Description
Russian premiere
A damaged film shot in 1982 in a Latin American country documents the violence that took place on 9 May that year. Beneath its apparent banality, the film raises suspicions of manipulation of the truth.
About the director:
Jorge Caballero
Filmmaker, researcher, and author specialized in AI-driven storytelling. He holds a PhD cum laude from UPF and co-directs the postgraduate program in Film and Algorithms at UAB. His films have won Colombia’s National Documentary Award and have been showcased and awarded at festivals like Rotterdam, IDFA, SXSW, Visions du Réel, and HotDocs, among others, and co-produced and broadcast by platforms and networks including ARTE, YLE, TV3, RTS, and Discovery. His latest book, Artificial Imagination, explores the future of cinema in the algorithmic age.
Camilo Restrepo
Born in Medellín (Colombia) in 1975 he lives and works in France. After studying visual arts at the École des Beaux- Arts in Paris, he turned to cinema. He is a member of L’Abominable, an artist-run film laboratory. His films have been selected in major festivals such as Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, Toronto, Locarno, Rotterdam and New York. He has twice won the Pardino d’Argento at Locarno, with the short films Impression of a War and Cilaos. Los Conductos won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlinale 2020.