Documentary Series for Argentine TV Shot in Colombia 
"Cantoras de Latinoamérica" travels the continent with the 20th century's most revolutionary artists
In September, Argentine production company Error#170 will begin shooting part of the documentary series "Cantoras de Latinoamérica" for the country's Encuentro Channel. The producers chose Colombian artists Totó La Momposina and Petrona Martínez for their ten-part miniseries also featuring Chavela Vargas, Paquita la del Barrio, Omara Portuondo, Rita Lee, Cecilia Todd, Soledad Bravo and Gal Costa. The 100% Argentine production crew will travel to Bogotá, Cartagena and San Basilio de Palenque.
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Colombian Actress Wins Award in Spain 
Juana Acosta honored for her role in "Crematorio"
Cali native now residing in Spain, Juana Acosta, won Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Spanish Actors' Union Awards for her work in Canal+Spaini's series Crematorio. Also winners at the gala event were her co-stars on the show, supporting actress Chusa Barbero and the show's star Alicia Borrachero. Canal+ Spain's first production of 2011, the show won the Ondas Prize for Best National Series and the Critics' Award for Best of the Year at the Vitoria Festival.
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Second Season of "Taste It" Features Episode Shot in Colombia 
Program Airs Tuesdays on Glitz
Starting July 15, the second season of Taste It will air every Tuesday at 11:00 pm. In the show, renowned Argentine chef Rodrigo Toso presents the best of each gastronomic destination. Bogotá, Cusco, Cachi, Salta, Puerto Escondido and Oaxaca have been highlighted as places to discover Latin America's best culinary flavors and secrets.
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 | Juana Acosta, won Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Spanish Actors' Union Awards
Better known as Juanita Acosta, was born in Cali, Colombia on November 28, 1976. This film, stage and television actress is now based in Spain, where she has worked for much of her career, and recently began working in France as well. She has modeled in a number of advertising campaigns and is the new muse for the French perfume Eau de Rochas. In the mid-90s Acosta began appearing on national television, first as a presenter on Panorama and then in TV soaps Mascarada (1995), La dama del pantano (1999), La Reina de Queens (2000) and the series Mujeres asesinas (2008). Her work on Spanish television includes the shows Policías, en el corazón de la calle (2001), Javier ya no vive solo (2002), El Comisario (2003), Génesis, en la mente del asesino (2006), Hospital Central (2008-2009), Adolfo Suarez (2009), Crematorio (2010) and Hispania, la leyenda (2011). In France she appeared in Les Beaux Mecs (2011).
She made her film debut in Sergio Cabrera's Golpe de estadio (1998) and continued with Es mejor ser rico que pobre (1999) by Ricardo Coral, Kalibre 35 (2000) by Raúl García and Juegos bajo la luna (2000) by Mauricio Walerstein. Her Spanish films include Miguel Martí's Slam (2003), Juan Vicente Córdoba's A golpes (2005), Los dos lados de la cama (2005) by Emilio Martínez Lázaro, WC (2005) by Enio Mejía, Diario de un Skin (2005) by Jacobo Rispa, El asesino de parking (2006) by Isidro Ortiz and Bienvenido a casa (2006) by David Trueba. She was part of the cast in the French film Carlos, el chacal (2010) by Olivier Assayas and has been a presenter at the Cannes Film Festival. Her work in "Carlos" helped the series win a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series; Another Hour in the Canaries (2010) directed by David Serrano, was released in Colombia as Con amor y sin amor (2011). Juanita also stars in Carlos Moreno's El cartel de los sapos.
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 | Trailer for the film La Sirga
Trailer for La Sirga, William Vega's debut feature film to be distributed in the US by Film Movement. The film premieres in Colombia August 24; its release in Peru and Mexico is also secured. This is the first Colombian film to receive the support of the Movie City channel in its final production stages, which guaranteed Latin American broadcasts after the film's theater releases.
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2012 Medellin Flower Fair Scheduled for August
The "City of Eternal Spring" will host this year's traditional Flower Fair from August 3-11. The internationally famed event is one of the city's most important cultural affirmations and a lavish display of the friendliest side of Antioquia's capital city of Medellin, which every day presents and more modern and attractive face to its visitors. The program this year has opened its doors even further to city neighborhoods and districts with a variety of cultural and artistic activities for residents as well as the traditional National Troubadour Festival now in its eighth year; the Nocturnal Culture Park, the 17th Classic Car Parade; the 55th Flower Parade, the "Zona que Suena"; the Equestrian Parade; Orchids, Birds and Flowers; and many other events.
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I found this trip to be very relevant. We are always looking for new locations and Colombia proved to be an outstanding place to bring a movie. I very much look forward to bringing a film to Colombia soon and feel that I now have the knowledge to do so effectively.
Tai Duncan, of Paul Schiff Productions, about the recent fam trip to Colombia
8088.Net
Bogotá
Address: Carrera 15 # 77 - 90 local 206
Phone: +57 (1) 2180423, 4808088 / +57 3153924915
8088.net@gmail.com
www.8088.net
Since 1999, 8088.net has been selling and renting high-performance servers. It provides a wide variety of solutions for animation projects: 2D, 3D, render farm, stereoscopic 3D, video edition, color correction, storage, and virtualization. It is direct Intel corporation representatives; it has the support of the high technology, for different kind of process. Also it sets and assembles its own computers. This customer and project list includes: RCN TV commercials; Fox-Telecolombia, "Kadabra 1, 2 y 3", "Mental", "Mentes en Shock", "Lynch"; Zio studios, "Atrapasueños", first Colombian stereoscopic short film.
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Brainz Games
Bogotá
Address: Calle 79 # 11 - 10
Phone: (+571) 7423100
thecrew@brainz.co
www.brainz.co
Brainz is a diverse collective of passionate people who love to make games. Their rules are quite simple: trust the storytellers, believe games are the best medium for storyworlds, if it makes you uncomfortable you probably are on the right track, and never stop until you think you've outdone yourself. They are a team of 30 based in Bogotá, Colombia. Their portfolio of games includes Vampire Season (iOS and Android), Gone South (Facebook), Social Street Soccer (iOS, Android and Facebook) and Audio Ninja (iOS).
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San Basilio de Palenque
Región: Caribbean Region
Ciudad: Cartagena
Departamento: Bolívar
Nombre: San Basilio de Palenque
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