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THE COLOMBIAN FILM FESTIVAL NY WAS ONCE AGAIN A SUCCESS IN ATTENDANCE ON ITS 6TH EDITION

March 27, 2018

Señorita María, La falda de la montaña directed by Rubén Mendoza wins the best documentary prize and the jury prize in ColFilmNY

The Day of the Goat directed by Samir Oliveros awarded the best fiction film and Damiana by Andrés Ramírez Pulido, received the award for the best short film.

The most important cinematographic window of Colombian in the world, was once again a success in attendance

New York, March 26, 2018- The Colombian Film Festival NY announced the winning films of its sixth edition. Señorita María, la falda de la montaña directed by Rubén Mendoza won the Ritual Piece Award for Best Documentary Film and the Jury Prize. The prize for Best Fiction Film was for Bad Lucky Goat by director Samir Oliveros, and the Best Short Film went to Damiana directed by Andrés Ramírez Pulido.

The Audience Award went to the documentary Ciro & Yo directed by Miguel Salazar.

Special mentions were awarded to the short films The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do by Juanita Onzaga & La casa del árbol by Juan Sebastián Quebrada.

The jury was made up of the legendary cinematographer Ed Lachman, Nicole Guillemet who was vice president of the Sundance Institute and co-director of the Sundance Film Festival, Carlos Gutierrez, artistic consultant, director and creator of Cinema Tropical, the curator, producer and programmer Bryce Norbitz of the Tribeca Film Institute, José Rodriguez, director of the documentary program of the Tribeca Film Institute and Caryn Coleman programmer of Nitehawk Cinema.

During four days, the festival exhibited 32 films in the categories of fiction, documentary and short films.

The jury decided, after a careful deliberation, to give the prize as best documentary and jury prize to Señorita Maria, la falda de la montaña directed by Ruben Mendoza “”For its profound humanity in its epic portrayal of an extraordinary being, strong and vulnerable, innocent and tormented, smiling, forgiving and tormented, who through her lonely daily life is teaching us a lesson of humbleness, self esteem, determination and love”.

In the category of fiction, the winner was Bad Lucky Goat by Samir Oliveros. The jury stated that “It was wonderful to discover this director, and we cannot wait to see his next film.”

Damiana de Andrés Ramírez Pulido won the award for the best short film “For generating an impeccable, strong sense of atmospheric tension, and creating a truly visceral and intense movie-going experience.”

The jury decided to award two honorable mentions to the short films for the high quality of the selection:

The first honorable mention is for The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do by Juanita Onzaga “This short film was an emotional gut-punch, and the filmmaker’s technical mastery floored us. For its exploration of Colombia’s painful history through poetic imagery.” Said José Rodriguez and Caryn Coleman.

The second honorable mention was for La casa del Arbol by Juan Sebastián Quebrada: “Even in its first minute, this short film latched on to us with immediate ease. The filmmaker delivers truly effortless, natural performances from its two leads – and conveys a poignant story that is both charming and enticing in a seemingly off-the-cuff manner.”

This year the festival was presented by its audience which is the heart of this exceptional window allowing us to continue consolidating this Colombian film embassy in the capital of the world.

During the closing of the festival, there was also the launch of the Seven Color Sea Film Festival, the first international festival of San Andres Islands that will arrive in June.

The Colombian Film Festival New York

The Colombian New York Film Festival was founded by Juan Carvajal in 2012 to unify the existing diaspora of the Colombian community in the tri-state area, creating a festival dedicated to the exhibition of the roots and talent of Colombia through the images cinematographic.

Colombian Film Festival New York is presented by its audience and sponsored by the Colombian Embassy in the United States, Colciencias, Caracol Cine, Prexco, Avianca, My Life Style Magazine & Univision.

COLOMBIA BIO, A LOOK AT THE BIODIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA

March 6, 2018

During the sixth edition of The Colombian Film Festival, science and cinema come together to present Colombia Bio, a documentary series produced within the framework of scientific expeditions led by Colciencias. It takes place in some of the Colombian’s regions which suffered long decades of armed conflict.

