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. Her films investigate everyday reality and foreground alternative modes of perception and experience through experimental documentary and process-driven methods.
Having grown up in Switzerland, Juana studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design and Zurich University of the Arts. Her films have been shown at festivals worldwide, including Perth International Film Festival, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema, Videoex Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich, and exhibited in art contexts like CAN Centre d'art Neuchâtel, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow and Askeaton Contemporary Arts. Single works by Juana Robles are distributed by Light Cone (Paris) and Collectif Jeune Cinéma (Paris).
Alongside her artistic practice, Juana has developed experience in moving image and experimental film programming, artist support and workshop facilitation. She has contributed to the experimental film community through her work with festivals including Videoex Experimental Film & Video Festival and Lausanne Underground Film Festival (LUFF).
by aemi Co-Director Daniel Fitzpatrick
2026
Arts Council of Ireland
Film Bursary Award
Culture Ireland
Regular Grant
2025
BAICC
International Artistic Residency for Filmmaking, Toronto — developed by (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico in collaboration with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)
Arts Council of Ireland
Film Project Award
Arts Council of Ireland
Visual Art Bursary Award
Artlinks
Visual Art Bursary
Istanbul Int. Experimental Film Festival, Turkey
"Alicia"
Best Experimental Documentary
2024
Arts Council of Ireland
Film Bursary Award
Atelier 105, Light Cone, Paris
Post-production residency
2023
Arts Council of 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 of Ireland
Film Agility Award
2021
Arts Council of Ireland
Film Project Award
Arts Council Ireland
Film Bursary Award
Videoex Experimental film & Video Festival Zurich, Switzerland
"Nightshades"
First Prize Swiss Competition
2020
Arts Council of Ireland
Professional Development Award
Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema
"and a porcelain cat"
First Prize ex aequo
Videoex Experimental film & Video Festival Zurich, Switzerland
"and a porcelain cat"
First Prize Swiss Competition ex aequo
MUFF Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
"and a porcelain cat"
Honourable Mention
Super Off International Super 8 Film Festival
"and a porcelain cat"
Honourable Mention