Ruben Barrientos - Violeta Render - AdolescentTV
Channel: AdolescentTV
Date: 2014-09-30

Ruben was born near Buenos Aires. A self taught film maker, he began at fourteen years old shooting with his friend Sergio making comedy videos for the internet just to make them and their friends laugh. He was soon shooting on his own. The problem was that as Sergio was spending his nights studying film on the internet via tutorials, his parents were going crazy. They were worried about his homework for school. All Ruben was interested in doing was shoot friends skateboarding and making a series of short films that would go on to win festival awards.

“I would describe myself as a really curious person who is always trying to do things in a different way and giving the best of myself to make the best on each project. I love filmmaking, I learnt it in the best way…mucking about.”

At sixteen years old Ruben was accepted to the University of Buenos Aires to study film. After two years he dropped out to focus on the films that were screaming through his head. Without school, his parents forced him to get a job. Taking his learned skills, Ruben found work as an editor and VFX artist (also self taught) and went on to work on such brands as Johnson and Johnson, Nestle, Bridgestone, Kickstreet, AT Colors (skate Brand), Rotator, Polar, Ecotaxi and Lattente.

This past year at Fila Film Festival and young Iberoamerican film festival Ruben won best editor, best, script and best director. At Tecnologiasi film festival, competing against 2000 other young filmmakers, Ruben won best short film. Ruben just directed, shot and is editing a spot for Vans.

In a universe inhabited by those who are trying to force-fabricate video material that “speaks” to youth culture, ADOLESCENT blasts through the galaxy in a spaceship full of young directors (13 – 25 years old), on the fuel of their exuberance, energized by the great-bang stardust of their determination. Free of encumbrances such as cynicism or rules. Our pack of savant directors, (filmmakers, photographers, illustrators and visual effects wunderkinds) collectively create magic. Pursuing excellence, innovation and the occasional intake of astronaut freeze dried ice cream.

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