Discoveries from Colombia World Cinema

Reconstruction one year later of the assassination of Colombian liberal leader Rafael Uribe Uribe; with the participation of the perpetrators: Jesús Carvajal and Leovigildo Galarza.

Double Me is a film about the tragic misunderstandings between the Spanish colonizers and the indigenous peoples of Colombia, and the ramifications of those traumatic experiences. Based on manuscripts, photographs and films belonging to the Colombian ethnographer Gregorio Hernández de Alba, Rugeles pieces together existing and new footage in this documentary punctuated with fiction and stories. From FICCI

If Jack Kerouac wrote his legendary novel On the Road on a long paper scroll, why not do it on a long 35mm film roll as well? By re-typing the complete book –with the use of 35mm black leader instead of paper on a typewriter– this project attempts, among other things, to convert Kerouac’s romantic rhythmic writing method onto a cold and mechanical transcription in order to give the work new possibilities and readings that, when projected at 24 frames a second, although they do emphasize Kerouac’s intentions of immediacy, they transform the text into illegible blotches of letters that demystify and question language at its most elemental levels.

A man suffers from leprosy. The disease progresses in such a way that it drives him to madness, without his wife's knowledge. She begins to suffer a progressive moral deterioration, which completely ruins the marital relationship, this intense conflict leads to the worst outcome.

The editorialist of The World, newspaper of the "capital of yanquilandia", needs to look for evidence to free himself from an accusation of slander, for an editorial in which it was stated that Teodoro Rooselvelt, artificer of the separation of Panama, could not run for reelection as president of the USA because he had breached an international treaty. Therefore, several detectives are sent to Colombia to locate evidence of this treaty. One of the sleuths is Patterson, an ambiguous man in love with Berta, the daughter of a modest employee of the Colombian consulate in the city of skyscrapers.

Changing the Story: Voices of the Land highlights the daily struggles of environmental and Indigenous rights defenders in Latin America, centering their voices, emotions, and resistance.

Cartagena de Indias, the walled city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, isn’t the first place that comes to mind when you think of rock. But beneath its sunlit streets and by the edge of the sea, an alternative music scene pulses with life. Bands move from punk to emo, from post-punk to goth, while a community keeps alive something deeper than sound: the chance to be free from prejudice, to belong, to connect, to be part of something unique. These are all our voices.

Veal desires that are condemned deep within us.

On a family trip, Germán, a modest middle-aged father, begins to hear a whistling sound that no one else can hear. The sound heralds the arrival of a creature, El Silbón, and awakens in him a wild impulse and a new desire: to be penetrated.

The voice we hear comes from far off-screen, thousands of kilometres away from the vistas of Toronto unfolding before us. These are countless voicemails from Colombia left by the director’s loving grandmother.

A woman invents a story to evoke a lost friendship. Along with her friends, they imagine a fable: the story of two birds that one day became human — an Ornithologist and his friend, The Architect.

Social hotspots can be found everywhere. Recognizing this, rapper Carlos Zamora started his project Rapflektion in Braunschweig and the surrounding area, to educate teenagers to communicate responsibly, respectfully and without violence through rap. For the past seven years he has been travelling to Latin American countries known for their drug cartels and violence. Other than church initiatives, Zamora's rap workshops for disadvantaged youth are frequently the only projects available for these teenagers.

"Blue Deep" combines Camilo Posada's original music with Double Dome Films' visual prowess, this is the first track of a video Album called "Entropy". This video album takes the viewer through the inevitable and overwhelming future fate of the cosmos, ruled by physical laws. This narrative explores human and life insignificance in the face of the immensity of a universe full of entropy.

Candelaria, an old woman who lives in alone in an abandoned house in a Caribbean village, wakes up to what appears to be an ordinary day.

Zapata el Gran Putas delves into the life of Colombian writer Manuel Zapata Olivella, exploring his diverse perspectives, adventures, and relationships with prominent intellectuals and black artists of the 20th century.

