ABOUT US

ABOUT US

Production Company created by filmmakers Cristina Gallego (Producer - Director ) and Ciro Guerra (Director), its aim is to help and support for filmmakers whose work is intended to go beyond the schemes of mainstream commercial cinema, encouraging personal and authorial proposals, original visions with enough quality to enter domesti c and international markets. Them films has been awarded in the principal festivals around the world, six of them has been the official entry to the foreign language academy award, and in 2016 they had the first nomination as Foreign Language Film for Co lombia with Embrace of the Serpent and 2018 is shortlisted with Birds of Passage . In 2022 with Kings of the World w inning the Golden Shell in the San Sebastian Film Festival. Them films also have been included in many lists of the best films of the year, in publications such as TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Variety, Sight and Sound, The New Yorker, L.A. Times, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Village Voice, Indiewire and Barack Obama's list

Festivals and Awards

EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT

Dir: Ciro GuerraAcademy Award Nominee-Best International FilmArt Cinema Award-Cannes Director’s FortnightWinner of 7 Platino Awards, Including BestLatamFilm of the yearBest Film at the Mar del Plata, Yerevan, Lima, Canarias, Riviera, Perec,Olsztyn, Santiagoand Goa Film Festivals

BIRDS OF PASSAGE

Dir: Cristina Gallego and Ciro GuerraOpening Night Film-Cannes Director’s FortnightOfficial Shortlist-Academy Award for Best International FilmWinner of the Fénix Award for Best Latam Film of the YearBest Film at the Havana, Miami, Biarritz and Punta del Este Film FestivalsWinner of 9 Macondo Awards, Including Best Colombian Film of the yearWinner of 44 International Awards at Festivals such as London, Chicago, Tromso, Cairo,Antalya, Lima, Motovun.

THE KINGS OF THE WORLD (2022)

Dir: Laura MoraGolden Shell-San Sebastian Film FestivalOfficial Entry from Colombia-AcademyAward for Best International FilmGolden Eye for Best Film-Zurich Film FestivalWinner of Best Film Awards at the Biarritz and Warsaw Film FestivalsNominated for 4 Platino Awards

THE WIND JOURNEYS (2009)

Dir: Ciro GuerraOfficial Selection-Cannes Film Festival-Un Certain RegardOfficial Entry from Colombia-Academy Award for Best International FilmWinner of 4 Macondo Awards-Including Best Colombian Film and Best DirectorWinner of 17 Awards at the Cannes, Málaga, Santiago, Santa Barbara, Ljubljana, Cartagenaand Bogotá Film Festivals.Official Selection-Toronto, Rotterdam, London, Jerusalem, Hong Kong, Havana

WAJIB

Dir: Annemarie JacirSpecial Jury Prize, Youth Jury Award, Don Quixote Prize-Locarno Film FestivalOfficial Entryfrom Palestine-Academy Award for Best International Film Winner of Best Film at the Mar del Plata, Dubai, Washington, Kerala and Amiens Film Festivals Winner of 23 International Awards

MY NAME IS NOT RUBEN BLADES

Dir: Abner BenahimSXSW-Audience AwardOfficial Entry from Panama-Academy Award for Best International FilmNominated for Best Latam Documentary-Platino Awards

THE WANDERING SHADOWS (2004)

Dir: Ciro GuerraOfficial Entry from Colombia-Academy Award for Best InternationalFilmWinner of 16 International Awards at Festivals such as San Sebastian, Havana, Toulouse,Trieste, Cartagena, Austin and QuitoWinner of 2 Colombian Film Awards-Nominated for Best Picture and Best Director

SISTER OF MINE

Dir: Pedro AguileraOfficial Selection Rotterdam Film FestivalBest Actor and Best Actressat theMalaga Film Festiva

Partnerships

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