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I have been directing films for more than 15 years and my work has won more than 150 awards and has been selected for over 1,000 international film festivals, including several Oscar qualifying.

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Tuck me in 

Alex asks his father to tuck him in, but that's not the only thing he asks for.

16 ropes

Opening prologue for an in development boxing short film.

I'm listening

Some therapies take years. Some take a minute.

Bread and wine

Loneliness is better when shared, like bread and wine.

Al fresco

Large room in a dream apartment. Unbeatable location. Ready to move in. Plenty of light.

La petit mort

La petite mort is a French expression that refers to the brief loss of consciousness some women experience after orgasm.

The lawyer

Planning a kidnapping is not easy. For your first time, you better leave it in the hands of your lawyer.

In corpus

A man is surprised by the arrival of a meteorite in his room.

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Ignacio Rodó always wanted to be a troubadour. Unfortunately, he was born several centuries too late, so he had to make do with being a filmmaker instead.

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The spaniard likes telling stories, creativity, irony, subtext, minimalism and humor on set, as well as lowercase letters.

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Since directing his first short film in 2007, he has experimented with all of the possible ways to tell a story, which has led him to direct all kinds of formats, screens, and even stages. The only thing he has never tried his hand at, is acting. For the sake of the industry and the world, he has promised never to try.

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His work has won more than 150 awards and has been selected for over 1,000 international film festivals (including several Oscar qualifying), where his style has been called experimentally commercial. A statement that confuses and excites him at the same time.
 

His short film Tuck me in (2014) is an internet hit, having been viewed more than 30 million times, and gathering more than 30 awards and 250 film festival selections. The rights for his short films El abogado (2016) and Deep down (2019) have been acquired by HBO USA. At least two of his shorts have been plagiarized by the Indian filmmaking community. When asked, Ignacio describes the latter as the proudest achievement of his career so far.

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He has worked as a producer in commercials and as a line producer in feature films. Even though it pays the bills, if he was pushed he’d tell you he thinks of production as simply a hobby.

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When he realized giving awards is as rewarding as getting them, he started serving as a jury member for a number of different festivals, including Filminute in 2015; Crominute, Underexposed and Meters in 2016; Free Speech in 2020; and Short of the Year in both 2018 and 2022.

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In 2024 he established Els Cineminuts in collaboration with the Terrassa Unesco City of Film, a festival dedicated exclusively to one-minute short films. Not only is it a fantastic narrative challenge but the quick format also feels like a breath of fresh air to him in the slow-moving film industry.

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Last and certainly least, he has a hard time writing bios, but he gathered his courage to write this one.

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+1000   selections

    • SEA Audience Award. MAX3MIN Very Short Film Festival (Italy 2024).

    • Best comedy 1-minute. Avalonia Festival of Short Films (USA 2024).

    • Best International Short. The Gotta Minute Film Festival (Canada 2024).

    • 3rd place. Croatian One Minute Film Festival (Croatia 2024).

    • Special mention. Festival de Cine de Cervera de Pisuerga (Spain 2024).

    • 3rd place. McMinnville Sci-Fi Film Festival (USA 2024).

    • Honourable Mention. Inclucine (Colombia 2023).

    • Honourable Mention. Minute Madness Toronto (Canada 2023).

    • Best comedy 1-minute. Avalonia Festival of Short Films (USA 2023).

    • Best Los 90. Festival de Cortometrajes Ponme un Corto (Spain 2023).

    • Special mention. Promofest Short Of The Year – Winter (Spain 2023).

    • Best International Short Film. Los Angeles Cineverse Film Festival (USA 2023).

    • Best short film. Nassau Film Festival (USA 2023).

    • Best 2-minutes film. Festival Cine Terror Valdivia (Chile 2023).

    • Special mention. Festival Boca do Inferno (Brazil 2023).

    • Best 1-minute film. LOGIHQ Happiness Film Festival (India 2023).

    • Special prize - Environmental ecology. Gimpo International Youth Film Festival (South Korea 2022).

