• El remanso

    Directed by Sebastián Valencia Muñoz
    Colombia | 19 minutes |

Searching for new opportunities, a young family of poor drifters settle in an abandoned country house where remnants of past violence and an atmosphere of danger loom over the land.

In competition for the Best of the Festival Award

film synopsis

film details

Director: Sebastián Valencia Muñoz
Producers: Sebastián Valencia Muñoz, Juan Pablo Bedoya, Rodrigo Ramos Estrada
Screenwriter: Sebastián Valencia Muñoz
Cinematographers: Mauricio Vidal
Editor: Rodrigo Ramos Estrada
Cast: Martha Isabel Álvarez, Helder de Jesús Carmona, Yesica Dayana Grisales, Helder Vélez Orrego
Country: Colombia
Language: In Spanish with English subtitles.
Year: 2020
Running Time: 19 minutes
Primary Company: Lights On
Contact Email: lightson@lightsonfilm.org
Website: https://www.lightsonfilm.com/elremanso.html

director biography

Director and producer. Born in Pereira (Colombia) in 1987. Studied media communication and philosophy at the Javeriana University. Selected for the 14° Berlinale Talents Buenos Aires. He has directed the following short films MAÑANA PIENSA EN MÍ (2006) Nuevos Creadores FICCI47, LA TRANSEÚNTE (2007) Bogoshorts 2007, UN DÍA VOLVERÁS (2013) Panorama Bogoshorts 2013, FECRECCAS 2016. He recently completed the short films MONTAÑAS (2018) and EL REMANSO (2019) –both winners of the FDC award (Proimágenes Colombia). They are currently in the promotional stage. Director of photography of the feature film/ documentary HOMBRES SOLOS (Francisco Schmitt, 2015) 37 Habana film festival, FICCI55, the fictional short film LOS ASESINOS (Rodrigo Dimaté, 2013), Clermont Ferrand 2013. Professor of cinema studies at the Universidad Central in Bogotá. He currently works in the pre-production of the film ZARZAL – winner of the FDC award (Proimágenes Colombia).

2020 ShortFest Archive