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Asunto: Issue 043 - January - A blockbuster country
De: Location Colombia <lc@locationcolombia.com>
Para: jorgealbertobaron@yahoo.es
Enviado: Jueves 7 de febrero de 2013 14:33
Asunto: Issue 043 - January - A blockbuster country
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 Colombia Kicks Off 2013 with Films in Berlin and Rotterdam  After a successful 2012, the Colombian film industry starts the new year with films in two major world festivals Juan Andres Arango's first film La Playa D.C., co-produced by Colombia, France and Brazil, screened at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, which took place from January 23 to February 3, in the Bright Future section dedicated to first and second films. And, the Rotterdam Lab in the CineMart section, providing training in development, financing, post-production, digital distribution, VOD and sales to up-and-coming producers selected by international CineMart partners, where Jorge Andres Botero of Septima Films, representing Franco Lolli's project Gente de bien; Camilo Molano of Chapinero Films with Felipe Cano's La semilla del miedo, and Andrés Chaves, producer/director of Cartucho, co-produced with Brazil's If You Hold a Stone, participated. All three of these films were awarded FDC (Film Development Fund) grants. Colombia will also be present in three different sections of the Berlin Film Festival and two Colombians will take part in the Berlinale Talent Campus. See more >>  Bollywood Spokesman Kulmeet Makkar Visits Medellin  "I leave here very optimistic and with real plans to shoot in Medellin in the next 12 months." The executive director of The Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd., bringing together 95 percent of all industry members, visited the city that may well be the epicenter of one of the first Bollywood films to be made in this country. After six days of scouting locations in Medellin and a meeting with Mayor Anibal Gaviria to discuss the possibility of shooting, Makkar called the city an ideal place for film production. He told Semana Magazine "I'm leaving here very optimistic and have real plans to shoot in Medellin in the next 12 months. It's a win-win for everyone. Our collaboration would mean greater international exposure for Colombia; our films screen in 52 countries. And getting Colombian films seen through "Bollywood" could mean more industry resources and bolster tourism in Colombia." See more >> International Guests at Cartagena Film Festival  The 53rd edition of Latin America's oldest film festival promises to surprise with an even greater number of films from major world festivals, national premieres, world releases and important guests Two directors and a street artist will attend retrospectives of their work at this year's Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI): North American director/screenwriter Paul Schrader was a screenwriter for acclaimed director Martin Scorsese for many years (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ) and directed films like The Yakuza, American Gigolo, Affliction and Light Sleeper; Haitian director and political activist Raoul Peck will screen his most recent film, Fatal Assistance, dealing with the relief sent to Haiti following the earthquake (scheduled for its world premiere at the Berlin Festival only a week before Cartagena); and, finally, Brazilian street artist Bel Borba, who will present a documentary on his work over the past 35 years in Brazil's historic Salvador de Bahía and create a work of public art in the city of Cartagena. See more >> El Páramo Released in Spain  Alta Films released the film in theaters on January 11 Produced by Colombia's Rhayuela Cine, the film was released in Spanish cinemas after drawing 325,681 spectators in Colombia to become the third largest selling Colombian film of 2011. El páramo, whose remake rights were sold to the US, hit the Spanish market following the success of Andi Baiz's La cara oculta (2012), released in the US and Italy at the beginning of 2012 after great success in Spain, where it spent two months in theaters and grossed more than 2.3 million Euros. Rentrak Spain, listed the film at number three during its first weekend in Spanish theaters. La cara oculta screened in 16 countries including England, France, Japan, Russia, Germany and Switzerland. El Páramo, the first film by director Jaime Osorio, was awarded a Film Development Fund (FDC) grant in 2007 and was released in Colombia in October 2011. See more >> 
