The Colombian film festival, “Cinema that Adds Peace,” will take place from September 11 to 25, featuring more than 20 international films. Credit: Rodrigo ArgentonCC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons.
Colombia’s international film festival, ‘The Cinema that Adds Peace’ (‘El Cine que Suma Paz’) returns this month for its fourth annual edition.
Organized by the Cine Social Foundation, the festival aims to promote a culture of peace and environmental protection through cinema. The year’s focus will be on raising awareness about water conservation and the preservation of the paramo, an ecosystem of alpine tundra in the Andes mountain range. During the 15-day festival, a programme of films will be available for free on the event’s official website.
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In addition to film screenings, the festival will offer conferences, talks, and special presentations of featured clips. There will also be in-person events in various locations, including Bogota, Cota, Sibate, Villavicencio, Soacha, and Fusagasuga, which will provide a space for interaction and reflection on the central themes of the festival.
This year the festival will be held in the Paramo de Sumapaz, Cundinamarca department, from September 11 to 25 and will showcase 24 selected films.
‘The Cinema that Adds Peace’: selected feature films
Over 200 feature films from 40 countries were submitted for consideration. The selected films for this year’s edition of the festival are:
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Plastisphere (Plasticosfera) – Guatemala
Simin – Iran
Dissolving Inside – Mexico
Eskawata Kayawai – Brazil
Seed Guardians (Seed Guardians) – Colombia
Cracked (Cracked) – Turkey
Glory (Glory) – Colombia
Bad Seed (Bad Seed) – France
Without Wings (Without Wings) – Colombia
The River of Our Children (The River of Our Children) – Ecuador
Black River (Rio Negro) – Mexico
Children of the Swamp (Children of the Swamp) – Colombia
The Journey of Water (The Journey of Water) – Colombia
This Was Our Punishment (This Was Our Punishment) – Peru, Spain
The Aesthetics of Struggle (The Aesthetics of Struggle) – Brazil
A Brief History of Humanity (Brief History of Humanity) – Argentina
Lineage (Lineage) – Colombia
Lights (Luces) – Czech Republic
Avalanche (Avalanche) – Colombia
The Worlds of Reni (The Worlds of Reni) – Argentina
The Bronze Elephant (Mordore the Elephant) – Colombia
What Does Signing Mean? (What is Signing?) – Argentina
Freedom (Freedom) – Argentina, France
Qyca – Argentina
5000 Dreams (5000 Dreams) – Colombia
In-person activities in Bogota
As part of the festival’s programming, several in-person events will take place in the country’s capital. These gatherings celebrate international cinema and promote environmental protection in various venues:
San Mateo University Foundation, September 18, 10am – 12pm
Panel: Resilience in Action – Stories of struggle and overcoming adversity.
Screenings:
Avalanche (documentary short, Colombia)
Freedom (fiction short, Argentina/France)
The Elephant Mordore (fiction short, Colombia)
Gloria (documentary short, Colombia)
Special Screening:
Espeletia BK (Documentary short, Colombia)
Claretian College, September 20, 11am – 1pm
Panel: “Cinema that Adds Peace: Environmental Engineering” – Claretian Mission and Cinema that Unites.
Screenings:
The Journey of Water (documentary short, Colombia)
Cracked (animated fiction short, Turkey)
What is Signing? (fiction short, Argentina)
Children of the Swamp (documentary short, Colombia)
Brief History of Humanity (animated fiction short, Argentina)
Maloka Interactive Museum, September 25, 9am – 12:30pm
Panel: “Cinema Adds Peace: Unusual Conversations”
