Eliaz Rodriguez

International-Award-Winning Filmmaker from Chicago

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Here's the latest from Eliaz's Instagram, featuring trailers, BTS, and events for his new films "Silica", "The Journey Inward" & "The Big Slip"

Even though I was only there for a couple days I had an amazing time connecting with filmmakers at @filmfestint’s Amsterdam fest. It was like a European “Indie Gathering”, all about the community and sharing films. And it was a great reaction to #SilicaTheMovie! #elaminafilmstour
Made it to Amsterdam for @filmfestint’s opening party and #silicathemovie screening!
Bookstore/coffee shop in Maastricht
Bruges (vertical)
Bruges (horizontal)
Marvin Gaye came to Ostend to escape his cocaine addiction, and he ended up writing “Sexual Healing” here.
The world premiere of my super 8 short #JourneyInwardFilm at @straight_8_ London’s BFI Premiere was a blast! Thanks to ed, alex, and will for the opportunity! #elaminafilmstour
Second stop after I leave Chicago... Amsterdam!!! Silica is nominated “Best Short Comedy” at @filmfestint’s Amsterdam Festival and will screen Aug 13th 🙌 #silicathemovie #elaminafilmstour
First stop after I leave Chicago... London! For the premiere of my 8mm short “The Journey Inward”. It’ll be on a massive screen at the British Film Institute Southbank for @straight_8_ London 😵 can’t wait! A still from #JourneyInwardFilm is underneath the bird, 3rd from the right.
Taking a break from moving to listen to the Foo Fighters with the Brosés.
Thanks friends who swung by my bday/going away party throughout last night 🙏 the love and support will be felt throughout my journey.
I had a little bit of a @Cubs hat addiction in 2016-17. The years before this I was spending my 20s as a starving-artist fan of the “lovable losers” and would buy a hat once every couple seasons or try to find a gem of a hat in a thrift store. Then, of course, I’d end up feeling crushed and foolish that I spent money on a hat hoping they’d win it all, only to watch them lose again, year after year. Well, in 2016 they did win it all and concurrently I got a great job, paid off debt, and I felt like treating myself to a hat... 35 hats... excessive, I know. Now that I’m moving out of my hometown of Chicago (and only taking a suitcase with me) I’m donating almost all of the hats to a thrift store so other Cubs fans who aren’t so fortunate can find some thrift-store gems of their own. Shoutout to @americanneedle for making the best designed & fitting hats out there. #gocubsgo #flythew #everybodyin #cubs
Mexico City was incredible! Part of me feels like there’s a whole aspect of my heritage just I came across, of which I am just starting to scratch the surface. Can’t wait to come back!!! And what an amazing way to start my bday week, exploring the city and staying at this hotel, muchas gracias @joblenke
The Pyramid of the Sun
The start of something beautiful #cdmx #mural
🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 in 🇲🇽
👋CDMX First trip to the motherland 🇲🇽 📸: @joblenke

#ElaminaFilmsTour

Eliaz traveled to 30 out of the 50 film festivals Think Twice was accepted to. Here are some photos from the Elamina Films (his production company) Tour.