    • Best Performance. Filminute One-minute Film Festival (Romania 2022).

    • Jury Commendation. Filminute One-minute Film Festival (Romania 2022).

    • Best short film. Serra Elétrica International Fantastic Film Festival (Brazil 2022).

    • Best actor. Busan New Wave Short Film Festival (South Korea 2022).

    • Best Micro Short Film. Garoa Awards (Brazil 2022).

    • Best Cinematography. Garoa Awards (Brazil 2022).

    • Best Production Design. Garoa Awards (Brazil 2022).

    • Best Narrative Short Film. Moscow Shorts (Russia 2022).

    • Audience award. Nassau Film Festival (USA 2022).

    • Audience award. Pan Eros Film Festival (USA 2022).

    • Best actor. Across the Globe Film Festival (USA 2022).

    • Best Diminuto. Certamen de Cine Corto de Salas de los Infantes (Spain 2021).

    • Best short. Chicago International Indie Film Festival (USA 2021).

    • Special mention. Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine Mundo (Argentina 2021).

    • Best "Human relations" film. Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine Mundo (Argentina 2021).

    • Audience award. Muestra de Cortos Asociación de Cine Bardem (Spain 2021).

    • Jury Commendation. Filminute One-minute Film Festival (Romania 2021).

    • 3rd prize Jury award. Festival Internacional de Cineminuto (Mexico 2021).

    • Best short film. Another Way Film Festival (Spain 2021).

    • Best International Animation. Luna Lumen Film Festival (USA 2021).

    • Best Script. Luna Lumen Film Festival (USA 2021).

    • Best actor. Rafal en Corto. Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes y Audiovisual (Spain 2021).

    • Best International Short Film. CineEco Seia (Portugal 2021).

    • Youth jury Best International Short Film. CineEco Seia (Portugal 2021).

    • Special mention. CineEco. International Environmental Film Festival of Serra da Estrela (Portugal 2021).

    • Ibiltariak award. Festival de Santurtzi. Santurzine (Spain 2021).

    • Best comedy. Festival de Cine y Cortometrajes Sant Andreu de la Barca (Spain 2021).

    • Best 1-minute short. Brejning Film Festival (Denmark 2021).

    • Best actor. Festival de Minumetrajes de Valencina de la Concepción (Spain 2021).

    • Best sound. Festival de Minumetrajes de Valencina de la Concepción (Spain 2021).

    • Special mention. Promofest Short Of The Year – Spring (Spain 2021).

    • Best one-minute film. LOGIHQ Happiness Film Festival (India 2021).

    • Special Jury recognition. George Town Festival (Malaysia 2021).

    • Audience award. taSHORTfest. Festival de Cortos de Humor (Spain 2021).

    • Best erotic film. Free Film Festival Pro (Argentina 2021).

    • Honourable mention. 90 Second Horror Challenge (UK 2020).

    • Best Spanish short film. Cortoons Festival Gandia (Spain 2020).

    • ​Special Cortoons Award. Cortoons Festival Gandia (Spain 2020).

    • Best actor. Festival de Cine y Cortometrajes Sant Andreu de la Barca (Spain 2020).

    • Third prize in Humor. Certamen de Cortometrajes El Pecado (Spain 2020).

    • First prize award. Baix Films Festival (Spain 2020).

    • Second prize award. Brukivka International Film Festival (Ukraine 2020).

    • 'Free Theme' Minute Trophy. Festival do Minuto (Brazil 2020).

    • Special mention. FICCPaz (Mexico 2019).

    • Best Requetecortos film. FESCIGU. Festival de Cine Solidario de Guadalajara (Spain 2019).

    • Best animation. Festival de Cine e Infancia y Adolescencia Ciudad de Bogotá (Colombia 2019).

    • Special mention. Promofest Short Of The Year – Winter (Spain 2019).

    • Best film. Heart of the World International Film Festival (Lithuania 2019).

    • Second prize award. Baix Films Festival (Spain 2019).

    • Entropía award for creativity and innovation. Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Radio City (Spain 2019).

