Francisco Rojas is a multidisciplinary Dominican artist; an architect, painter, photographer, and independent filmmaker who has garnered several international awards for his short films RUN and BEFORE SLEEPING. In 2022, he won the FONPROCINE Public Competition, organized by the Dominican Republic's General Directorate of Cinema, in the categories of Fiction Short Film Production and Animated Short Film Production.

FRANCISCO ROJAS – DIRECTOR – BIOFILMOGRAPHY

TENEBRAS (2026)
(Short film, animation, 6 minutes, 2026) / Director, Producer, and Screenwriter.

SELECTIONS:
• Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France.

• CHILEMONOS International Animation Festival, Chile.

• Costa Rica International Film Festival, Costa Rica.

• L'Étrange Festival, France.

• SFN Loutraki Animation Festival, Greece.

• CARIBETOONS Festival Internacional de animación, Colombia.

• Puerto Rico International Experimental and Animation Film Festival, Puerto Rico.

• CINECAOS, Brazil.

• Festival de Cinema de Caruaru, Brazil.

• Dominican Film Festival in New York, USA.

AWARDS:
• Winner of the FONPROCINE Public Competition for the Development of Animated Short Films, Dominican Republic.

• Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Animated Short Film, Kinetiq Short Film Festival, Dominican Republic.

MANNA (2026)
(Short film, fiction, 17 minutes, 2025) / Director and Producer.

Awards:
• FONPROCINE Public Competition for the Development of Fiction Short Films, Dominican Republic.

THE CAVE OF THE BEAST (TBA)
(Feature film, animation, in development) / Director, Producer, and Co-writer.

BEFORE SLEEPING (2019)
(Short film, fiction, 3 minutes, 2019) / Director and Writer.

Awards:
• Jury Prize for Best Short Film, Trata Minute Festival 2019, Dominican Republic.

• Special Mention, ABC Critics' Award for Best Short Film Not Yet Released in Spain, FIBABC 2019, Spain.

RUN (2017)
(Short film, fiction, 3 minutes, 2017) / Director and Screenwriter.

Awards:
• Jury Prize for Best Fiction Short Film, XXIV Cine ECO SEIA Film Festival, Portugal.

• Jury Prize for Best Fiction Short Film, XI Ecozine International Film Festival, Spain.

• Finalist, We Art Water 4 Film Festival, Spain.

• Special Recognition, Agua Minute Festival 2017, Dominican Republic.

• Finalist, Green - Go Short Film Contest 2017.

• Finalist, Green - Go Short Film Contest 2017.
Selections:

• Official Selection, Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival 2018.

• Official Selection, Lebu International Film Festival (FICIL) 2018, Chile.

• Official Selection, San Mauro Torinese Film Festival 2018, Italy.

• Official Selection, "Via dei Corti" Festival 2017 - Gravina di Catania, Italy.

• Official Selection, XIII San Rafael en Corto Short Film Showcase, Spain.

• Official Selection, Geo Film Festival 2017, Italy.

• Official Selection, Geo Film Festival 2017, Italy.

• Official Selection, Corto Circuito Latino Shorts Film Festival NY 2017, USA.

• Official Selection, GAU LABURRA International Film Festival 2017, Beasain, Spain.

• Official Selection, Pantalla Latina 2014, Switzerland.

BLACK NIGHT (2013)
(Short film, animation, 5 minutes, 2013) / Director, Producer, and Screenwriter.

• Official Selection, 5th FCGD International Short Film Competition "Global Short," Dominican Republic.

• Official Selection, TRINIDAD+TOBAGO FILM FESTIVAL 2014, Trinidad & Tobago.

• Selection, Out of Competition, "International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker -- Sofia 2014," Bulgaria.