Even though I was only there for a couple days I had an amazing time connecting with filmmakers at @filmfestint’s Amsterdam fest. It was like a European “Indie Gathering”, all about the community and sharing films. And it was a great reaction to #SilicaTheMovie! #elaminafilmstour
The world premiere of my super 8 short #JourneyInwardFilm at @straight_8_ London’s BFI Premiere was a blast! Thanks to ed, alex, and will for the opportunity! #elaminafilmstour
Second stop after I leave Chicago... Amsterdam!!! Silica is nominated “Best Short Comedy” at @filmfestint’s Amsterdam Festival and will screen Aug 13th 🙌 #silicathemovie #elaminafilmstour
Thanks to all who came out to the world premiere of #SilicaTheMovie at the @windycityfest last night! It was a lovely reunion with Matthew Stromer and Wanjiku Kairu after filming 3 years ago. And I’m glad the audience got to hear Tony Scott-Green’s fantastic score for the film! So many great reactions, laughs and gasps during the screening, it makes all the work put into the film worth it 🙏 wish you were there @daviday87 #ElaminaFilmsTour
@eliazrod at “Silica” Chicago / World Premiere @windycityfest @victorygardenstheater #dreamscometrue #filmfestival #chicago #silicatour2018 #filmmaking #shotonmoment #shotonmomentsuperfish #snapseed #silicathemovie #biographtheatre #independentfilm #independentfilms #independentfilmmaking #elaminafilmstour
@eliazrod brings me to my first film festival as an actor. Chicago / World Premiere of “Silica” @windycityfest #SilicaTour2018 @victorygardenstheater #silicathemovie #shotonmoment #shotonmomentsuperfish #filmfestival #biographtheatre #independentfilm #independentfilms #independentfilmmaking #chicagofilmmakers #chicago #elaminafilmstour
Vegas! My new short #SilicaTheMovie will be screening as part of the @aofactiononfilm festival August 16-26, it’s gunna be hott! I’ll be trying to make it out for the first weekend on the #elaminafilmstour
🙌 the Chicago premiere of my new short Silica will take place at the @windycityfest July 12-15! Very pumped to screen this in front of the hometown audience at this kickass film fest. #silicathemovie #elaminafilmstour
Such an honor to have our inaugural screening at Cannes! #Repost @eliazrod with @get_repost ・・・ Great turnout at Cannes Palais F for the first audience to see my new film Silica. It has been a journey of 3 years making this short and it was a pleasure to introduce it along side the lead, Davide Grody, and composer, Tony Scott-Green, who both did amazing jobs adding their talents to the film. #silicathemovie #elaminafilmstour #cannesfilmfestival2018
Great turnout at Cannes Palais F for the first audience to see my new film Silica. It has been a journey of 3 years making this short and it was a pleasure to introduce it along side the lead, Davide Grody, and composer, Tony Scott-Green, who both did amazing jobs adding their talents to the film. #silicathemovie #elaminafilmstour #cannesfilmfestival2018
Red Carpet with Davide Grody, the lead of my new film Silica, for the Whitney Houston Doc at Cannes! #silicathemovie #cannesfilmfestival #elaminafilmstour
At Cannes 😚! Also glad I got a ticket to support these young filmmakers at the screening of their film “Solo”
#elaminafilmstour #elamina #в наличий
Movie poster collab with the amazing and talented @wkillustration (who you should follow asap) - also check out the film Silica! This was fun!
Childhood dream come true!!! My Super 8 noir short “The Big Slip” will be making it’s World Premiere at the Landmark Century Cinema for the Midwest Independent Film Festival May 1st! I went to freakin daycare in the Century Centre in the 80s, so little baby Eliaz would be peeing & pooping his OshKosh B’gosh hearing this news! 👶🏻 Thanks to all of my collaborators on the film for kicking ass and making it happen! Hope to see everyone there Tuesday at 6pm. Tickets on sale now (link in bio)! #thebigslip #filmmaking #filmmaker #elaminafilmstour
Premiering Now my short film Think Twice! (link in bio) After 2 years, 12 awards, 50 film festivals and countless amazing experiences I couldn't be happier to put it out to the world. Please share if you dig it! #thinktwicefilm #elaminafilmstour #nowwatching #supportindie #supportindiefilm #officialselection #youtube #comedyvideo #actionfilm #shortfilm #filmmaker #filmmaking #nostalgiacritic #tamarachambers #digitalsketch #digitalshort #nowwatching🎬
I met homeboy @anthonybradford at the 1st film fest Think Twice screened at in LA and caught him again at the 50th screening at the Atlanta Comedy Film Fest. Congrats to him and his Best Actor award win! #elaminafilmstour #thinktwicefilm
Officially 50 film festivals for my short Think Twice tonight at the Atlanta Comedy Film Fest! It’s been one hell of a ride which has brought me experiences I never could have imagined, and new lifelong friends I never would have met otherwise. Thanks to all who have supported and programmed the film along the way. Cheers to 50 more! -Just Kidding, Just Kidding. Next step is for the online release in early February! #elaminafilmstour #thinktwicefilm

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