Intuition of Creation

Allison Acza Figueroa Rojas is a filmmaker, researcher, curator, and film programmer. They are the founder of Ratita Films, a multimedia laboratory that works with the moving image. 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, QC), as well as an MA in Theory and Practice in Documentary Filmmaking from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

As a settler in Canada and an immigrant in Europe, Allison uses the moving image to explore and challenge deeply ingrained ideas surrounding power, memory and colonialism. Their work often focuses on the intersections of food narratives, identity politics, and relationships to homeland. Their Latinx heritage significantly influences their research and perspectives, with archiving serving as a central theme and a source of inspiration for dialogue within documentary and film.

Allison's work has been published by Concordia University (Montreal), OKSTAMP Experimental Press (Montreal), The New Media Advocacy Project (NYC), and Chicken and Bread Magazine (UK). Their films have been showcased at venues such as Cinema Moderne (Montreal), Zumzeig Coop Cinema (Barcelona), La Virreina Centre de la Imatge (Barcelona), and Matadero (Madrid). Their work has also been featured in festivals such as La Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona (MIFDB), Docs Barcelona, DOCMA - Asociación de Cine Documental (Spain), and The European Observatory on Memory. In 2024, they won the Jury Prize at the Montreal Rendez-vous Vidéopoésie (RVVP), and their latest work, Espectro (2024), is currently in distribution with Videographe (Montreal).

At present, Allison is developing their next film and serving as the lead curator for Monday Night Tales, a curatorial project in collaboration with Revive Social Art Producers.


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