Kennedy

Reminiscence: A Life Through the Lens

2024 · ★ 10

A visual essay on the stimuli that draw a bridge to past memories of my life; a real documentary about where I was and where I am, what I did and what I do; a reflection of the person I was and continue to be.

El Culebro: My Father's Story

2022

The story of legendary Colombian actor Hernando "El Culebro" Casanova, told by his youngest son Nicolás Casanova, featuring unseen archival footage and unheard tracks.

Abortion: Stories from North and South

1984 · ★ 7

Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This film provides a historical overview of how church, state and the medical establishment have determined policies concerning abortion. From this cross-cultural survey--filmed in Ireland, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Colombia, and Canada--emerges one reality: only a small percentage of the world's women has access to safe, legal operations.

Raíces

In her search for job opportunities, Marley, a Sitionuevera mother, moves to Barranquilla, leaving her children in the care of her mother, Claudia in the municipality of Sitionuevo. As the community embraces traditional life, Marley yearns for a different future, triggering a generational conflict between deep roots and aspirations for change, but ultimately being a story of the power of love.

Gorgona: Snake Prison Island

2022

Gorgona, a remote Colombian island, has a dark secret. It’s a natural fortress, surrounded by shark-infested seas, blanketed in impenetrable jungle and teaming with deadly snakes. For that reason it was chosen by the Colombian government as the site of a high security prison, Colombia’s own Alcatraz.

Luto

2024 · ★ 6.5

Damian, grieving his girlfriend's death, travels through Mexico seeking solace. Along the way, he connects with strangers and witnesses their coping rituals, finding a path through his own memories and regrets.

Chiquinquirá, May 15th

2023

In 1998, the President of Colombia dared to demilitarise a zone to carry out peace negotiations with the FARC-EP guerrilla group, but chaos erupted. A pivotal 2000 attack shifted the tide. Crafted solely from news archives, this film presents the atrocious event that changed the country's destiny.

Esmeraldero

2003 · ★ 7

The true story of the rise of a Japanese businessman from Los Angeles named Eishy Hayata from an Airline engineer into the legend of the Emerald world -- the Emerald Cowboy

Benjamin

2024

On July 25, 1985, Antonin's little brother Benjamin was born. He died three days later. His mother and him never saw him. No ritual, no support. How to mourn someone who barely existed?

EMANUEL

2023

A sister relives her brother’s disappearance on the Colombia–Venezuela border. Her voice exposes an absence that doesn’t fade—one that cuts deep and shadows every day for her and her mother, a memory that refuses to die.

In Memoriam

2019

In the United States, there is an active shooter incident every 12 days. In Memoriam shows the wrenching perspective of wounded survivors, grieving relatives, and heroes of the horrific attacks at the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, the Sutherland Springs Baptist Church in Texas, and the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

You Cried: Let Me Go

1997 · ★ 7.5

The Director reflects upon and seeks to understand the causes and the events that lead to her drug-addicted prostitute daughter being murdered at the age of 26.