Proimágenes Colombia

Rocío returns from the city to her hometown in the Colombian countryside to look for her mother, whom she has not heard from since she was a young girl. There is a past to uncover and Rocío must decipher it from her mother Alba, who has not spoken since the murder of Rocío’s father. In response to her questions, Rocío receives only silence from her Alba. This prompts Rocío to look for answers elsewhere, particularly in an old game that she played with her mother when she was a child where they would bury or hide objects in the form of religious offerings to ask for certain wishes to come true. As Rocío unearths these long lost objects, she finds clues to the questions she arrived with. They are questions about her past, but also about her future; Rocío is pregnant and deliberating whether to keep the child. Alba, on the other hand, has silently created a fantastical world as a way to overcome the pain of her loss. Day after day, she constructs a nest of cloth and yarn to hatch an egg of a bird, whose gentle song, she believes, carries the promise to keep Rocío and her progeny safe.

Fiction. 90 min. Colombia
Produced by: Mutokino

MUTOKINO:
Mutokino is a production and distribution company based in Colombia and focused on exploring diverse aesthetic practices in contemporary cinema. Founded in 2012 by producer/director/editor Felipe Guerrero, it has produced films programmed and awarded in places such as Berlinale, Rotterdam, FIDMarseille, Viennale, JIFF Jeonju, New Directors/New Films, New Horizons, San Sebastian. They include Los conductos (2020) by Camilo Restrepo, La fortaleza (2020) by Jorge Thielen Armand, Mariana (2017) by Chris Gude, as well as the features directed by Felipe Guerrero: Paraíso (2006), Corta (2012) and Oscuro animal (2016). mutokino also realizes curatorial distribution projects that promote new authors in Colombian cinema, having exhibited works by directors such as Lina Rodríguez, Camilo Restrepo, Chris Gude, Laura Huertas Millán, Juan Soto and Camila Rodríguez Triana.   Filmography: Los Conductos (2020) by Camilo Restrepo  WP Berlinale 2020 La Fortaleza (2020) by Jorge Thielen Armand WP Rotterdam 2020 Mariana by Chris Gude (2017) WP FIDMarseille 2017 Oscuro animal by Felipe Guerrero (2016) WP Rotterdam 2016 Nelsa by Felipe Guerrero (2014, short) WP FICCI 2014 Corta by Felipe Guerrero (2012) WP Rotterdam 2012 Paraíso by Felipe Guerrero (2006) WP FIDMarseille 2006 Projects in development: El canto del Auricanturi by Camila Rodríguez Morichales by Chris Gude Álvaro by José Alejandro González (in post-production).

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