Juan Luis Matos

Juan Luis Matos (b. Havana, Cuba) is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Miami, FL. He is a member of Third Horizon film collective that hosts an annual film festival in Miami, and he is a 4 time Suncoast Regional Emmy Award Winner. He is a 2022 MacDowell Colony fellow and currently an artist in residence at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami, FL. His films have exhibited at DOC NYC, Blackstar Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and Miami Film Festival among others.

Juan is the top prize recipient for the 2022 Knight Foundation Made in MIA Award at Miami Film Festival for his film ‘You Can Always Come Home’.