Colombia Begins 24th
Film Festival
The 24th Bogota Film
Festival will start on
Wednesday with the
participation of 16
foreign films competing
for awards in new young
directors' work.
The Festival will be
represented by the most
recent Colombian
productions along with
films like "Satanas"
from Andres Baiz and "Apocalipsur"
from Javier Mejia as
well as films from
Mexico, Iran, Italy,
Bolivia, Argentina,
Germany, Brazil and
India, among other
countries.
The event will open
Wednesday night with the
premier "El Sueno del
Paraiso" (The Dream of
Paradise) from the
Colombia Carlos Palau, a
complicated and tragic
love story between a
Japanese man and a
Colombian woman in the
20th century.
Egypt, guest of honor,
will show seven movies
and will be represented
by the moviemaker Khaled
El Hagar, director of "Una
Cama a Cualquier Precio"
(A bed at any price),
member of the First
Work's jury.
The event that will end
October 11 will also
comprises short movies,
video, talks, digital
films and documentaries. |
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