Rhonda Mitrani Application PackageMitrani Rhonda
Last Name First Name Middle Initial
400 West 44th Street Miami Beach
Home Address City
Fl 33140
State Zip Code
305-582-7191305-582-7191
HomeWork
rhonda@tsrmiami.com
Email Address
305-582-7191
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filmmaker/ curator
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● I am applying for an appointment because I have special abilities, knowledge and experience. Please list below:
Hello!
I have been active in the arts community since I moved back in 2002. I opened Miami's first video art space in
Wynwood and together with my sister, opened an art complex - we worked with artists on a local, national and
international level. I was an active participant in helping the Wynwood Arts District grow and a member of the
Women of Wynwood.
My recent work is an experimental documentary based in Miami on my Cuban Jewish Aunt. As curator I worked
with Oolite, selecting artists from Miami to show their work publicly on Lincoln Road. I am personally and
professionally invested in seeing Miami grow artistically through public art works.
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Florida Statutes.
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3. A Copy of your latest Federal Income Tax Return.
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more than $500, 60 days in jail, or both.
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DIVERSITY STATISTICS REPORT
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CONDUCT FOR CITY OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENCY MEMBERS” AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE
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I Rhonda Mitrani agreed to the following terms on 2/16/2023 2:50:19 PM
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rhonda mitrani
b. 1973
Education
Present MFA Video art and film, low residency program| Vermont College of Fine Art
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts |University of Michigan
1994 Middlesex University England | |Film Program
1993 New York University |Tisch School of the Arts | Sight and Sound Program
Film
2020 Director, CoProducer, Co-Editor, Still Standing, Latino Public Broadcasting, PBS
2019 Director | SuperMarket, a short film| Killer Content, FILM SHORTAGE
2018 Director | BLUE | Faena Forum | Art Talk with RPM PROJECT
2012 Editor | The Making Of PORFIRIO a film on | Netflix /Cannes Premiere
2012 Editor | Short Fiction | ESCAPE
2009 Producer |Untitled feature documentary | Post Production
2003 Editor | Co-Producer | Once Their Was A Country, Revisiting Haiti
|Documentary w. Maya Angelou
2002 Director | Cuba Mia |MIFF | NYILFF | Documentary | PBS
2001 Editor, The Suitor |an adaptation from Julia Alvarez, |Latino Public Broadcasting| PBS
1999 Editor Hit and Runway |comedy feature| LAIFF | Showtime
1998 Assist. Editor Modulations, Cinema for the Ear| Documentary | Sundance Film Festival
1997 Post Production Assistant Robinson Crusoe |Marvin’s Room | First Wive’s Club/ Sound One
Building
Video Art and Selected Exhibitions
2023 With Grace – In Production
2019 RPM Film and Photo Exhibition | Faena Forum
2015 RPM Project | Solo Exhibition at Boca Museum of Art
2013 a.muse.ment | Who Does She Think She Is? | The Gallery at Art House | Delray Beach
2013 a.muse.ment | Group Show | Young Arts Museum
2012 Anne Marie Was Here | RPM Project | The Screening Room
2012 Anne Marie Was Here | RPM Project |Art Live | Coconut Grove Convention Center
2012 2407 Ave. The House Inside My Head | RPM Project | Memorias del Oikos| Centro Cultural
Español
2012 a.muse.ment | MADA New Media Art Festival | Dot Fifty One Gallery
2012 a.muse.ment | Chick Flicks | Girls Club Collection
2011 2407 Ave. The House Inside My Head | RPM Project | Wynwood Art Fair
2011 a.muse.ment |Dot 51 Gallery |Miami International Art Fair
2010 Untitled Façade Project | Nicolas Leiva and Andres Ferrandis| Wynwood Art District
2010 In Deep Water, Hafnarborg Museum, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
Collaboration w. Magnus Sigurdarson curators, Markus Thor Andresson & Dorthee Kirch
2009 What do you do? | Soundscape | Group Exhibition, Home Work | Dot Fifty One Gallery
2009 Tic–Toc | Group Exhibition, Home Work | Dot 51 Gallery
2009 Agua | Group Exhibition | Dina Mitrani Gallery
2009 Four Questions, Text as Language and Thought | Arts Inside the Open
Tent |South Florida Art Center
2006 Girl Waiting | Bed Art | Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
2005 Mammals are Humans Too! |Omni Art, Wynwood Art Basel with Magnus Sigurdarsson
2005 Mammals are Humans Too! | South Florida Art Center Complement Exhibition |Art Basel
2004 Girl Not Waiting |The Station |Miami, Florida
2003 Girl Not Waiting | Video Installation | Marina Kessler Gallery
2002 Bloom | Marina Kessler Gallery
Other Professional Experience
2021 Guest Curator | Natural Transcendence | Oolite Arts
2020-Board Member, Miami Light Project
2020 Jury | Screen Dance Miami
2012-Present Co-Founder and Director of The Screening Room
2012-Present | Co-founder of Miami Filmmaker’s Collective
2008-2012 | Director of Filmmaker’s Workshop | Miami Light Project
2007 | Art In Public Places | Miami Beach
2002-Present | Co-Founder of Mitrani Warehouse, Wynwood Art District |
A center for creative thinking – moving locations
1999-2008 | Producer | New York Fashion Week | New York, B Productions
2011 Jury member | Florida Focus | Miami International Film Festival
2002-2005 Freelance Producer/Editor for MTV Latino
2002-2005 Co-Founder |Director |The Florida Room Documentary Film Festival
A socially conscious documentary film festival
Proficient in Final Cut Pro
1998 Certified in AVID MEDIA COMPOSER editing software
Awards/ Grants/ Other info
2019 Women’s Fund guest speaker and screening of SuperMarket
2018 Winner of Best Film Shot on Location, Miami New Times
SuperMarket
2018 Official selection Cleveland International Film Festival among others
2016 Winner for Coral Gables Cinema - Film Grant
2016 Winner for the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Grant
2014 Winner for the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Grant
2007 Finished Feature Screenplay “Swimming Against the Current”
2005 Screenwriter’s Lab Fellow | NALIP Screenwriters Lab |Nat’l Assoc. of
Latino Independent Producers
2005 The New Times | Best Film Festival |The Florida Room Documentary Film Festival
2003 Cuba Mia | Official Selection | New York International Latino Film Festival
2002 Cuba Mia | Official Selection | Miami International Film Festival
2002 Cuba Mia | Best Documentary Film | Fast Forward Rewind Film Festival
Links with Press:
http://rhondamitrani.com (press on this website)
www.thescreeningroommiami.com (press on this website)
http://www.rpmproject.com