 |   In 2012, Colombia took home more than nine tourism and international business awards Proexport's strategy in 2012 to promote exports, investment and tourism in Colombia was recognized on more than nine occasions in countries like the UK, Russia, South Korea, Germany, the US and the Dominican Republic. These awards help reinforce the country's image as a strategic destination for business and as a travel destination. This strategy resulted in numerous achievements including awards at travel, flower and health service fairs and the title of Latin America's most innovative digital approach to promoting investment. British tour operators in London chose Colombia as the Best New Long Distance Destination for 2013. The major British tourist trade magazine Selling Long Haul bestowed the prestigious award at the 2012 Travel Agents Choice Awards during the World Travel Market in London where Colombia was present. See more >>     This is such a beautiful country! I was amazed by the landscape and the marvelous locations. I had a really great time and am very pleasantly surprised. This is my first trip to Latin America and Colombia is the first country I've visited. I'm meeting people, scouting locations and looking at film industry facilities. Kulmeet Makkar, Executive Director of The Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd.    Séptima Films Bogotá Phone: (+571) 4822979 - (+57) 3124408523 www.facebook.com/SeptimaFilms septimafilmsltda@etb.net.co Founded by Jorge Andrés Botero in 2006, Septima Films has produced video documentaries aimed at presenting a complementary vision of the development process in Colombia for a number of cooperation agencies including Aecid, USAID/MIDAS, the World Bank and IFC. Four projects produced by Septima Films have been awarded grants from Colombia's Film Development Fund (FDC) including Santiago Trujillo's national and international award-winning short film No todos los ríos van al mar (2008); Trujillo's documentary La historia secreta de Néstor Núñez (2011) about forced disappearances in Colombia; and La Playa D.C. (2012), Juan Andrés Arango's first fiction feature developed in partnership with Burning Blue, which won grants from the FDC, Ibermedia, Fond Sud, Huber Bals Fund and Valdivia's WIP and was selected for major festivals in Cannes, San Sebastian, Biarritz and Busan, and many others. Septima Films is currently working on post-production of Esta casa se vende, development of Franco Lolli's feature film Gente de bien, and the screenplay for Resistencia, a documentary about the non-violent struggle of Colombia's rural population in the midst of the ongoing armed conflict.  Antorcha Films Cali Address: Carrera 1 A Oeste # 6 – 05 Phone: (+572) 4855923 / (+57) 311 3071083 - 312 2587390 www.facebook.com/Antorchafilms https://twitter.com/AntorchaFilms hendrix@antorchafilms.com www.antorchafilms.com Film production company founded in 2003 to develop, produce and provide post-production on feature and short fiction and documentary films. Antorcha has co-produced with Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, Africa and Spain and offers development and production services for TV series and advertising spots. The company's successful feature film productions include Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza's Chocó, Carlos Moreno's Perro come perro and the feature film En coma by Juan David Restrepo and Henry Rivero, co-produced with Efe – X. The company provided production services in Colombia to Tom Schreiber's German film Dr. Aleman and recently co-produced the animated feature Anina by Alfredo Sordeguit with Uruguay's Rain Dogs Cinema and Barbara Sarasola Day's Deshora with Argentina and Norway. The latter two films were selected for the 63rd Berlin Film Festival. See more >>   Parque Nacional de los Nevados Región: Central Andean Region Ciudad: Ibague Departamento: Tolima Nombre: Parque Nacional Natural de los Nevados Descripción: Los Nevados (English: Snow mountains) National Park is located in the central area of Colombian Andes. In this park are located many places of interest, like Snow mountain of Ruiz, Snow Mountain of Tolima, Snow Mountain of St. Isabel, Swann snow mountain, See more about this location >> View more locations >> | ||||||||||||||
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Every month in LOCATION COLOMBIA you will find information regarding all the possibilities Colombia has to offer as your next choice for shooting and we will share with you numerous success stories of other film projects going on around the country. To send us any information you think should be included in this bulletin, or to contact one of our editors, write to lc@locationcolombia.com. If you'd rather not receive the LOCATION COLOMBIA bulletin, please click here. If you'd like to update your profile, please click here. All content is protected by international copyright laws. If you'd like to reproduce any of our information you must acknowledge this source by including a direct link to www.locationcolombia.com. LOCATION COLOMBIA Monthly Publication 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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