Chema Rodríguez (b. 1967, Seville, Spain) began travelling at the age of 17 and, since that time, he has visited over 100 countries. He began to make a name for himself with his newspaper and radio reports in which he spoke about his experiences from his life on the road. He has written several books and in 1996 started the magazine Cartographica, of which he was also Editor-in-Chief. He has made several programmes about Latin America for Spanish television. He made the documentary films Sahel, la frontera herida (1999), La llamada de Africa (2003) and Latidos (2005). Among others, Rodríguez also wrote the screenplay for the feature film The Great Match (La gran final, 2005), which is being screened in the section Another View.
MFF Karlovy Vary
