A woman runs into a supermarket, sneaks an olive and life takes an unexpected turn with no way out.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Having grown up by the ocean in a Latin family both the role of our natural environment and feminine traditions have been constant threads in my work. Using mixed media video installation and film as metaphoric realities, I engage the viewer by deconstructing familiar human conditions that cause him/her to rethink their perception of that reality. Whether through our relationship to nature or the female dilemma, my work is a multi-layering of visual and audio elements that take a closer look at our social environment.
BIOGRAPHY
Raised by Cuban and Argentinean parents, Rhonda Mitrani left Miami for University of Michigan and landed a job in post production for Miramax Films, New York. She started editing for independent film and television, and her work was seen in festivals like LAIFF and aired on Showtime and HBO Latino. She directed her first documentary, CUBA MIA, which premiered with Miami International Film Festival and broadcast on PBS.
Mitrani is also a video artist, whose exhibits include Dot Fifty One Gallery, Wynwood Art Fair, The Girl’s Club Collection, TRIAD, London and a solo show at the Boca Museum of Art with her collaborative RPM Project.
In 2013 Mitrani opened The Screening Room, a new-media exhibition and project space in Miami. The multi-disciplinary space is dedicated to motion picture which includes video art exhibitions, film workshops and lectures, screenings and a space for filmmakers and video artists to work. TSR Miami is the recipient of the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge grant.
Mitrani wrote, coproduced and directed her first fiction film, SuperMarket, a short inspired by her experiences with pregnancy. The film is executive produced by Killer Impact, a division of Killer Content. She is currently writing a feature.
SELECTED SCREENING AND EXHIBITIONS :
Boca Museum of Art- PBS - Miami International Film Festival - Art Wynwood - MADA New Media Festival - SF Art Center - Girl's Club Collection - New York International Latino Film Festival
Still Standing
VIDEO ART + INSTALLATIONS
NEWS & PRESS
No Film School, Monica Castillo Using Setting to tell a Story: How Rhonda Mitrani built her short, SUPER MARKET.
Miami New Times, Best Movie Shot on Location, Miami, Fl. “Mitrani offers a hilarious and cringe-inducing reflection of a society hell-bent on encroaching and capitalizing on one of the most deeply intimate experiences a woman can have.”
Miami New Times, 100 Creatives
" 100 Creatives: Rhonda Mitrani, a Filmmaker Supporting Miami's Movie Culture"…
Juan Barquin
"Rhonda Mitrani's Supermarket: A Comedy About Unplanned Pregnancy …
Celeste Fraser Delgado
Local Director Mitrani's smart script, evocative use of archival footage, lyrical editing,and innovative cinematography make her film compelling...
Sun Sentinel
" The Miami Jewish Film Festival presents different screenings this month that should draw fans of legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder, Cuban Jews, or the general community"…
WLRN
" Miami Filmmaker Opens The Screening Room To Promote Video As An Art Form".
Miami New Times
Miami New Times names SuperMarket BEST OF Movies shot on location, 2018, Ciara Lavelle"With equal parts sarcasm and compassion, Mitrani offers up a hilarious and cringe-inducing reflection of a society hell-bent on encroaching and capitalizing on one of the most deeply intimate experiences a woman can have."
