Somos amigas desde los 10 años, eramos inseparables. Los pilares de su casa murieron y ella decidió irse a probar suerte a Bogotá, Andrea nació en la capital y de alguna manera siente que estar allá es sinónimo de progreso.
Trato de entender en qué momento nos hicimos adultas sin querer.
Esta historia es su retrato, mi visita, preguntas sobre un momento de la vida en el que de nuevo nos encontramos y compartimos una colección de miedos que enunciamos como parte de una generación.
Tierra al Viento
Upon arriving at her grandparents' house, Ana María begins a journey of discovery about the countryside through an encounter with Pacho, her grandfather. Meanwhile, her grandmother, Rosalba, distressed by the ongoing conflict in the village, is faced with making a crucial decision about the future of her family.
3 Feet
Gonzalo, a 10-year-old imaginative boy from Pamplona, loves football and walks through the hilly town every morning with his best friend (his football), playing with it before school and getting his shoes dirty. Every day, he's scolded during the uniform inspection by his strict teacher Ramón and punished during recess, forced to shine his shoes while the others enjoy their break, and (the worst part) playing football without him. Everything changes when Ramón decides to take things further: not only will he punish Gonzalo during recess, but he will confiscate his football forever if he shows up with dirty shoes again. The next day, Gonzalo will do everything in his power to ensure his shoes are clean for the inspection, embarking on the most exciting and difficult journey of his life, in a titanic struggle to arrive at school with his shoes spotless.
Zapatillas
El día de su cumpleaños, Harold recibe unas zapatillas para montar bicicleta como su padre cuando joven. Aún así, su bicicleta permanece averiada y el dinero que ahorra de su trabajo en el campo, lo guarda para ir a una excursión del colegio en donde estará la niña que le gusta. Presionado por el regalo, Harold le pregunta a su padre sobre su decisión de dejar el ciclismo al comprometerse con su mamá. Harold entonces se convence de arreglar su bicicleta, sin saber que la niña que le gusta, prefiere también montar bicicleta junto a él.
Elena
Elena finds a young paramilitary fighter wounded in combat and rescues him. As he recovers, he realizes he's in the house of a young man whom his group murdered days earlier. After confessing this, Elena, undeterred and showing great compassion, helps him escape before those who are looking for him arrive.
Montañas
A young guerrilla boy, fleeing from a military ambush, encounters Wilson, a rural child whose family was murdered by paramilitaries. In the midst of the jungle and the mountainous landscape of the Colombian Andes, they will seek to escape the war.
Lapü
Are you lost?, whispers the wind on a night in La Guajira. Doris, a young Wayuu woman, dreams of her cousin who died more than ten years ago. The shadows and sounds of the desert accompany Doris on a physical and spiritual journey to exhume her cousin's remains, in a trance where the barriers between life and death crumble. Lapu guides Doris into the world of the dead through a hypnotic ritual that blurs the concepts of loss, dreams, and memory.
Modelo Estéreo
A young guerrilla boy, fleeing from a military ambush, encounters Wilson, a rural child whose family was murdered by paramilitaries. In the midst of the jungle and the mountainous landscape of the Colombian Andes, they will seek to escape the war.
X-500
X-500 tells the story of three characters living in different countries, but united by their unique relationship with death, migration, and their need for transformation. María arrives in Montreal from Manila to live with her grandmother after her mother’s death and struggles to adapt. Alex, a young Afro-Colombian, is deported from the United States to Colombia, only to find that his old neighborhood is now controlled by criminals. David leaves his village after his father’s death in search of a better future in Mexico City. Three stories, three countries, one united narrative.
N.N.
The remains of a man who disappeared during political violence have been exhumed, but no one comes to claim them. Now, the only clue to his identity is a photograph of a smiling girl found under his shirt. Just a blurry photograph, a fixation of a time and a memory...