), is currently distributed by Vidéographe (Montreal).
As a curator and programmer, Allison was invited to inaugurate the ‘invited programmers’ section for the 7th edition of La Muestra de Cine Mexicano Contemporáneo de Barcelona (2025), and is an invited curator for the upcoming 9th edition of MUTA – Festival Internacional de Apropiación Audiovisual in Lima, Peru (2025).
They are currently developing their next film and serve as the lead curator of Monday Night Tales: Global Narratives Through Cinema, a collaborative project with Revive Social Art Producers, while continuing to curate independently through Ratita Films.
As a curator and programmer, Allison was invited to inaugurate the ‘invited programmers’ section for the 7th edition of La Muestra de Cine Mexicano Contemporáneo de Barcelona (2025), and is an invited curator for the upcoming 9th edition of MUTA – Festival Internacional de Apropiación Audiovisual in Lima, Peru (2025).
They are currently developing their next film and serve as the lead curator of Monday Night Tales: Global Narratives Through Cinema, a collaborative project with Revive Social Art Producers, while continuing to curate independently through Ratita Films.