Diverse artistic views of important Colombian film directors are focused on biodiversity. The purpose is to present the country through the relationship between art and science. 6 documentaries, 6 filmmakers, 6 Colombia regions and a team of over 500 people, to produce an unprecedented documentary series.

From March 22 to 25 before the festival screenings, these documentaries will be screened that highlight the biodiversity of Colombia.

ANDAKI, CAMINO DE VIDA (Juan Pablo Méndez) This documentary finds the best scenario for its reflections on concepts such as life, death, and the path walked between the two. At the Conquest period, a group of indigenous people sought to reach the Amazon from the Andes, escaping the Spanish troops, and so it opened what is known today as the Andaki Path. In this territory, who experienced the war against Peru, the bloodiest harnessing of rubber and the quinine, and the horrors of armed conflict, a group of scientists and several locals establish a rich exchange of knowledge that demonstrates that science and traditional knowledge are complementary.

Trailer:https://youtu.be/kAZF0OYkos0

CHIRIBIQUETE VIDEOGRAFÍA DE EXPEDICIÓN AL CENTRO DEL MUNDO (Carlos Arturo Ramírez) A forced landing caused by a storm led to a passionate scientist finding a paradise that he would end up devoting his life to. Today, 30 years later, he returns to the Chiribiquete Mountain Range, in the heart of the Amazon, to lead an expedition in which he is reunited with the tepuis, the oldest geological formations on the planet, and the rock art that makes it a place of great archaeological interest. That return is narrated by a young director who faced adversity to bring a testimony that mixes both experiences, his and the scientists.

Trailer:https://youtu.be/LEfFUEfeI7A

EL PEÑON (Oscar Ruiz Navia) Located in the department of Santander, El Peñon is a place that, thanks to its geological conditions offers one of the most particular biodiversities of the country. A foreign scientist who devoted his life to the study of its caves, which are the oldest and largest in the country, and a group of scientists that explores their exterior penetrate this territory, while their inhabitants tell stories filled with silences that fluctuate between the splendor of the landscape in which they grew and the rigors of the violence they faced.

Trailer:https://youtu.be/qh_HVaGWCm0

LA TIERRA DEL AGUA (Nicolás Ordóñez) On board of a ship of the Colombian Navy, a group of scientists enters Serrana, Cay, one of the cays of the remote nature reserve of Sea Flower, which covers 0% of the Caribbean Sea, contains 77% of the coral reefs of Colombia, and constitutes the third largest coral barrier reef on the planet. With high-tech resources, they seek to find the nesting points of some turtle elusive vulnerable species and plunge into the bottom of one of the most diverse seas in the Colombian Caribbean to understand the species that threatens it: the Lionfish.

Trailer:https://youtu.be/75xbjp-pjqI

TACARCUNA (Patricia Ayala) Tacarcuna Hill is the highest point of the Darién Mountain Range, the mountain chain that divides the border between Colombia and Panama. Located in Chocó’s Urabá, it is a biological corridor for species that move between Central and South America and concentrates all the richness derived from the cultural mix between its African and indigenous populations. A rested gaze takes us to a place full of noises and silences, in which a group of scientists makes an exploration that would not be possible without the ancestral knowledge of its inhabitants.

Trailer:https://youtu.be/75xbjp-pjqI

VICHADA: CUSTODY OF LIFE (Clare Weiskopf) A reflection of famous scientist Alexander Von Humboldt on the mystique of an expedition starts a journey of reflections on science through the exploration of the savannahs and gallery forests of Tomo River, which begins at the Meta department, crosses Vichada, and ends in Great Orinoco. This territory is a large biological corridor, not only between those departments, but also between Colombia and Venezuela, and the point of return of a group of biologists to the area they had been able to research until they had to leave it in the 80’s due to the armed conflict.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/mqOCcMAxb2o

In its sixth anniversary, THE COLOMBIAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK – COLFILMNY – presents U.S and New York premieres of the best of Colombian cinema at the Cinépolis Chelsea theaters, March 22 – 25, 2018.

February 18, 2018

The festival opens March 22nd with the U.S premiere of “Ciro & Yo” “a film that moves from beginning to end”.

