ALLISON FIGUEROA ROJAS
Filmmaker · Researcher · Programmer · Communicator
Filmmaker · Researcher · Programmer · Communicator
Allison Figueroa Rojas is a Chilean-Canadian filmmaker, researcher, film programmer, and the founder of Ratita Films — a multimedia research-creation lab working at the intersection of moving image research, archives, skill-sharing and curatorial practice.
Born in Tongoy, Chile, and raised in Canada, Allison holds a double specialisation 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 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Their work explores power, memory, and colonial legacies through a decolonial, queer, and diasporic lens, weaving together identity, homeland, and experimental approaches to moving-image production.
Born in Tongoy, Chile, and raised in Canada, Allison holds a double specialisation 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 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Their work explores power, memory, and colonial legacies through a decolonial, queer, and diasporic lens, weaving together identity, homeland, and experimental approaches to moving-image production.
Their films have screened at venues including Cinema Moderne (Montreal), Zumzeig Cinema, La Virreina Centre de la Imatge (Barcelona), and Matadero Madrid. Festival presentations include Fisura International Experimental Films Festival (MX), La Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona, DocsBarcelona, DOCMA (Madrid), the European Observatory on Memory, and the 9th edition of Encontrarte Amares Biennale (Portugal, 2025).
As a curator, Allison joined La Muestra de Cine Mexicano Contemporáneo de Barcelona for its 7th edition (2025), highlighting contemporary dialogues in experimental Mexican moving image. They curated Ecos from Exile for the 9th edition of MUTA – Festival Internacional de Apropiación Audiovisual (Lima, Peru, 2025), exploring intersections of memory, displacement, folklore, and audiovisual reappropriation through the lens of Palestinian filmmakers. Allison also served as a juror for the 2025 Festival de la poésie de Montréal video section (RVVP). In 2026, their work was featured in LABOCINE's The Science New Wave: Archives edition and is currently part of the Vitheque Collection, a collection of independent video in Canada and a space dedicated to research and education in the media arts. In July 2026, they curated a programme drawn from the Ratita Films archive for intersticio (Mexico), and that same year inaugurated a workshop series on experimental methods in making, thinking, and filmmaking.
As a curator, Allison joined La Muestra de Cine Mexicano Contemporáneo de Barcelona for its 7th edition (2025), highlighting contemporary dialogues in experimental Mexican moving image. They curated Ecos from Exile for the 9th edition of MUTA – Festival Internacional de Apropiación Audiovisual (Lima, Peru, 2025), exploring intersections of memory, displacement, folklore, and audiovisual reappropriation through the lens of Palestinian filmmakers. Allison also served as a juror for the 2025 Festival de la poésie de Montréal video section (RVVP). In 2026, their work was featured in LABOCINE's The Science New Wave: Archives edition and is currently part of the Vitheque Collection, a collection of independent video in Canada and a space dedicated to research and education in the media arts. In July 2026, they curated a programme drawn from the Ratita Films archive for intersticio (Mexico), and that same year inaugurated a workshop series on experimental methods in making, thinking, and filmmaking.
Allison's work has been supported and published by Concordia University (Montreal), OKSTAMP Experimental Press (Montreal), The New Media Advocacy Project (New York), Chicken and Bread Magazine (UK). intersticio (Mexico), and MUTA, Festival Internacional de Apropiación Audiovisual para Memoria MUTA II - 10 años de MUTA 2026 (Lima).
They are currently working on their next film.
They are currently working on their next film.
