A young woman experiences the worst life has to over in this depressing but worthwhile Colombian drama tinged with a hint of magical realism. Paola Baldion plays Marina, a withdrawn teenager whose abusive grand-dad houses her in a dilapidated shed. When the old fart pops his clogs, Marina passes into the care of cousin Jairo (Julian Roman), a cheesecake photographer who "hires" her to help him with his gear, and the two end up taking an episodic road trip as they travel to reclaim grandpa's legacy. Unpleasant flashbacks to Marina's tragic childhood ensue. Yep, the good times never end in this one! Known in English as Portraits in a Sea of Lies, this meditation on the 50-year long Colombian civil war - as seen through the grueling experiences of our heroine - won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 14th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival.
Locos
Faced with his imminent death from AIDS, Colombian artist Lorenzo Jaramillo looks back on his life and work through the five senses.
A young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same.
La Captura
In an old and mysterious tropical mansion cohabit the supposed owner, a friar, a convalescent pilot, the Haitian servant, the mercenary guardian and the Machiche, a mature and dominant female. A young model arrives there to unleash all kinds of passions.
Visa USA
A usurer nicknamed The Turk is killed. Mysteriously, everyone in the village had problems with him and anyone could have been his killer.
A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
A black office comedy about a head of human resources who threatens to run away with his wife's best friend to escape the insanity around him.
Hábitos sucios
A wealthy Columbian politician blinded by his own privilege is forced to walk a mile in the shoes of the people he despises most after falling victim to a violent attack and subsequently losing his memory. Miguel was a man of fine stock, a politician who has led a charmed life since the day he was born. But Miguel has no appreciation for his lot in life, and scoffs at the everyday people who must struggle just to survive. One day, after being assaulted on the street and left for dead, Miguel awakens with no memory of the past. He has forgotten his distain for the dumpster divers, petty thieves, and wandering transients who crowd the city streets, and now their warmth and solidarity is the only thing keeping him alive. As Miguel forges a friendship with a pious but promiscuous drag queen, the fragments of the past gradually become illuminated in his mind, prompting him on a desperate quest to reclaim his identity and atone for the sins of his past.
Based on a true story, ESTO HUELE MAL is about seduction, lies and infidelity. Nothing threatens the dishonest life that Ricardo Caicedo lives as an upstanding business man, until the tragic night in which an explosion happens in the El Nogal social club, where he was supposed to be having a business dinner.
Success and power are not always a guarantee for radiant joy, because when love and illusion are absent, loneliness creates a mighty void. This is the case for Minister Gilma Zuleta, who has achieved most everything, except for love. As her career peaks, Gilma suffers a strong depression that leads her to want to take her own life. She cannot do it herself so she hires a hitman. She has a month left to devote herself to unbridled madness, but she did not foresee finding love, and it's too late to undo her deal...
Sin Amparo
Mariano Concha, a public employee for whom soccer is a great passion. After seeing how the Colombian National Team achieves a draw against Argentina, he starts a whole process to attend the next crucial match, in Bogota and against the same team, going over all his duties and risking the future of his reduced economy. An unexpected event transforms his plans to go to the stadium.
La Esquina
Riverside
Nochebuena
A motley crew of young boys in Colombia lives only for one passion: soccer. But when their precious new ball rolls into a minefield, their dreams are suddenly on hold. Even as the village becomes the center of a tug-of-war between right-wing paramilitary groups and leftist guerrillas, the idea of a rescue attempt is too tempting to resist.