Emily Cohen Ibañez

Emily Cohen Ibañez is a Colombian-American filmmaker and screenwriter who pairs cinematic lyricism with activism. Her documentary, BODIES AT WAR/MINA, about Colombian landmine survivors premiered at Bogotá’s International Film Festival (2015). Her feature, FRUITS OF LABOR, about a teenage farmworker, premiered at SXSW 2021, aired on PBS POV, and was nominated for a Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award. Her short films have distribution with The Intercept, TIME, PBS, and The Guardian. Her upcoming short film, RIVER (2026) is about ex-combatants and farmers turned competitive river rafters in the Colombian Amazon. Her feature hybrid film in progress, ORQUIDEA, is about humans and orchids in the Colombian Amazon. Her first screenplay, FROM HONEY TO ASHES was awarded an SFFILM Rainin Grant. Her films have received support from Sundance Institute, Ford Foundation, Perspective Fund, Chicken & Egg, Firelight Media, BAVC, Film Independent, Cinereach, Points North, National Science Foundation, Fulbright, and SFFILM. She holds a doctorate in Anthropology from NYU.