| 2018 CASATARÁNTULA, GUILLERMO QUINTERO & STANK |
A film by Guillermo Quintero
Documentary
88 minutes
Production grant from Proimágenes (Colombian Film Fund)
Brouillon d’un rêve grant from SCAM
Original music creation grant from SACEM
With the support of the Tribeca Film Institute and Señal Colombia.
Botanist Julio Betancur and his disciple Cristian Castro scour the Colombian rainforests to count and classify the country’s infinite plant species. A sometimes mad and absurd quest that plunges us into the poetry of the scientific man and his obsession with understanding the history of Nature. Broadcasts:
– DOK Leipzig, Germany
– Torino Film Festival, Italy – Best Documentary Award
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Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia – Festival de Málaga, Spain – Trento Film Festival, Italy – Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine – Film Festival Della Lessinia, Italy – Best Documentary Award
– Polyloid-Filmfest, Leipzig, Germany – Sole Luna Doc Film Festival, Palermo, Italy – Ficamazonía, Mocoa, Colombia – Festival International de Cine Documental de Buenos Aires, Argentina – Muestra Internacional Documental de Bogotá, Colombia – Festiver, Barichara, Colombia
– Festival InScience, Nijmegen, Netherlands – Panorama du cinéma colombien, Paris, France – Cine Mambé, Caqueta, Colombia – Festival de Cine de Cali, Colombia – Festival de Cine Europeo de Lima, Peru – Festival de Cine Global, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Festival La Première fois, Marseille, France – Cinélatino, Toulouse, France – FECHA, Poitiers, France – CinéMartinique Festival, Fort-de-France, Martinique – Raw Science Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA – Festival Construir Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina – Festival des Monuments du Cinéma, Cadillac – Festival AmazôniaDoc, Brazil – Jury’s Special Prize
– Festival Génération durable, Normandie, France – Festival du Film Scientifique de Roscoff, France – Festival Imagine Science Film – CZU Film Festival, Czech Republic – Festival Nicaragüense de Cine y Audiovisuales, Nicaragua – Festival Filmer le travail, Poitiers –
Scam Stars 2021
Broadcast on Señal Colombia Nominated for the Macondo for Best Documentary 2019.
