Jorge Rojo

Writer & Director of Luces de Abril | Mexico

Mexican filmmaker, writer and animator. As a Central Saint Martins (London) alumnus, Jorge directed his graduate film, which earned recognition at major international film and animation festivals, including the London International Animation Festival (Best of the Next Generation), Animafest Zagreb, Dublin Animation Festival, Palm Springs Animation Festival, Encounters, and Taichung International Animation Festival. Notably, it won Best Animated Short Film at the Academy Award-qualifying Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), among other accolades.

In 2019, he was part of the Artwork team for The Tiger Who Came to Tea, which won an Emmy in 2022. In 2023, he contributed again to the Art team for Mog's Christmas, which was nominated for a BAFTA in 2025, both films produced by the UK-based studio Lupus Films.

Recently, he collaborated as an animator on the experimental theatre production Goldbug and the Music of Dreams, an international project by DKS Shanghai and the British Council that premiered at the Shanghai Symphony Hall (2024-2025).

He is currently immersed in the developmental phase of his debut animated feature film and has co-founded Mexican based production company, So Far So Good, with co-Producer Arran Stamper to help bring this story, and others, to life.

His works of animation and video art have been showcased in galleries and cinemas in numerous countries, including Mexico, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Taiwan, Croatia, Argentina, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Germany, and France.