ANHELL69
Synopsis
A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellín, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city. He remembers the pre- production of his first film, a B-movie with ghosts. The young queer scene of Medellín is casted for the film, but the main protagonist dies of a heroin overdose at the age of 21, just like many friends of the director. ANHELL69 explores the dreams, doubts and fears of an annihilated generation, and the struggle to carry on making cinema.
Schedule
1st Screening
3 November 2024, 16:00 GMT+7
Credits
Theo Montoya
Theo Montoya, originally from Medellín, Colombia, is a director, cinematographer, and producer. He is the founder and director of the production company Desvio Visual, which is dedicated to the creation of auteur films and experimental films. His first short film, Son of Sodom (2020), was part of the Official Short Film Selection at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and many other festivals around the world. With this film, he has won several awards, including the Grand Prix of the Drama film festival in Greece, the Best of short Documentary in Interfilm Berlin, and got a special Jury’s Mention in Clermont-Ferrand’s Labo Competition. ANHELL69 (2022) is his first feature film, having its world premiere at the 37th Venice Critics’ Week (79th Venice International Film Festival).
Bianca Oana
Bianca is a young Romanian screenwriter and producer. Since 2009, she has been working in developing, producing and promoting multi-awarded arthouse films, including Toto and His Sisters (San Sebastian IFF World Premiere, Won Angers Grand Prix, Zurich IFF Golden Eye Award, Best Documentary Warsaw IFF, Nominated for EFA Best Documentary, nominated for Lux Prize), Turn Off the Lights (World Premiere Tribeca Film Festival New York – Viewpoints, Won The Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Sarajevo Film Festival, and Best Director Zagreb Dox), If I Want to Whistle I Whistle (Berlinale Grand Jury Prix and Alfred Bauer Award for Innovation 2011). In 2015, she founded her own company, Monogram Film. In 2017, she was selected in Emerging Producers program. Bianca is dedicated to discovering filmmakers with a particular artistic view, regardless of the medium they choose to explore.
David Hurst
David Hurst is the manager and producer of Dublin Films, a production company founded in 2006 and based in Bordeaux, France, where Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region strongly supports the film industry. He carries fictions and documentaries, for cinema and television, that defend the singular points of view of their authors. He dedicates himself to an editorial line focused on cultural, societal and political issues, and particularly on questions linked to diversity and identity. He is passionate in supporting emerging talents and independent cinema throughout the world, especially in Latin America.
Juan Pablo Castrillón
Juan Pablo Castrillón, born in 1986 in Medellín, Colombia, is a 2011 graduate of the audiovisual and multimedia communication program of the Universidad de Antioquia. He is a member of the cinema management house Rara Colectivo Audiovisual. His first feature film Los Días de la Ballena (2019), which won the Cinematographic Development Fund of Colombia, premiered at the 2019 SXSW Festival. His documentary project, ANHELL69 (2022) participated in FICCI’s documentary atelier, the TorinoFilmLab, and the SANFIC documentary lab in Chile.
Details
2023 CPH:DOX | Artists & Auteurs
2022 RIDM, Canada | International Competition | Special Mention
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