New York, February 9th, 2018. – On its sixth edition, The Colombian Film Festival New York (COLFILMNY), announces its official selection. More than 30 films will participate in this festival that has become the biggest celebration of the Colombian film industry outside its borders. COLFILMNY will take place March 22nd to 25th, 2018 with the participation of various actors and filmmakers in the different presentations. The program, which contains a wide selection of different genres, will open with a red carpet on Thursday, March 22nd at 6:00 pm receiving the best of Colombian talent at the Cinépolis Chelsea theaters and the premiere for the U.S of the documentary “Ciro & I” directed by Miguel Salazar.

Prominent members of the film industry are part of the jury that will select the best of our cinema. In the fiction category, the jury will count with Bryce Norbitz, Manager of the artist’s department of the Tribeca Film Institute. In the documentary category, Ed Lachman, cinematography director that has received important awards for his amazing work in films such as Carol and The Virgin Suicides and Nicole Guillemet who was the co–director for more than 15 years of The Sundance Film Festival and now is an adviser for different festivals around the world. In the shortfilms category, Jose Rodriguez director of the documentary program at the Tribeca Film Institute, and Carlos Gutierrez, curator, and director of Cinema Tropical, the embassy of the Latin-American cinema in the United States. will make part of the jury.

Official Selection Fiction:

EL DÍA DE LA CABRA (Samir Oliveros) – After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father’s truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation. Corn and Rita must find a way to repair the truck in time to pick up the tourists that will be staying at the family’s hotel. As they struggle to find the means necessary to conceal the accident, the siblings will visit a butcher, Rastafari drum makers, a pawn shop and even a witch doctor, in a 24-hour adventure around Port Paradise.

DOBLE (Felipe Martínez Amador) – Fede leaves Mariana, his wife, for a double identical to her but 20 years younger. Excited with the idea of turning her into the woman he always dreamed of, he ends up discovering that he was actually happy as he was – and that Mariana could be happier without him–.

FORTUNA LAKE (Felipe Martínez Amador) – A young woman who escapes a mental facility, a mysterious neighbor, a sadistic nurse, a prisoner, a ghostly visitor and a missing person. Malorie will have to discover how she is linked to all of them.

EL LIBRO DE LILA (Marcela Rincón González) – Lila, a character in a children’s storybook, suddenly falls out of her paper world and ends up trapped in a place she doesn’t belong … so starts this great adventure, where Lila will discover the value of memory.

HANDLE WITH CARE (Arild Andresen) – Kjetil, a Norwegian offshore worker is a recent widower, now left alone to take care of his adopted son, Daniel. Unable to deal with his single parent role, Kjetil decides to bring Daniel back to Colombia, where a taxi driver helps him look for the biological mother.

NADIE SABE PARA QUIEN TRABAJA (Harold Trompetero) – Arturo is a 45-year-old white-collar worker with an office of legal advisers. One day Arturo meets Simon, a 30–year– old man who has the possibility of inheriting a great fortune. The problem? Simon has no right to the inheritance because he isn’t related to the deceased who didn’t leave a will. Arturo will ally with Antonia, an accountant with whom he shares an office, to claim the inheritance by applying the most unexpected techniques, tactics and tricks.

Official Selection Documentary:

CIRO & YO (Miguel Salazar) – Ciro Galindo was born on August 29th, 1952 in Colombia. Wherever he’s gone, war has found him. After twenty years of friendship, I understood Ciro‘s life sums up Colombia’s history. As so many Colombians, he is a survivor who has run away from war for more than sixty years and now dreams of living in peace. “Ciro & Me” is a journey to memory, seeking to give sorrow words; a journey, similar to that of Colombia in times of peace, in search to recover its dignity.

AMAZONA (Clare Weiskopf) – This is the story of Val and Clare: a mother and a daughter. After the tragic death of her eldest child, Val left her kids and family behind and escaped into the Colombian jungle. Only 11 at the time, Clare Weiskopf (the director of this film) couldn’t understand what her mother was looking for. Thirty years later, when she becomes pregnant, Clare decides to confront her mother, heal the wounds of the past, and try to define motherhood on her own terms. Together they go on an intimate journey exploring the boundaries between responsibility and freedom, with all the guilt and sacrifice they entail. What makes someone a good mother?

