DLDS – Verónica Ríos Saavedra

Verónica Ríos Saavedra is a Ph.D. student in the Spanish section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. She graduated from the Universidad de Lima, where she focused on the audiovisual representation of the Peruvian Amazon and its population on audiovisual media and press, as well as working in the production of several short-films. Prior to Hopkins, she worked at the Institute for Scientific Research at the Universidad de Lima and in the Audiovisual Department of the Ministry of Culture (Peru). During those three years she could work in close contact with filmmakers, film researchers, and cultural agents from all over the country, which allowed her to gain a broad perspective of the contemporary filmographic landscape in the country.

For the last six years, she has been a part of the production team of MUTA, an international film festival devoted to audiovisual appropriation and which showcases productions made from found footage and previously existing materials. In 2020 she co-founded Cine íntimo, a project that aims at rescuing and digitizing Peruvian familiar archives in Super8, 8mm, and 16mm formats so that they can be shared and seen, in the hopes of contributing to a more honest and cohesive sense of national identity.