Tallinn University
Junior Researcher
Email Address
dbarajas@altiplano.com.co
Student Email Address
dbarajas@tlu.ee
Academic Qualification
Master’s Degree (MA, MSc, MEng, etc.)
Education
Institution
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School
Degree / Title
Master in Cinematography
Institution
National University of Colombia
Degree / Title
BA in Film and Television
Teaching experience (level)
Teaching experience (duration)
1-5 years
Lecture / Public Speaking
-Association of Moving Image Researchers (AIM) conference held in Porto, Portugal.
-Doctus, Wire by FilmEU.
Current Programme Title
PhD in Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies
Area of Expertise
Level of Expertise
4 (Proficient)
Level of Expertise
3 (Competent)
Level of Expertise
5 (Expert)
Level of Expertise
3 (Competent)
Level of Expertise
3 (Competent)
Methodological expertise
Artistic Research
Grounded theory
Mixed methods
Qualitative methods
Textual analysis
Professional Memberships
member of ADFC - Colombian Society of Cinematographers
Awards / Achievements
Cumbal: FDC en Colombia 2004. Best documentary south film festival in Paris 2008. Official Selection Sao Paulo Film Festival 2007.
We Women Warriors: Greenville international film festival Best documentary NATIVE AMERICAN 2013. Official selection DOCSDF 2013, Official selection DC INDEPENDENT Film festival 2013, Official selection Docuweeks, New York y L.A. 2012. Best cinematography in the Women's independent film festival in L.A.
Impunity: Official selection IDFA 2010. Big prize SIGNIS, in Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine en Toulouse 2011. CAMERA JUSTITIA in La Haya; Movies That Matters Film Festival 2011.
Secret life of Isabel Goncourt: Best cinematography in SIL 2012 (Salón internacional de la Luz) Bogotá, 2012.
Girls: Official selection in: Visions du Reel 2015. Riviera Maya Film Festival 2015. Dok Fest Munich 2015. Guanajuato International Film Festival 2015. 27e. édition des États Généraux du film documentaire. 18eme FILMAR. Festival ICARO 2015. Festival Filmer le Travail 2016. Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara 2016.
A Day: Uppsala International Short Film festival 2019, Madrid Film awards 2020. Tampere Film festival 2021, Sao Paulo Film Festival 2021.
The Limits of Consent: Revel with a Cause Selection at Black Nights Film festival 2022 Tallinn, Estonia.
Other important activity
Co-founder of the Colombian film production company Altiplano.
Member of the Casa B cultural collective in Bogotá, Colombia.
Funding
Title of funded project
Targeted Grant Artistic Research KULKA 2024
Description
Grant for the development of the artistic research project Chronotopes of Nostalgia.