EL FIN DE LA GUERRA (Marc Silver) – ‘To End a War’ is an intimate, observational documentary that goes behind the scenes of the peace negotiations between FARC guerrilla and the Colombian government, exploring what it takes for a nation of 50 million to move from hatred to forgiveness, from war to peace.

NUEVE DISPAROS (Jorge Andrés Giraldo) – In Nine Shots, Jorge faces the images he and his mother had recorded through their lives, creating a first-person account about his life, his depths, and the dreams he has achieved through a blood-spattered way. This testimony also gives the account of the youths going to combat in our internal armed conflict -whatever the side they fight for- and mothers giving birth to sons for our wars.

SEÑORITA MARIA (Rubén Mendoza) – Boavita is a rural, conservative, and Catholic village embedded in the Andes and frozen in time: in the foothills of these mountains lives Miss Maria Luisa. She is 45 years old and was born a boy. Behind what appears to be just another life mired in gender and identity conflicts lies a bitter, unimaginable family history, its deepest roots seasoned with hatred. And the scapegoat in this story has always been our Miss, even before she set foot in this world. And yet her power is fueled by these same forces –the strength of animals and the mountain. No darkness has ever been able to topple or eclipse her.

Official Selection Short film:

CLEAN (Teddy Cuartas) – An unemployed neat freak fights against his insecurities after learning that unwelcome familiar guests were coming. An intense one-minute story produced with only $17.

COFFEE BREAK (María Cristina Pérez) – For decades, every working day at four in the afternoon, Pepe, a deer Clerk, drinks coffee. Routine consumes his life. Expectations are followed by disappointments; meanwhile, Pepe grows gray hair and loses his enthusiasm.

CORTEZA (Paloma Rincón) – Lilia is 71 years old and Alzheimer’s disease has transformed her mind and body. Her world is full of noises and whispers. Sometimes thoughts come out from her mouth and reveal a disturbing reality. The Bark is a short film that describes this woman’s bath routine. Submerged in a bathtub, Lilia lets her body lie there, while an imposing black woman is in charge of rinse her, rub her…accompany her and contemplate her. Arms, legs, skin, bones. This is the inventory of a body that consumes itself. A body that inhabits another world and another time.

DAMIANA (Andrés Ramírez Pulido) – Deep inside the jungle, a group of teenage girls are being kept under supervision. Despite abandonment and hostility, Damiana hopes she can get in touch with her father.

ESPERAME GENOVEVA (Camilo Andrés Borraez) – Ricardo is a young man of humble extraction who must work to support his mother, enduring the humiliations of his employer. In those days of work, he meets Genoveva, a neighbor prostitute of the sector who will break his convictions and behavior. Colombian short film based on the short story Genoveva always awaits me, from the Bogotá author Hernando Téllez.

IRIS (Liliana Díaz Castillo) – Iris, 22-year-old Colombian woman has a return ticket to her country leaving the next day. Reluctant to return she starts to investigate what could be her eventual future as an illegal immigrant. With only 24 hours she has to decide on trying to get closer to her dreams or her home.

LA CASA EN EL ÁRBOL (Juan Sebastián Quebrada) – Today, Veronica moves in with Mateo. Is this the beginning or the end?

LA MADRE DE TODAS LAS MADRES (Wilson Arango) – Following the disappearance of her son, Teresita Gaviria searches tirelessly for the truth that will restore her life and allow her to overcome the pain experienced by hundreds of other Colombian mothers, also victims of violence.

LULITA (Andrés Mahecha) – Andrés, an adolescent constantly weighed down by his own thoughts, goes to meet his beloved Lulita. Inspired by Andrés Caicedo´s story of Lulita who doesn´t want to open the door, this short film depicts the potential scenarios for this romantic Sunday encounter, as imagined by Andrés while he makes his way to Lulita´s house. The film is also a window into life in the city of Cali in the 70´s, where salsa, literature, and Cinema ruled.

MENGUANTE (Melisa Zapata Montoya) – Negra, a young afro-descendant girl, arrives at her house near the sea with the news that could change her life and Vieja’s, her adoptive mother.