At the Amazonian tri-border of Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, an Indigenous trans beauty pageant emerges, defying deep-rooted prejudice. Saray, Ariadna, and Ashley—trans women from different ethnicities—travel to Leticia to compete for the crown. Between rehearsals and memories, their pursuit of becoming “The Queen of Amazonas” transforms into a powerful act of resistance and an intimate portrait of the Amazon’s boundless diversity.

The more Henry insists on fulfilling his role as a provider father, the further he drifts from the chance of returning home. From his brother’s farm, he tries to sell a calf in order to send money to his family—who no longer waits for him. Poor posture will collapse his body, worn out from insisting on a lost cause.

Three generations of the same family equally obsessed with images, those generated by the film camera or by the radiology machine. Ironically, all three died of cancer. A triptych of the gaze that reveals the society we have been over the last century.

Cali, an 8-year-old girl, lives with her grandmother Bárbara, an eccentric, and therefore marginalized, octogenarian. Cali enjoys freedom with her grandmother, but she will have to face the judgments of the neighborhood and the people around them.

It presents, with testimonies and archival images, the most important social and political events in Colombia from 1944 to 1986.

Camila, a lonely communications student, is rescued from a street robbery by Ruco and Alexa, two young anarchists and street vendors who use violence to punish thieves in the neighborhood. Through her growing friendship with Ruco and Alexa, Camila meets Leonor, with whom she forms a deep mother-daughter bond. When Leonor mysteriously disappears, Camila embarks on a quest to discover the truth.

After witnessing the death of a child, Camilo, a young traffic officer, is plunged into deep introspection, haunted by recurring dreams of his own death. Amid this internal struggle, he reconnects with Leslye, who gradually helps him rediscover the value of life.

Alex doesn't go to school and spends his day hanging around, seemingly free, doing what he was told not to do; Steven tries to hold down a job, but there's always a friend, a party, a problem; Kevin wants to escape the drugs and violence. Three young men face the harshness of Bogotá life while they wait, amid continuous failures, for a miracle.

Four faces. One photograph. Four perspectives challenge the act of seeing. Four faces witnessed the violence in Colombia. What do they tell us? Do we have a chance to understand the act of violence in Colombia?

Héctor Antonio Angulo, heir to Tumaco's herbal medicine tradition and PhD in neurophysiology, persists at 75 years of age in a dream he has had for 35 years: to create a Center for Scientific Research, Biotechnological Development, and Integrative Medicine to heal the people of the Colombian Pacific.

A family from the Kamëntsá community in the Sibundoy Valley lives a terrifying experience after their daughters forgot a very important rule within the traditions of their community.

A taxidermist finds a strange old photograph of her mother with a serpent that will alter her instincts and sensibilities in unpredictable ways.

An affectionate portrait of the Colombian scientist and writer César Uribe Piedrahita. Shot in the quiet intimacy of his country home in Sasaima, the film is a tribute to a cherished friendship and an exceptional man.

A short film recounting a journey to Tumaco in the 1950s. This evocative diary unfolds as a tropical reverie, populated by bodies, glances, and landscapes that reveal themselves to the camera as fleeting visions of a lost paradise.

The film analyzes the complex evolutionary adaptations of insects from a scientific perspective, highlighting their strange designs and mysterious communication, revealing the challenges they face and the importance of preserving their habitats.

An animated short film about a dachshund and her daily life over the course of a day.

Misunderstandings threaten to thwart the innocent romances between Emeterio and Felipe, members of the popular musical comedy duo Los Tolimenses, and two naive provincial girls. All interspersed with folk songs and dances.

When the origami world of Foldara crumples and unfolds out of control, three unlikely friends must journey into a treacherous maze that shifts into strange realms to stop the mysterious force reshaping their world before it's too late, and finding their purpose along the way.

The Red Piranga travels from the far north, from French Canada, migrating to visit the Azufral volcano, the Tauso moorland, and Chimayoy hill. Leaving behind its song and poetry dedicated to each territory. An experimental documentary work, where birds and places raise their voices.

Cinematic, of architecture in motion, must have a fixed shot over Bogotá.