YO VI TRES LUCES NEGRAS
Feature film, fiction, 87′, 2024
Director
Santiago Lozano Álvarez
Production
Contravia Films & Bárbara Films (Colombia)
Coproduction
Dublin Films, Autentika Films (Germany), Malacosa Cine (Mexico), Bárbara Films (Colombia)
International sales
ArtHood Entertainement
Synopsis
José de Los Santos, 70 years old, is in charge of the funeral rituals in his village near the San Juan River. One night, his dead son announces his death and enjoins him to find the way. He goes on a trip to the jungle. Amid of an eternal war, he must stay alive to reach the place of his last rest.
Stills
Trailer
2024
Berlinale · International Film Festival – Official Selection, Panorama section (Berlin, Germany) – World premiere
Cinélatino, rencontres de Toulouse – Official Fiction Competition (Toulouse, France) – French premiere ☆ Grand Prize
Les Reflets du Cinéma Ibérique et Latino-américain – Official Selection (Villeurbanne, France)
FICCI – Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias – Official Selection Colombian feature (Cartagena de Indias, Colombia) – Colombian premiere
Jerusalem Film Festival – Panorama Selection – (Jerusalem, Israel)
Vancouver IFF – Vanguard Selection- (Vancouver, Canada)
Festival Cinema in Verde – Official competition (Rome, Italy)
FICG – Festival Internacional de cine en Guadalajara – Ibero-American feature film (Guadalajara, Mexico)
FICDEH – Festival Internacional de cine por los derechos humanos – Best National Fiction Feature Film (Colombia) ☆
Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine – Out-of-competition selection (Biarritz, France)
Pingyao International Film Festival – Official competition (Pingyao, Chine)
FICX – Festival Internacional de Cine de Guijón – Best Feature Film Award “Tierres en trance” (Guijón, Spain)
Feature film, fiction, 87', 2024
Director: Santiago Lozano Álvarez
Production: Contravia Films & Bárbara Films (Colombie)
Coproduction: Dublin Films, Autentika Films (Germany) & Malacosa Cine (Mexico)
Shooting: 2022 (Colombia)
Screenplay: Santiago Lozano Álvarez et Fernando del Razo
Cinematography: Juan Velásquez A.F.C.
Sound: Federico González Jordán
Set design: Daniel Rincón Zapata
First assistant director: Julián Laguna
Editing: Santiago Lozano Álvarez, Ana García
Sound design: Jose Miguel Enríquez
Mix: Carlos Cortés
Color grading: Brice Auger
Original music: Nidia Góngora
Supported by
Proimágenes Colombia (FDC), Ibermedia, EFICINE, World Cinema Fund, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, (développement), Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Visions Sud Est, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (CNC et Institut Français)
Development
Résidence de la Cinéfondation 2017-2018 – Prix CNC
Ciné en Développement – Festival CinéLatino Toulouse 2018
BAM 2021
WIP
Cinéma en Construction – Cinélatino, rencontres de Toulouse 2023
Synopsis
José de Los Santos, 70 years old, is in charge of the funeral rituals in his village near the San Juan River. One night, his dead son announces his death and enjoins him to find the way. He goes on a trip to the jungle. Amid of an eternal war, he must stay alive to reach the place of his last rest.
Stills
Trailer