Short films and projects selected for BogoShorts 2023

Short films selected for competitive sections and panorama 21st Bogotá Short Film Festival / Bogotá Short Film Festival, as well as projects selected for the components of the 7th BogoShorts Film Market – BFM.

After evaluating about 2800 short films from over 100 countries around the worldprogramming team bogoshortsAndrés Suárez, composed of Valentina Giraldo Sánchez and José Emilio González, has announced the short films that will be part of Twenty-first edition of this event.

These short films will compete Saint LuciaThe official statue of the festival, which This edition celebrates bodies: The possibility of living at peace with them, respecting others and loving them with infinite ways of expressing them through stories.

This year the selection committee included Ana Nieto, Carlos Hernández, Chucky García, Sara Bautista Espinel, Jacques Toulamonde, Juliana Hernández, Maritza Blanco, Ana Caro, Sergio Mejía, Sebastián Torres, Paola Pérez Nieto, Juan Manuel Escobar and Alejandra Rocas. ,

As a highlight of this edition, it is worth mentioning the continuation of the section out of competition In the official selection, this time in addition to bringing together the recent works of famous names of world cinephilia such as Sally Potter (orlando1992) and Bertrand Mandico (feral children2017), will also provide the public with an opportunity to watch a unique collaboration by the actors John Travolta, Tom Holland, Isabelle Adjani, Chris Rock and Javier Bardem.

Short films that achieve significant recognition throughout the year will be screened in international competitions: Animation 27, winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, by Hungarian Flora Anna Buda; australian documentary dipped in black, by Matthew Thorne and Derrick Lynch, winner of the Teddy Award at the Berlinale; Two Spanish shorts were recently nominated for European Film Academy Awards: acheronby Manuel Munoz Rivas, and shiny woundby Christian Aviles; factory Girlby Selma Cervantes Aguilar, premiered at Sundance and stars Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicioand the Belgian animation Drijf by Levi Stoops, winner of the Annecy Jury Prize.

New video clips of artists like The Resident & Skrillex Ft. New Barghouti,

In addition to seven world premieres, local works with an important international journey will be seen for the first time in Colombia in national competitions: animation. DogDirected by Carla Melo Gampert and produced by Evidentialia Films, which competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes; bogota story, directed by Esteban Pedraza and produced by Diana Patino, presented at the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival; Documentary film enemaby Manuel Mateo Gómez, winner of the Latin American Short Film Competition at the Mar del Plata Festival, and sanctuaryBy Juanita Onzaga, an experimental work launched by the Film Fest Gent for its 50th edition.

Directors such as Natalia Agudelo Campillo, Ivan D. Gaona, Johnny Hendrix Hinestroza and Edson Velandia will once again compete for Santa Lucia, who is in charge of directing the new video clip. Monsieur Perrine, La Batucada Guariche, Hendrix B. ft. Goyo. And Edson Velandia and La Tigra, respectively. See the full list here.

Bogoshorts will be held from 5 to 12 December In Bogota. Its main headquarters will be CityU, Bogota CinemathequeThe French Alliance (Centre Headquarters), the Attic Center of the Javeriana University, the Founder’s Room of the Central University, among other physical settings and virtual platforms.