Speaker bio

Chica is a Mexican-Brazilian filmmaker based in Los Angeles whose work explores identity, displacement, spirituality, and the visible and invisible borders that shape lived experience. Working across narrative, hybrid, and experimental forms, her films have screened internationally at festivals including IDFA, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Dok Leipzig, Frameline, Outfest, DOC NYC, and FICG. She is an alumna of Berlinale Talents and Talents Guadalajara, and the founder of En Caliente Films. Barbosa is currently developing her first narrative feature to be produced between Mexico and the United States.