Proimágenes Colombia

HEAVEN

Director: Alessandro Basile

Colombia, 2009

87 minutes - Ficción / Fiction

Synopsis

A small town drama engulfs Salvatore, an italian priest exiled in Cartagena, who uses marihuana for medicinal purposes. The hellish cast incluyes corrupt politicians, Crazy poets, prostitutes of the underground and a black princess –Gabriela-, who in her death throes is kept secretely locked up by her parents. Salvatore wakes up innocent a...

SATANÁS

Director: Andrés Baiz

Colombia, 2007

95 minutes - Ficción / Drama

Synopsis

In Satanás, a beautiful young woman hustles rich men in search of a better life; a priest, passionately in love with his housekeeper, struggles under the weight of a secret he guards for one of his parishioners, and a resentful teacher and war veteran dreams of escaping the tedium of everyday life with one of his students… Their ac...

2600 METROS

Director: Roberto Flores Prieto

Colombia, 2005

Documental / Todas

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POLVO DE ÁNGEL

Director: Oscar Blancarte

Colombia, México, 2008

105 minutes - Ficción / Comedia

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Sacro, a self-apointed Quixote and defender of humanity, is hired to carry out an imposible mission by the president of the successfull fase food company, Ultrasandwich. With a little help of his friend, Chaos the Angel Hunter, he undertakes his glorious adventure in the great city of Latinopolis. In the meantime, Susana and Miguel, young enviro...

THE DREAM OF PARADISE

Director: Carlos Palau

Colombia, 2007

Documental / Todas

Synopsis

In the impoverished Japan of the twenties, Juzo Takeshima, discovers the Jorge Isaacs novel, Maria, without imagining the effect it World have on the lives of hundreds of Japanese –especially his. Takeshima begins to translate the novel by installments for the magazine of the University of Tokyo, where he teaches. With his disciples he gli...

THE ACORDION`S ANGEL

Director: María Camila Lizarazo

Colombia, 2008

100´ minutes - Ficción / Drama

Synopsis

In the exotic landscapes of the Colombian Caribbean Coast, Vallenato music has magic effects: it soothes crying babies, turns away the storms, increases egg production, and cheers up cotton harvesters. This is the setting in which “Poncho”, an eleven-year-old boy and talented vallenato performer, pursues two dreams in his life: ...

AMALIA

Director: Alejandro Lemos, David Rodríguez

Colombia, 2006

Ficción / Fiction

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JUANA HAD GOLDEN HAIR

Director: Luís Fernando "Pacho" Bottía

Colombia, 2007

74´ minutes - Ficción / Fiction

Synopsis

A magician reveals the existence of Juana, a girl who lives in the town of Ciénaga and who has the particularity of having her hair of pure gold. A journalist, who by chance witnesses the spectacle, decides to seek her out and publish her story. Authorities and local dignitaries struggle over her custody, until the bishop prevails. Juana ...

ACTORS IN CONFLICT

Director: Lisandro Duque

Colombia, 2008

100 minutes - Ficción / Drama

Synopsis

Three theater actors –two Colombian men and the Venezuelan girlfriend of one of them– are asked by their sponsor to keep some boxes for him while he is away for three months. However, shortly alter their benefactor leaves, they find out that he has been imprisoned in Europe for money laundering and drug dealing, and that he will appa...

APOCALIPSUR

Director: Javier Mejía

Colombia, 2007

Ficción / Drama

Synopsis

In 1991, Medellin is a dangerous place to live. Rules have changed and even the police have a price on their heads. Death threats on his mother, force “El Flaco” to flee to London. Before he leaves, his friends and girlfriend, Malala, throw a going-away party, complete with a rock’n’roll band...

LETTERS FROM EL GORDO

Director: Darío Armando García "Dago", Juan Carlos Vásquez

Colombia, 2006

Ficción / Fiction

Synopsis

Carlos Julio, or “Chubby”, has dedicated his life to his friend Alfredo, “Skinny”. They grew up in the same neighborhood and were playmates during childhood, but life separated them and took them to different worlds. However, a bittersweet circumstance changes their paths once again, and thrugh Chubby’s unquestionin...

AT THE END OF THE SPECTRUM

Director: Juan Felipe Orozco

Colombia, 2006

Ficción / Fiction

Synopsis

Vega is forced to spend some time away from her work and social life after a traumatic experience triggers a crisis of agoraphobia. Following her father’s recommendation, she moves to a new apartment where she begins to live like a hermit. Her life changes radically. She starts seeing things that cannot be explained and listening to voices...

EL COLOMBIAN DREAM

Director: Felipe Aljure

Colombia, 2006

Ficción / Fiction

Synopsis

Two young men with more ambition than sense turn to a life of crime in this dark comedy from Colombia. Pepe and Enrique are twin brothers who are both in love with the same woman, Rosita. Hoping to leave their small town venid and bring Rosita along with them, the brothers are looking for a way to get rich quick. In their neighborhood dealing drugs...

A TON OF LUCK

Director: Rodrigo Triana

Colombia, 2006

100 minutes - Ficción / Fiction

Synopsis

“Shit! We are rich!”, Perlaza screams when he finds a bag with over 46 million dollars from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) buried in the middle of the jungle. A true story based on actual events in Colombia in May 2003. The story describes the dreams and adventures of Porras, Venegas, Lloreda and Perlaza, four sold...

CONFESIÓN A LAURA

Director: Jaime Osorio Gómez

Colombia, 1991

90 minutes - Ficción / Fiction

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CURSO 29

Director: Cristian Corradine, Juan Mauricio Piñeros

Colombia, 2005

67 minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

In Bogotá, a city where the majority of inhabitants are unaware of the work done by the Fire Department, a group of young men and women begin Class 29 in the hope of becoming professional firefighters. Each one has a different idea about the job, and most are motivated primarily by the possibility of a steady job. Throughout the course, t...

LOS MONOS DE LOS ANDES

Director: Talía Carolina Osorio Cardona

Colombia, 2004

65 min minutes - Documental / Todas

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LAS CASTAÑUELAS DE NOTRE DAME

Director: Diego García Moreno

2001

52 minutes - Documental / Todas

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