    • Special mention. Festival Ull Nu. Festival de Cinema Emergent d'Andorra (Andorra 2019).

    • Best animation. Prix de Courts Festival de Courts-Métrages (France 2019).

    • Best screenplay. Short to the Point (Romania 2018).

    • Special mention. FIBABC. Festival Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes ABC (Spain 2018).

    • Best actor. FIBABC. Festival Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes ABC (Spain 2018).

    • 2nd audience award. Festival Itinerante CortoEspaña (Spain 2018).

    • Best film. Festival de Cortos de La Nucía (Spain 2018).

    • Special mention. Concurso Nacional de Cortometrajes Gallo Pedro (Spain 2018).

    • 2nd audience award. Festival de Cortometrajes de Paracuellos de Jarama (Spain 2018).

    • Audience award. CortoEspaña Cuenca (Spain 2018).

    • Audience award. Cortos de Miedo Para Una Noche Terrorífica El Espinar (Spain 2018).

    • Best Short Film. Festival de Cine y Cortometrajes Sant Andreu de la Barca (Spain 2018).

    • Best Script. Festival de Cine y Cortometrajes Sant Andreu de la Barca (Spain 2018).

    • Best screenplay. Cencor. Certamen Nacional de Cortos de Orcasitas (Spain 2018).

    • Best screenplay. Luna de Cortos. Festival de Cortometrajes del Órbigo (Spain 2018).

    • 3rd Place Jury Award. Shorty Shorts Film Festival (USA 2018).

    • Audience award. Festival Internacional de Cine de Calzada de Calatrava (Spain 2018).

    • Audience award. FICSAN. Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes en San Roque (Spain 2018).

    • Best direction. Certamen de Cortometrajes Ciudad de la Línea (Spain 2018).

    • Best 'Young Person's Film'. Hothouse Theatre's Nottingham Film Festival (UK 2018).

    • Best script. Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival (Romania 2018).

    • Audience award. Covards Festival (Spain 2018).

    • Second prize award. Festival de Cortometrajes de Torrejón de Ardoz (Spain 2018).

    • Best Actor. Cinemì Cinemà (Italy 2018).

    • Festival Metropolitano de Cineminuto (Mexico 2017).

    • 'CineCoup prize' award. Filminute One-minute Film Festival (Romania 2017).

    • Jury commendation. Filminute One-minute Film Festival (Romania 2017). Second prize award.

    • Best Short Film. LIFFT India Filmotsav (India 2017).

    • Special jury mention. Promofest Short Of The Year – Summer (Spain 2017).

    • Best Picture. Los Angeles Film Awards (USA 2017).

    • ​Best Drama. Los Angeles Film Awards (USA 2017).

    • ​Best Actor. Los Angeles Film Awards (USA 2017).

    • Best Actress. Los Angeles Film Awards (USA 2017).

    • ​Best Score. Los Angeles Film Awards (USA 2017).

    • Best Music. MedFF Mediterranean Film Festival (Italy 2017).

    • Best 1 minute short. Hong Kong National Film Festival (China 2017).

    • Best Foreign Film. Mister Vorky (Serbia 2017).

    • Audience award. BCN Visual Sound (Spain 2017).

    • Best Soundtrack. American Tracks Music Awards (USA 2017).

    • Best Original Score. European Cinematography Awards (Poland 2017).

    • Second prize award. Film Composer's Challenge Award (Italy 2017).

    • Best Under One Minute. Critical Edge Film Festival (USA 2017).

    • Best Horror Short Film. CollFantasy Fest (Spain 2016).

    • 'Golden stake' award. International Vampire Film & Arts Festival (Romania 2016).

    • Audience award. Almería Creative Commons Films Festival (Spain 2016).

    • Audience award. Concurso de Cortometrajes La Caja Fuerte (Spain 2016).

    • Drama category winner. 60 Second Intl. Film Festival (Pakistan 2016).

    • Action category winner. 60 Second Intl. Film Festival (Pakistan 2016).

