Ida Joglar is an award winning filmmaker, editor and video artist from San Juan, Puerto Rico, whose work has taken her from the depths of the Indian Ocean to the tallest peak in Africa.

In 2009 she relocated to New York City, where she completed her MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts. 

Her first feature, Kili Big (2021), a documentary about a group of plus-sized women attempting to carve space for themselves in the outdoor community, premiered at Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival where it won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature. Ida received Athena Film Festival’s Breakthrough Director Award for her work on Kili Big.

In the narrative space, she has written and directed several short films as well as collaborated with directors, editing shorts and feature films Keep In Touch (2015) and Babysitter (2015).

Ida’s commercial work includes mainly short form documentary-style videos for clients including SeaLegacy, Only One, Vice Sports, Planned Parenthood and Dior.