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Fiction | 00:15 | SWITZERLAND – COLOMBIA
WRITTEN BY JORGE CADENA & LI APARICIO CANDEMA
DIRECTED BY JORGE CADENA
DISTRIBUTION SQUARE EYES
SALES KURZFILM AGENTUR HAMBURG
In northern Colombia, a group of queer activists use their extravagance to denounce the disastrous exploitation of the largest coal mine in Colombia through performative actions.
Biography
Jorge Cadena, Director
Born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1985, Jorge Cadena first studied photography in Buenos Aires. In 2016, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in cinema from HEAD – Geneva with his film El Cuento de Antonia, awarded with the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival. He then obtained his Master’s degree at ECAL/HEAD in 2018 with The Jarariju Sisters which received a special mention at the Berlinale. In 2019, he was selected to participate in the EFP Future Frame program in Karlovy Vary, the TIFF Lab in Toronto in 2020 and the Berlinale Talents in 2021. He is currently working on his first feature film, Malestar Tropical.
Filmography (selection)
The Jarariju Sisters, fic, 2018Sonali, doc, 2017
The Tale of Antonia, fiction, 2016
The Three Swallows, doc, 2016
Mapalé, essai doc, 2015
Festivals
2022: Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Switzerland)
2023: Solothurner Filmtage (Switzerland)
2023: South by Southwest – SXSW (USA)
2023: BFI:Flare London (UK)
2023: Glasgow International Short Film Festival (Scotland)
2023: Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias – FICCI (Colombia)
2023: Filmfest Dresden (Germany)
2023: Martvoski International Film Festival (Serbia)
2023: International Film Festival of Uruguay (Uruguay)
2023: Pink Apple Film Festival (Switzerland)
2023: Videoex Festival Festival (Switzerland)
2023: Norwegian Short Film Festival (Norway)
2023: Cinehill Motovun Film Festival (Croatia)
2023: Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival (USA)
2023: Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland)
2023: Go Shorts (Netherlands)
2023: TranScreen Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2023: Milwaukee IFF (USA)
2023: Sehsüchte ISFF (Germany)
2023: Outshine Miami (USA)
2023: Torino Lovers IFF (Italy)
2023: Durban IFF (South Africa)
2023: Los Angeles Latino IFF (USA)
2023: Taïwan Queer IFF (Taiwan)
2023: Oufest Peru (Peru)
2023: Gässli ISFF (Switzerland)
2023: Lustreifen IFF (Switzerland)
2023: Bolton IFF (USA)
2023: Encounters ISFF (UK)
2023: Bucharest IEFF (Romania)
2023: Montclair IFF (USA)
2023: Chicago ISFF (USA)
2023: DC Shorts (USA)
2023: Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Canada)
Awards
2022: Best Swiss Short Film | Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
2023: Narrative Short Special Jury Award | SXSW Austin
2023: Audience Award of the International Competition | Glasgow ISFF
2023: Best Short Film | Uruguay IFF
2023: Grand Prix | Bristol Encounters ISFF
2023: Golden Horseman Youth Jury & “fully political” – Short Film Award for Democratic Culture | Filmfest Dresden
2023: Best Short Film | Pink Apple FF
2023: First Prize | VideoEx Festival
2023: European Film Awards – Shortlist
Casting
Eudes Rosado
Andru Suarez Rojas
Leon David Salazar
Rubén Barrios Rodríguez
Saray Nohemi Rebolledo Ospino
Directed by
Jorge Cadena
Written by
Jorge Cadena & Li Aparicio
Image
Nicolas Sastoque
Sound
Luis Jiménez
Editing
Romain Waterlot
Sound Design & Mix
Vuk Vukmanovic
Production design
Ruben Suarez Urariyu
Joyce Obregon
Costume design
Margarita Velilla
George Pinilla
Colorgrading
Raphaël Dubach
Produced by
GoldenEggProduction | Gabriela Bussmann & Yan Decoppet
With the support of
la Ville de Carouge
Festival Distribution
Square Eyes
