Juana Robles (b. 1983, Tortosa, Spain) is a Kilkenny-based artist-filmmaker. Her work, often created with analog techniques like 16mm and Super 8, explores the body, identity, memory, and resilience through immersive, tactile cinema. Drawing from performance and ritual, she blurs personal and collective histories.
Juana has studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design and Zurich University of the Arts. Her films have been shown at festivals worldwide, including Gaze, Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, and Videoex, and exhibited in art contexts like CAN Centre d'art Neuchâtel and Askeaton Contemporary Arts.
Her work has received support from the Arts Council of Ireland, including Film Bursary Awards, Film Project Awards, and Film Agility Awards. She is also a co-founder of Out of Focus, an initiative in Kilkenny dedicated to avant-garde cinema, and has contributed to the experimental film community through her roles at festivals like Videoex and the Lausanne Underground Film Festival (LUFF).
2024
Arts Council Ireland
Film Bursary Award
Atelier 105, Light Cone, Paris
Post-production residency
2023
Arts Council Ireland
Film Project Award
2022
International Festival of Analog/Experimental Cinema- KINOSKOP
"Anastatica"
Audience Award
Experimental Film Festival Barcelona
"Anastatica"
Best experimental short
Arts Council Ireland
Film Agility Award
2021
Arts Council Ireland
Film Project Award
Arts Council Ireland
Film Bursary Award
Videoex Experimental film & Video Festival Zurich, Switzerland
"Nightshades"
First Price Swiss Competition
2020
Arts Council Ireland
Film - Professional Development Award
Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema
"and a porcelain cat"
First Price ex aequo
Videoex Experimental film & Video Festival Zurich, Switzerland
"and a porcelain cat"
First Price Swiss Competition ex aequo
MUFF Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
"and a porcelain cat"
Honorable Mention
Super Off International Super 8 Film Festival
"and a porcelain cat"
Honorable Mention