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Silent Witnesses

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Luis Ospina, Jerónimo Atehortúa | Colombia, France, 2023
Experimental | FF2023
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EXPERIMENTAL FILM Fragments of Columbian silent films are linked to form an imaginary story: Luis Ospina’s last project is a miracle of collage-making. Only twelve silent films were made in Columbia. Two exist in full length, two have disappeared and of the others only fragments survive. Started by Luis Ospina and finished by journalist Jerónimo Atehortúa Arteaga, the found-footage experiment puts the rediscovered pictures together to form a film of their own: a romantic melodrama set in the first half of the 20th century which tells the impossible love story of Efraín and Alicia.

Director

LUIS OSPINA (*1949, † 2019 in Columbia) was one of Latin American cinema’s most prolific and influential directors. His extensive oeuvre included feature, documentary and experimental films.

JERÓNIMO ATEHORTÚA ARTEAGA (* in Columbia) works as a director, screenplay writer and film critic. Silent Witnesses is his first full-length film.

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Mudos testigos

Experimental

Silent, Spanish

Vitrina | FF2023


Colombia, France

2023

79 min

OV with English subtitles

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