NIEVE (Camila Arriaga Torres) – Luis, a hermit, and solitary man, faces the weight of the memories he has tried to forget.

NO ME LLAMES ANTONIA (Nicolás Martínez Lozano) – One last effort to grasp what is left of a woman’s memory. Her existence vanishing through what she no longer remembers.

PIDBANG (Inti Jacanamijoy) – Lucie is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives with her mother Jeanne. She will have to choose between living her mother’s dream of seeing her as a runaway model or creating her own path using her body in a whole different way…

ROBO (Sebastián Duque Muñoz) – A man takes care of his 92-year-old mother in a Colombian city. His life has changed. Decades ago, their drums used to characterize the bands’ Black Flag and Misfits. He is Robo: a world-class punker born in the capital of salsa.

STORYLINES (Juan Manuel Betancourt) – A man trapped inside the prison of his memories will have to overcome the ghosts of his past to reclaim his place in the world.

THE JUNGLE KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN YOU DO (Juanita Onzaga) – Colombia is a land of ghosts. Two siblings roam these mystical landscapes in search of their dead father’s spirit. Their journey takes them from Bogota to the Colombian jungle, through realms of thought and deep into their haunted dreams. Here they will find some answers and attract unexpected company.

TSUKI (Mauricio Leiva Cock) – Samael and Benjamin spend their days playing with their dog Tsuki and their three new bunnies. However, during a family lunch, the three bunnies disappear. This prompts a decision that will forever affect the fate of the beloved family dog.

VIDEL (Jorge Ospina) – After losing the love of his life by suicide, a narcissistic manipulator called Arthur travels to hell to bring her back. Arthur will have to face Videl (The Devil) with his manipulation and observations techniques in order to find Videl´s flaws. But the Devil has created an elaborated plan to torture Arthur and Michelle (Arthur´s girlfriend). Now, Arthur has to decide between torture the love of his life or stay in hell for eternity.

Classics:

The classics will also have space at the festival, Proimágenes Colombia presents during this edition of our festival the restorations of the films Visa USA from Lisandro Duque (1986) and Cóndores No Entierran Todos Los Días from Francisco Norden (1984).

VISA USA (Lisandro Duque) – In a town of high hills and temperature, the son o of small aviculturist dreams to be a reporter in United States. In his projects love crosses with many difficulties since the family of his loved one does not consider he deserves her. The obstacles are so big that our man leaves to the capital to obtain a visa and reach better horizons.

CÓNDORES NO ENTIERRAN TODOS LOS DÍAS (Francisco Norden) – It is based on the novel under the same name from writer Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazábal. It is the first fiction film document that focuses one of the defining profiles from a social and political history of Colombia, the violence. This film marks how since the XIX century the two traditional political parties, the Liberal and Conservative, fought a series of uninterrupted civil wars that lasted about a hundred years. The last one of them, known as “La Violencia”, is the framework in which the argument occurs. This war began after the popular leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan is assassinated on April 9, 1948. That day a dark age began and lasted nearly a decade and in which murderers for pay played an important role, the so-called “pajaros” such as Leon Maria Lozano, the most notorious of all, “El Condor”!

Special Presentation:

As a special presentation, the festival brings the Venezuelan film “El Inca” from Ignacio Castillo Cottin, a film censored by the Venezuelan tribunal. Based in the story of Edwin Valero, an invict and twice world boxing champion, “El Inca” shows a complex biographical drama about talent and charisma, love and ambition, excess and self-destruction.

When Juan Carvajal, Founder and Artistic Director of the festival, explains the importance of this anniversary, he says: “It is a festival where Colombian culture meets in Manhattan, as the City of New York has recognized it. It is valuable that it continues to create that unique and necessary link with the Colombian diaspora through the cinematographically images of our country”.

About ColFilmNY:

The Colombian Film Festival New York is sponsored by the Colombian Embassy in the United States, Proimágenes Colombia, Prexco, Caracol Cine and Univision (Official network of the COLFILMNY).

