Documentary

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DIGGY UP, THE WILL OF THE BLOOD

DIGGY UP, THE WILL OF THE BLOOD

Director: Luis Montealegre

Colombia, 2012

13 minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

Due to the constant rains, the rivers up the mountains overflow sweeping along with them everything that stands in their way. This is the story of Alirio, an old peasant that makes a mysterious trip to the city in search of a carpenter who manufactures a giant coffin.  Back with this weight on his shoulders, he walks into a reflection on the b...
LA LEY DEL MONTE

LA LEY DEL MONTE

Director: Patricia Castaño, Adelaida Trujillo

Colombia, 1989

Documental / Todas

Synopsis

DALE DURO CAYETANO

DALE DURO CAYETANO

Director: Alberto Giraldo.

Colombia, 1974

12´ minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

WHERE THE BIRDS GO WHEN IT RAINS

WHERE THE BIRDS GO WHEN IT RAINS

Director: Juan Sebastián Sisa Archila

Colombia, 2023

17 minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

I never thought of darkness as something that caused me fear, until my left eye began to lose its visual acuity and I understood that the deterioration of my vision meant much more than just not seeing. Strangely, it all began the day I visited the Sarna Paramo and perceived traces of the violent past my territory had suffered. “Where do the ...
NIÑA CHILAPA

NIÑA CHILAPA

Director: Juana Lotero López

Colombia, 2025

17 minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

Yulieth (11 - 13), se enfrenta a la dificultad de crecer en un territorio salvaje, donde coexiste la belleza natural y la hostilidad del machismo. Su identidad en construcción se disputa entre las pulsiones de sus sueños y su realidad....
THE TRAP

THE TRAP

Director: Ferney Noé Iyokina Gittoma

2024

13 minutes - Documental / Todas

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THE NIGHT OF THE MINOTAUR

THE NIGHT OF THE MINOTAUR

Director: Juliana Zuluaga Montoya

Colombia, 2023

11 minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

People wonder where the birds go to die. My grandmother's village had a lighthouse among the mountains, a forest full of creatures and an echo that sounded at night like the warm wind. That's where the birds went to die. THE NIGHT OF THE MINOTAUR is a fantastic tale that uses archival material to construct the story of Luz Emilia Garc&iacut...
Lemebel

Lemebel

Director: Joanna Reposi Garibaldi

Chile, Colombia, 2019

96 minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

MY MOTHER'S PAIN

MY MOTHER'S PAIN

Director: Juliana Erazo Gómez

Holanda, Colombia, 2021

6 minutes - Animación / Animación, Documental / Todas

Synopsis

This animated documentary and visual essay, tells the story of three generations of mothers and daughters in the same family. Their struggles and growth and how they worked to make their children's life better than their own....
STRANGERS TO PEACE

STRANGERS TO PEACE

Director:

80 minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

If you’re Colombian and younger than 52, you’ve never lived in a country without war. The conflict between leftist-guerrillas, right-wing paramilitar-ies, and the government left 220,000 dead and displaced millions. The FARC were the largest guerrilla army in this war, and their tactics included drug trafficking, kidnapping, and the rec...
¿QUIÉN SOY?

¿QUIÉN SOY?

Director:

2021

70 minutes - Documental / Todas

Synopsis

Calaguala

Calaguala

Director:

2018

14 minutes - Documental / Todas

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