Bryan Angarita is an award-winning Colombian-American documentary filmmaker based in Dubai. He is a Hot Docs Talent Accelerator Fellow, a Sheffield MeetMarket participant, as well as an alumnus of RIDM Doc Lab Montreal, IDFAcademy, and Berlinale/EFM Doc Toolbox.

Bryan’s projects have been supported by Hot Docs Canada Crosscurrents, RIDM, the NFB, the Canada Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. His short films have screened at festivals such as Indie Memphis and NYICFF. His films as director and cinematographer have been distributed by CFMDC and HBO. Bryan’s debut feature documentary in development AMANACER, ATARDECER (formerly LOS GUADUALES) was awarded the NFB Prize and Cineground Prize by the jury at RIDM Forum’s Doc Lab Montreal.

Previously, Bryan worked as a researcher interviewing undocumented workers for RISEP, a research institute based in South Florida delivering policy proposals to the Florida Legislature for the benefit of immigrant worker health and safety.