SPOTLIGHT ON COLOMBIAN CINEMA AT VLAFF 2013!

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Spotlight on Colombian Cinema at VLAFF 2013!

The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival will celebrate Colombian cinema during its 11th edition. From August 30th to September 8th, Colombian filmmakers will be attending our festival to showcase some of their most recent works from this beautiful and diverse country.

In the last few years, Colombian cinema has experienced a big change, in 2011 a record high of 18 Colombian films were released. These 18 releases represent more than twice the number of releases in the previous 5 years and more than triple the releases in the past 8 years. From 2000-2010 an average 8 Colombian films were released annually.

These films selected at our festival are just a small sample of the stunning films produced by the talented Colombian filmmakers:

  • La Playa DC - Juan Andrés Arango, First time Directors Competition (Opening Night Film)
  • Chocó - Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, First time Directors Competition
  • Don Ca - Patricia Ayala Ruiz, Al Jazeera Documentary Competition
  • Portraits (Los Retratos) - Iván D. Gaona, Competition Shorts
  • Building Royale (Edificio Royal) - Iván Wild, Panorama
  • La Sirga - William Vega, Panorama
  • The Wind’s Journey (Los viajes del viento) - Ciro Guerra, Panorama, Colombian Gala.
  • Rodri - Franco Lolli, Bogoshorts Program
  • Scarlet Earth (Tierra Escarlata) - Jesús Reyes Hoyos, Bogoshorts Program
  • River (Rio) - Nicolás Serrano, Bogoshorts Program

The festival will also have Colombian filmmakers as jury members in different sections:

Ciro Guerra, Juror for First-Time Directors competition.

Jhonny Hendrix, Juror for Al Jazeera Documentary Award.

Cristina Gallego, Juror for Short films competition.

We thank the support of the Ministry of Culture of Colombia for making this program possible .