Antonina Kerguelén Román

Antonina is a writer and director originally from Colombia. She graduated from the Savannah College of Art & Design in 2018. She is currently the Creative Producer at AG Studios Colombia, where she works in the development and production of original international series and films. Most recently, she is credited as Creative Producer in the Prime Video originals, Los Iniciados (film) and Los Billis (series). Antonina also directed the additional content for Los Billis, consisting of two narrative short films, one music video, and two animated shorts, available on Prime Video’s XRAY Content.

Along her professional journey, Antonina has held positions such as Coordinator of the Latino Media Market for the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), and Contents Coordinator for the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) in 2020. Antonina is a diversity advocate, passionate about creating content that explores how human connections shape and influence other people’s lives. Currently, ¡Salsa!, her most recent short film, will have its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. It was also a recipient of the 2023 Frameline Completion Fund and a finalist for the 2023 ScreenCraft Film Fund.

Antonina has participated in the Sundance Collab Directing Workshop and was part of the first cohort of the Sundance Episodic Intensive Lab in 2022 with her project Mala Junta. Her short film Still and Quiet premiered at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, and her visual poem Manifesto was published by Manifiesta Media, a Latin American online magazine, on International Breast Cancer Awareness Day in 2021. Her first short film, The Coffee Vendor, was sponsored by Bogoshorts after winning their “In Vitro” award and was a finalist for the 2019 Sundance Ignite Fellowship.