The Colombian Film Festival New York 2018

March 22 – 25, 2018

Cinepolis Chelsea (260 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011)

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JUAN CARVAJAL – DIRECTOR CFFNY

Juan studied Radio Production in his hometown, Cali, where he started working for radio and in the beginnings of the regional network Telepacifico. In 2000 he moved to Bogota and graduated in Professional Cinematography and Photography. Juan worked as a creative director for Satelco where he created media and interactive platforms for well-known Colombian companies such as Caracol, RCN, Telmex, Claro, Max Media, MTV3.

After 4 years of working in Colombia as developer of creative shows for television, he created his own company Smart Media Factory to develop interactive programs for Finland, Spain, Argentina, Panama, Morocco and Colombia. Living in Spain, Argentina and Finland gave him the opportunity to work several years as graphic reporter for some of these companies; besides short film making.

In 2009 he returned to United States and started working with different film festivals until in 2013 created the Colombian Film Festival New York. He is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of IndieBo, Bogota Independent Film Festival in Colombia and recently created with great success The Classics Film Festival, a festival of films that will live forever.

THE COLOMBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

www.colfilmny.com

The Colombian Film Festival New York was founded by Juan Carvajal in 2013 with the objective to bring closer and connect the diaspora of Colombia to its roots and talent as well as to promote the country and the Colombian film in the City of New York where the cinematographical works that arrive from Colombia create extraordinary links with their spectators taking them to live in the big screen the best of our talent and cinematography industry.

THE COLOMBIAN FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO ITS SIXTH EDITION FEATURING A SELECTION OF RESTORED CLASSICS FILMS AND NOW, YOU CAN BECOME A MEMBER!

December 12, 2017

The Colombian Film Festival comes to its sixth edition with a selection of restored Classic Colombian films and presenting its new membership holder

During the 22nd to the 25th of March, the most important window to Colombian cinema in the world will be open in its new home at CINÉPOLIS CHELSEA (260 W 23rd St, New York, NY) and from now on you are invited to remain a part of our festival with your invaluable support that keeps on pushing us to further growth.

As for today, you can become a festival member granting you access to larger benefits in discounts and different offers so you and your family and friends would be able to live to see the best from Colombian cinematography during our sixth edition. Here you will find all the information regarding our membership promo packs.

We would also like to invite you to extend your support via the new funding platform which allows us to develop hand in hand with your generous contribution the organization of this quest. You can make your donation following this link.
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And now, we would like to share our first news for 2018 when two recently restored classic Colombian productions will come to the screens of the #ColFilmNY6 thanks to the support of Proimagenes Colombia.

This two jewels from Colombian cinema will have their restored re-release in the Cinépolis Chelsea theaters where the sixth edition of the #ColFilmNY will be taking place.

Cóndores no entierran todos los días. (A Man of Principle)

Director Francisco Norden

In Colombia, since the second half of the Nineteenth century, the two traditional political parties, the liberal and the conservative, have faced a series of civil wars blood-washing the country during almost a hundred years. The last one of these, the so-called period of “La Violencia”, got worst due to assassination of the populist leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan on the 9th of April, 1948. That day marked the beginning of a terrible and dark time which would last more than a decade wherein a group of hired killers known as “Los Pájaros” (The Birds), played a very important role. That is where we meet Leon Maria Lozano “The Condor”. The film follows the transformation of this character from a humble party member to a gruesome blood-thirst killer.

Visa Usa.

Director Lisandro Duque

In a hot uphill town, the son of a small poultry farmer dreams to become a radio announcer in the United States. But love comes across his plans not without too many hardships as he is not well-regarded to the eyes of her family as he is unworthy of her favors. The hindrances are so big that our man runs away to the Capital City in his resolution to obtain an American Visa so he could reach to a better horizon.

The Colombian Film Festival New York

The Colombian Film Festival in New York was founded by Juan Carvajal in 2012, opening a gap to promote the best of the Colombian film production in New York City, bringing together and connecting the Colombian Diaspora with its homeland through cinema.

The Colombian Film Festival in New York is sponsored by the Colombian Embassy in the united States, Prexco and Caracol Cine. For more information about the Colombian Film Festival in New York, please visit www.colfilmny.com