UN COYOTE AL FINAL DEL CAMINO
Álvaro Vásquez Miranda
SYNOPSIS
Set in rural Colombia in 1955, during the period known as La Violencia, Óscar, a fourteen-year-old peasant boy, escapes from his home in the mountains in search of his older brother. The journey will transform his life forever.
ORQUÍDEA
Emily Cohen Ibañez
SYNOPSIS
Set in the Colombian Amazon, Orquídea tells the story of the symbiotic relationship between people and orchids in the aftermath of war, revealing unexpected alliances among biologists, Indigenous elders, farmers, and former leftist guerrilla fighters. A filmmaker from the diaspora enters a mythical labyrinth of flowers, where she encounters ecologists who imagine and put into practice their own vision of peace and ecological restoration amid massive deforestation.
LA COLONIA
Álvaro Vásquez Miranda
SYNOPSIS
On June 7, 1955, the Colombian Air Force bombed the rural settlement of La Colonia, in Villarrica (Tolima), with napalm, forcing the displacement of thousands of peasants and leaving hundreds of children orphaned. The film revisits a chapter erased from national history: The Villarrica War.