    • Best Thriller. Eurovision Palermo Film Festival (Italy 2016).

    • Best Drama. Eurovision Palermo Film Festival (Italy 2016).

    • Best Narrative Short. Cinemagic London (UK 2016).

    • Audience Award. Cinemagic London (UK 2016).

    • ​Best Short. Cinemagic London (UK 2016).

    • Best Comedy/Drama short. Kiev Film Festival (Ukraine 2016).

    • Best Short Family Film. Los Angeles World International Film Festival (USA 2016).

    • Best Short Love Story. Los Angeles World International Film Festival (USA 2016).

    • Best Thriller. Cinema New York City (USA 2016).

    • Best Short Humor Film. Cinema Los Angeles (USA 2016).

    • Best Short Motion Film. Cinema Los Angeles (USA 2016).

    • Best Short Overall. Singapore World International Film Festival (Singapore 2016).

    • Best Short. Singapore World International Film Festival (Singapore 2016).

    • Best Short Family Film. Hong Kong World International Film Festival (China 2016).

    • Best Thriller. Malta International Film Festival (Malta 2016).

    • Special Jury Award. Malta International Film Festival (Malta 2016).

    • 'People's choice' award. Ephemeral Film Fest (USA 2015).

    • Thriller best in show. Ephemeral Film Fest (USA 2015). 

    • Comedy best in show. Ephemeral Film Fest (USA 2015).

    • 'Cortissimi' award. Cortiamo Concorso Internazionale per Cortometraggi (Italy 2015).

    • Audience award. Marató de Cinema Fantàstic i de Terror de Sants (Spain 2015).

    • Special mention. Festival Metropolitano de Cineminuto (Mexico 2015).

    • Special mention. Promofest Short Of The Year – Summer (Spain 2015).

    • 'Best editing' award. Festival de Cortometrajes K-lidoscopi (Spain 2015).

    • Special mention. Cineminuto Córdoba (Argentina 2015).

    • 'Best Horror Short Film' award. FMK International Short Film Festival (Italy 2015).

    • Special mention. Promofest Short Of The Year – Spring (Spain 2015).

    • 'Grand prix' award. Croatian One Minute Film Festival (Croatia 2015).

    • Special mention. Sabadell Film Festival (Spain 2015).

    • 'Cuéntalo en 90 segundos' award. Almería en Corto (Spain 2014).

    • 'Filmin' award. Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei (Spain 2014).

    • 'Angoixa' audience award. Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei (Spain 2014).

    • 'Best Filminute' award. Filminute One-minute Film Festival (Romania 2014).

    • 'CineCoup prize' award. Filminute One-minute Film Festival (Romania 2014).

    • Directors award. Last Minute Twists (Italy 2014).

    • Social award. Last Minute Twists (Italy 2014).

    • Jury award. Certamen ZineMinuto (Spain 2014).

    • Audience award. Certamen ZineMinuto (Spain 2014).

    • Second prize award. Obuxo Fest (Spain 2014).

    • 'Terror' Minute Trophy. Festival do Minuto (Brazil 2014).

    • 'Free Theme' Minute Trophy. Festival do Minuto (Brazil 2014).

    • First local award. El Pla Sequència - Coro Vell (Spain 2013).

    • Second local award. El Pla Sequència - Coro Vell (Spain 2013).

    • 'Best Live Action Photography' award. Magikalcharm Filmfest (USA 2013).

    • Audience award. BCN Visual Sound (Spain 2013).

    • 'Best Short Film' award. Fetisch Film Festival Kiel (Germany 2013).

    • 'Best Actor' award. Fetisch Film Festival Kiel (Germany 2013).

    • 3rd prize in 'Best Catalan Music Video'. Musiclip Festival (Spain 2012).

    • Audience award. Barcelona Creative Commons (Spain 2011).

    • Audience award. BCN Visual Sound (Spain 2011).

    • Audience award. Octubre de Por (Spain 2008).

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Ignacio Rodó · Filmmaker

ignacio.f.rodo@gmail.com

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