Rodrigo Couvert
Director / Producer/Writer
Spanish-Mexican filmmaker, legal advocate, and child-protection specialist with 15+ years international experience.
Academic Background
PhD and Master in Copyright and Creative Law (Cum Laude), University of Barcelona.
Relevant Skills for This Project
- Legal rigor: Understanding evidentiary standards (ICC, ECHR).
- Child protection: Trauma-informed interview protocols (Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation).
- Grief expertise: Navigating stories of loss with sensitivity.
- International coordination: Managing complex, multi-country productions.
- Institutional trust: Earning access to government entities and humanitarian organizations.
Professional Experience
- Litigated cases of child abuse and exploitation for 11 years in Mexico.
- Specialized in legal frameworks protecting minors’ rights.
- Expert in evidentiary documentation for prosecution.
- Therapeutic Work:
- Collaborated with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation.
- Specialized in children with terminal illnesses.
- Expertise in grief, death, and family trauma counseling.
- 15+ years directing international campaigns for major brands
- International production logistics across 20+ countries.
- Crisis management and adaptive production in high-stakes environments.
Why This Project
This project brings together the two professional fields in which I’ve spent years working with vulnerable children:
In law, I learned how evidence must be preserved with rigor, integrity, and the understanding that what we document today becomes justice tomorrow.
In therapeutic work with terminally ill children, I learned how to hold space for grief, how to listen to what cannot always be spoken, and how to honor dignity even in unbearable circumstances.
When Russia began deporting Ukrainian children, I knew that waiting meant losing evidence and voices. We had the access, the urgency, and crucially, the ethical foundation to do this work responsibly.
This film is the convergence of everything I’ve been trained to protect: children’s rights, truth, and memory.