Bionic Buzz® got to interview award-winning editor Carla Roda. Television credits include the docu-series Phenoms (Fox Searchlight), winner at Tribeca Film Festival. Film credits include We Stand Corrected an alternative narrative to Ben Stiller’s Showtime limited series, Escape at Dannemora, Our Quinceañera (Winner: Audience Award for Best Documentary at The Bentonville Film Festival and Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Panamanian International Film Festival in Los Angeles), Vote Neil (Tribeca Film Festival 2020 Official Selection in Documentary Shorts,
which was also licensed by NBC News and Meet The Press, Revry (AFI Fest, Hot Springs Documentary Festival, Hollyshorts, Cinequest, Indi Shorts, American Documentary Film Festival, Original Thinkers, WINNER: Best Shout (LGBTQ) Short at Sidewalk Film Festival.)
Film editing considered by many an “invisible art” combines the creative and the technical aspects of filmmaking’s post-production. Film editing is far from mechanically cutting pieces together, an editor must be creative, working with layers of images, story music and many other elements. Following in the footsteps of successful editors from Spain, mostly men, enter trailblazer Latinx editor Carla Roda.
Award-winning editor Carla Roda was born in Granollers, a city in central Catalonia 19 miles northeast of Barcelona, Spain. Born prematurely at 7 months, she is described by family members as a fighter from day one.
During her formative years, Roda attended IES Salvador Espriu until she was 12 years old. She then attended EMT High School. For college, she moved to Barcelona, where she completed a 4-year degree in Film and Television. She graduated in 2011 and took some time off to travel and get work experience outside of Spain. In 2014 she decided to move to Los Angeles and started an M.A. in Fine Arts.
Right after college, Roda was convinced that she wanted to be a producer. After working in a few sets her passion quickly shifted to editing.
Roda was self-taught on how to edit with Final Cut 7. As the years went by, she discovered new editing software and the rest is history. For her, editing is almost like directing, another path she would like to explore again. So far Roda has directed 3 short films and 1 feature film.
Roda credits her parents as her main mentors as well as her godfather, Goya award-nominee Bernardo Sanchez, a legendary screenwriter who has been giving her advice all throughout her career including helping her writing her first feature film Let Go.
Writing, directing and editing her first short film Camila and getting critical acclaim on festivals made people aware of the kind of cinema she produced and the kind of sensibility she has for storytelling. Editing wise, working for Fox Digital Studios on the docu-series Phenoms gave her the experience to start focusing on editing documentaries.
In 2020, Roda finished the documentary The Green Wave, winner Best Feature Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival, recently acquired by Screen Media.
At the beginning of 2020 Roda directed the feature film Skinny Dipping a romantic comedy starring Roberto Manrique and Gisella Abroumoud, big influencers in South America, along with Isra De Corcho and Sara Nuñez.
A strong animal rights advocate, Roda is involved in saving dogs from the meat markets in China. She supports Care Rescue LA by fostering dogs in transition to adoption. Roda also supports Suffering the Silence, a non-profit dedicated to sharing the stories of those living with illness. She edited a docu-series for the organization titled Trust Me, I’m Sick, a 2021 WEBBY Award Honoree, which was released on the YouTube Channel @SoulPancake to over 3.5M subscribers.
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