Colombia, Presente! III – A Night of Short Films – Edinburgh

Dualities, chaos and poetics

Cinemaattic invites you to explore, once again, one of Latin America’s most prolific short film producers through a programme that embraces the nation’s contradictions and poetics in tension through classical short films and new voices.

📅 26th October, 7.30pm (screening starts at 8pm)

📍 St Peter’s Church, Lutton Place, Newington, Edinburgh, EH8 9PE

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This screening will be accompanied by food from SABOR al TOQUE, a family business offering the best of traditional Colombian food.

 

Programme:

Searching for Clover (Buscando tréboles)  

VĂ­ctor Gaviria

Colombia | 1980 | 10’

84

Daniel Cortés

Colombia | 2020 | 13’

In 1984, Álvaro Ulcué Chocué, a Colombian Catholic priest and indigenous rights activist, was shot dead. The incident looms against the backdrop of a collage of two archive images from the same year. Documentary footage and fictional gangsters capture the state of a country dominated by drug cartels and social unrest.

BogotĂĄ Story

Esteban Pedraza

Colombia | 2023 | 15’

In 1992, as Colombia faces an era of drug violence, car bombs, and daily power outages, a young mother in BogotĂĄ receives an internship opportunity in New York and eventually must choose between her family and her dreams.

Junior tu papå 

Daniel DĂ­az

2024 | UK, Colombia | 16’

Phone calls, fĂștbol heroes, and Colombian history meld together in this rumination on family ties, cultural memory, and diasporic connection.

Between You and Milagros (Entre tĂș y milagros)

Mariana Saffon

Colombia | 2020 | 20’

At fifteen, Milagros’ world still revolves around her mother’s affection. This summer an unexpected encounter with death will make her question their relationship, her privilege and her own existence.

The Trap (La Trampa) 

Ferney Iyokina Gittoma

Colombia | 2024 | 13’

Many years ago, grandfather NoĂ© built a fish trap. Hidden in the jungle, it is a lost legacy for the hunters of the Indigenous Okaina community. With the arrival of a mysterious jaguar, Noé’s ancestors take this signal and strive to rebuild what was lost.

Accessibility:

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • English captioning
  • SDH captioning
Summary
Event
​Colombia, Presente! III - A Night of Short Films - Edinburgh
Location
​ St Peter's Church, Lutton Place, Newington,Edinburgh,-EH8 9PE
Starting on
26/10/2024
Ending on
26/10/2024
Description
Cinemaattic invites you to explore, once again, one of Latin America's most prolific short film producers through a programme that embraces Colombia's contradictions and poetics in tension through classical short films and new voices.
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