Florencia Silva García

documentary & ethnographic filmmaker

Brooklyn, US

filmmaker,audiovisual,film,educator.
About

Florencia is a documentary and ethnographic filmmaker. 

She graduated as a Multimedia communicator in Buenos Aires and specialized in audiovisual education and research in Spain. She is the director and creator of the short documentary film "Tú solo tú" filmed in the Yucatán Peninsula (Sisbichén), Mexico, within the Maya community. Using the pretext of a wedding, she captures the customs that surround this community.

In 2018, Florencia embarked on a journey of imparting video workshops, leveraging her expertise to train students hailing from Mexico, the United States, Spain, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina. Her highly acclaimed workshop, "Diégesis," is centered around harnessing the power of technological tools to weave captivating narrative. In 2021, she conducted an extensive research project titled "Digital Divide," which focused on rural communities in northern Argentina. These communities face limited or no access to technology, and connectivity remains out of reach for many, particularly in the Gran Chaco region. The area is home to Criollo families and approximately 200,000 indigenous people from nine different tribes, including Wichí, Guaraní, Chané, Qom, Chorote, Pilagá, and others.

Currently, she resides in Brooklyn, where she continues her work in researching Aboriginal communities and producing documentaries that shed light on the vanishing aspects of their culture over time.

Films

Soñar Despierto (Daydreaming)

DIRECTOR

Máquina de Sentir (The Feeling Machine)

DIRECTOR

In the Year 2024: Cajal meets Lichtman

CINEMATOGRAPHER

A Conversation with Catherine Mccusker

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Figure of Speech: A Conversation with Martin Chalfie

CINEMATOGRAPHER

El Baile del Eclipse Solar (The Solar Dance Eclipse)

DIRECTOR
Scenes

Microscopic Organisms in a Drop of Prospect Park Lake

ARTIST

A Unidentified Mushroom in Prospect Park

ARTIST

The Silence of the Butterflies

ARTIST

Fallkill Waterfall in Prospect Park

DIRECTOR

Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico

DIRECTOR

La Sortie de l'Usine Lumière à Brooklyn (Avec Des Lucioles)

ARTIST

Mindo's Butterflies, Waterfalls, and Mountains

DIRECTOR