A NEW CINEMATIC LANGUAGE
Sexual Dependency wins the international critics’ FIPRESCI Prize at Locarno and travels to more than 65 festivals.
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Bolivian filmmakerDirector · Writer · Producer
RODRIGO
BELLOTT
Stories refracted through
desire, identity & rupture.
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01Portrait
Cinema as a mirror—
held up to what a culture
is afraid to see.
From Santa Cruz de la Sierra to New York, Rodrigo Bellott has built a body of work where formal experiment and emotional candour collide. His films move across borders, languages and genres while staying rooted in Bolivia.
A filmmaker, playwright, producer and visual artist, he turns private experience into public conversation—especially around queer identity, masculinity, grief and belonging.
02Selected films
FIVE FILMS.
ONE RESTLESS EYE.
Features directed by Rodrigo Bellott
2003 — 2021
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Sexual Dependency
Current frameFIPRESCI Prize · Locarno
03Recognition
02
Bolivian submissions
for Academy Award
consideration.
CREATIVITY, UNLOCKED
Fast Company names Bellott one of its 100 Most Creative People in Business for fusing technology with live theatre.
LOSS INTO LEGACY
Tu Me Manques wins Outfest’s Grand Jury Prize for screenwriting and later receives a GLAAD Media Award nomination.
FIPRESCI Prize
Grand Jury Prize
Most Creative People
Media Award Nominee
2× Bolivia SubmissionSANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, BOLIVIA
04About
“I come from a place of no.”
— Rodrigo Bellott, Fast Company
Bellott studied cinema and visual arts at Ithaca College, graduating in 2001. His debut feature, Sexual Dependency, announced a formally daring new voice in Latin American cinema.
He went on to direct the popular satire Who Killed the White Llama?, the minimalist Perfidy, the deeply personal Tu Me Manques, and psychological horror Blood-Red Ox. His work extends through theatre, visual art, casting and independent film production.