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April 2, 2019

The Colombian Film Festival ha cerrado otra inolvidable versión y agradece a toda la audiencia por su apoyo incondicional.

The Colombian Film Festival has closed another unforgettable version and wants to thank the audience for their unconditional support.

La ventana cinematográfica más importante de Colombia en el mundo anuncia los ganadores de su séptima versión. El jurado compuesto por la escritora y realizadora Cèlia Novis , La productora y programadora María Pérez Brown y Ansgar Voght, productor, director creativo y programador de Forum en Berlinale han escogido los ganadores en las secciones de Ficción, Documental y Cortometraje.

The most important cinematographic window of Colombia in the world announces the winners of its seventh version. The jury composed by the writer and director Cèlia Novis, the producer and programmer María Pérez Brown and Ansgar Voght, producer, creative director and programmer of the section Forum at the Berlinale have chosen the winners in the sections of Fiction, Documentary, and Short Film.

MEJOR PELÍCULA DE FICCIÓN
BEST FICTION FILM
Niña errante. Director Rubén Mendoza

Esta película hermosa y conmovedora documenta el viaje de estas cuatro hermanas a medida que se conocen durante un viaje por carretera para dejar a Sofía y vivir en la casa de una tía mayor. El escritor y director, Rubén Mendoza, cuenta con maestría la historia del viaje de estas mujeres de manera discreta, lo que nos permite presenciar la madurez de Angela a medida que se acerca a sus hermanas, descubriendo su abrazo y protección y su cuerpo en el camino. La fotógrafa Sofía Oggioni captura hábilmente la belleza y la sensualidad de las mujeres, así como el rico paisaje de Colombia en este viaje por todo el país.

This beautiful and poignant film documents the journey of these four sisters as they get to know each other during a road trip to drop off Sofia to live at an older aunt’s house. Writer & Director Ruben Mendoza, masterfully tells the story of these women’s journey in an unobtrusive way, allowing us to witness Angela’s coming of age as she grows closer to her sisters, discovering their embrace and protection and her body along the way. Cinematographer, Sofia Oggioni, skillfully captures the beauty and sensuality of the women as well as Colombia’s rich landscape in this trip across the country.

MEJOR DOCUMENTAL
BEST DOCUMENTARY
El testigo. Directora Kate Horne

La historia de Colombia no se puede entender sin las imágenes del protagonista de esta película, Jesús Abad Colorado, quien se abre camino hacia el perdón a través de los retratos de las víctimas de la guerra y regresa a los mismos lugares donde fotografió los asesinatos que lo conmovieron tanto.

“El testigo” además de ser una película muy poderosa es muy importante para la historia de Colombia en estos días y para comprender el delicado momento actual que atraviesa el país caminando hacia la paz, haciendo justicia con las víctimas, pero tratando de perdonar para ir juntos y mirar hacia adelante como un Sociedad optimista y libre de odio.

The history of Colombia cannot be understood without the pictures of the protagonist of this film, Jesus Abad Colorado, who himself makes a path towards forgiveness through the portraits of the victims of war and returning to the same places where he photographed the killings that touched him so much.

“The witness” is a very powerful film, very important for Colombia’s history in these days and to understand the current delicate moment that the country goes through walking towards peace, doing justice with the victims but trying to forgive to go look forward together as a hopeful and hate-free society.

MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE
BEST SHORT FILM
LA VIRGEN NEGRA. Director Juan Pablo Caballero

Mejor cortometraje y una mención especial al director por la poderosa realización de esta historia mítica, brillantemente ejecutada.

Best short film and a special mention to the director for the powerful realization of this mythical story, brilliantly executed.

PREMIO DEL PÚBLICO
AUDIENCE AWARD
Los días de la ballena. Director Catalina Arroyave

PREMIO DEL PÚBLICO 2
AUDIENCE AWARD 2
Pájaros de verano. Directores Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra

COLOMBIA BIO, THE BIODIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA THROUGH DIVERSE LOOKS

March 19, 2019

The science and the cinema come together at the seventh edition of The Colombian Film Festival, 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. 10 documentaries, 10 filmmakers, 10 Colombia regions and a team of over 500 people, to produce an unprecedented documentary series.

From March 28 to 31 before the festival screenings, the following documentaries will be screened that highlight the biodiversity of Colombia. On March 30Th, the screening of the documentary La Casa de la Vida in its feature film version will take place, this screening will be attended by the director.

TODO ES UN FRAGMENTO

Director: Carlos Osuna

In the department of Cauca, in the area known as La Bota Caucana, in the area known as La Bota Caucana, a scientific exploration is carried out on the world of insects. The director Carlos Osuna observes with a detachment that moves the inhabitants of the area, building a risky story in which their lives and their voices, most of them speaking of the desperation of inhabiting a place hit by violence and abandonment, they blend with the sounds and exuberance of nature to create a single voice.

CITA CON LA TROCHA

Director: Rubén Mendoza

The Quinchas´ Serrania and the Chicas´ Paramo receive a botanical expedition for the first time. Scientists and institutions from differents countries look for known and undiscovered species in a territory that they could not enter before because it was a zone of conflict. Their knowledge meets those of the peasants of the area, while the voices of all are mixed with the sounds of nature. This documentary contemplates the scenarie, observes the main findings with a high level of detail and records the exchange of knowledge and stories of the lead characters.

SER O NO SER

Director: Jhonny Hendrix

The Chingaza´s Paramo is the scene of an expedition in which characters are crossed with stories to tell and discover, like the forest ranger who has lived the changes of the nature of the place, the young biologist embarked on her most important project, the exmember of an armed group that now travels the same area in which he fought but now working for its conservation or the doctoral student who investigates the relationships between science, territory and post-conflict. They and other characters are accompanied by the voice of the director, whose sensitive story about their relationship with what is happening becomes another character.

LA CASA DE LA VIDA

Director: Juan Fernando López

In an unprecedented event, possible thanks to the peace agreement between the government and the FARC, a group of ex-combatants joins a scientific expedition in the area where they previously fought and also protected. Traveling the same mountains, walking among the same trees, they give another sense to the territory, as they want to do with their lives, and together with the scientists, community members and production team show that we are all Colombians to whom the Circumstances have taken us through different paths, but in the end we can meet and work together for a country in which all can live together.