Colombian Cinema

Colombian Artists Reflect on Rural Violence and Memory in Short Film

By Matt Dunnett 31 August, 2021

In the short film ‘Desolvido’, Colombian musicians and activists Edson Velandia and Adriana Lizcano combine folk music and simple lyrics... Read Article

REVIEW Birds of Passage

By Billie Melluish-Turner 07 June, 2019

Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s new ethnographic drama Birds of Passage is a tale about marijuana trafficking in Colombia in... Read Article

Solidarity and Community in a Divided World: An Interview with Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego

By Danny Concha 24 May, 2019

Following on from the success of their 2015 masterpiece Embrace of the Serpent, Colombian duo Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra... Read Article

REVIEW X500

By Rebecca Wilson 09 July, 2018

Following the touching and action-packed La Playa D.C. (2012), former Colombian National University student, Juan Andres Arango, returns to present... Read Article

REVIEW Candelaria

By Rebecca Wilson 05 April, 2018

Candelaria (Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, 2017) is a heartwarming but rickety Havana tale of rediscovering sensuality later in life, without the... Read Article

The Amazonian Truth: Interview with Ciro Guerra

By Joe Galbraith 10 June, 2016

The UK arrives somewhat late to the party with the June 10th release of Embrace of the Serpent, which premiered... Read Article

REVIEW Embrace Of The Serpent

By Joe Galbraith 25 January, 2016

Ciro Guerra’s Oscar nominated third feature picks up where his second, 2009’s The Wind Journeys (Los Viajes del Viento), left... Read Article

Colombian Film Embrace of the Serpent Nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar

By Russ Slater 14 January, 2016

Fresh from featuring in our rundown of the best Latin American films of 2015, director Ciro Guerra’s Embrace Of The... Read Article

REVIEW Manos Sucias

By Claire Green 01 July, 2015

Tackling the drug trade on Colombia’s Pacific coast, Josef Kubota Wladyka’s debut feature film Manos Sucias is a deeply affecting... Read Article