DIEGO BARAJAS RIAÑO IS A COLOMBIAN CINEMATOGRAPHER (MEMBER OF ADFC) KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN FEATURE FILMS, SHORT FILMS, TELEVISION, AND DOCUMENTARIES WORLDWIDE. HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH PRODUCTION COMPANIES AND CHANNELS LIKE ARTE AND RADIO TÉLÉVISION SUISSE, WORKING ON PROJECTS ACROSS ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPE, AND AMERICA. DIEGO'S WORK HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVALS SUCH AS IDFA, TAMPERE FF, UPPSALA IFF, SAN SEBASTIAN, SXSW IN AUSTIN AND THE BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL IN TALLINN. Diego HAS ALSO VENTURED INTO DIRECTING FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS. HE HAS A B.A. IN FILM AND TELEVISION FROM THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA, HE HOLDS A M.A. DEGREE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION'S VIEWFINDER PROGRAM, GRADUATED WITH CUM LAUDE HONORS. PRESENTLY, DIEGO IS A FELLOW RESEARCHER AND PHD STUDENT IN AUDIOVISUAL ARTS AND MEDIA STUDIES AT TALLINN UNIVERSITY IN ESTONIA.