Biography
Itandehui Jansen was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and studied film directing at the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. She participated in different international film training programs, such as the BERLINALE TALENTS, The BINGER FILM LAB, and the TORINO FILM LAB.
Her films have screened at international festivals such as the IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), FICM (Morelia International Film Festival), Washington D.C. Shorts, ZINEBI, the London Short Film Festival, and SLAMDANCE.
Her films have received several international awards and she was nominated for the Mexican Film Critics Award Diosa de Plata. Her feature drama film In Times of Rain won the Award for Best Emerging Feature Film at the Oaxaca Film Fest.
She holds a PhD from the Academy for Creative and Performing Arts, Leiden University . She has previously taught filmmaking at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands and at the University of Edinburgh.