Milton Guillén
About
Milton is an award-winning Nicaraguan filmmaker who dwells in the realm of docufiction. His most recent works gravitate around the cinematic intersections of de-colonial ethnographic research and the affective image. Milton's films have screened globally at CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, DOK Leipzig, Camden, and more. In 2018, his debut feature THE MARIBOR UPRISINGS, co-directed with Maple Raza, received the Society for Visual Anthropology's Best Feature Award. He is a recipient of several international artist residencies and grants including the ITVS Diversity Development Fund for his project ON THE MOVE. Milton was named a fellow at the Points North Institute, the Bay Area Video Coalition and Kartemquin Diverse Voices in Documentary.
On the Move
ON THE MOVE follows three visual artists in exile from Syria, Sudan and Nicaragua as they strive to remain emotionally connected to their turbulent home countries. As the film progresses, a kaleidoscopic view of displacement emerges, drawing similarities and contrasts in the emotional burdens of these artists through the eyes of the movement itself.