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B.A.M. (Bogotá Audiovisual Market) Scheduled for July 2010
The Colombian capital to become a center for film business negotiations from July 7-9In an effort to support and strengthen the national audiovisual industry, specifically the film (finished films and feature films in development) and digital animation industries, Bogotá’s Chamber of Commerce and PROIMAGENES en Movimiento, with support from the Film Development Fund (FDC in Colombia), are sponsoring the first Bogotá Audiovisual Market (B.A.M). This business roundtable aims at becoming a promotional platform for local producers audiovisual service providers seeking new business opportunities and hopes to establish alliances with distributors, sales reps, television channels and international producers. See more >> |
Colombian Actresses Featured in Cannes Festival Premieres
Martina García y Juanita Acosta
“Carlos the Jackal” and “Biutiful” are two films featuring Colombian talent
Colombian actresses Juanita Acosta (Es mejor ser rico que pobre, Kalibre 35, Golpe de estadio) and Martina García (Rabia, Amar a morir, Satanás) share the stage with renowned Ibero-American actors Edgar Ramírez (The Bourne Ultimatum, Che Part I: The Argentine) and Oscar winner, Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) in the feature films Carlos the Jackal (out of competition) by French director Olivier Assayas and Biutiful (in competition) by Alejandro González Iñárritu, respectively, both premiered at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival last month.
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“The Two Escobars,” a Documentary about Colombia, Screens in Major Festivals
90-minute documentary reveals the connection between the deaths of soccer star Andrés Escobar and drug trafficker Pablo EscobarAfter being selected for the Cinéma de la plage category at the Cannes Festival and screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, the US documentary The Two Escobars directed by brothers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist continues its progress through international festivals. The documentary tells how, during the period in Colombia’s history when the country was caught in a war between cartels and became the world leader in homicides, the national soccer team was saddled with the responsibility of creating a new image for the country. The team’s rise to glory, as sudden as it was mysterious, placed it among the world’s best after decades of obscurity. Two men were behind this success: the two Escobars, Andres, the team’s captain and icon, and Pablo, notorious drug lord and inventor of the “narco-soccer” phenomenon. But while everyone was waiting for Colombia to rise to the double challenge, winning the 1994 World Cup and transforming its international image, the murder of Andres Escobar dashed the nation’s hopes. From glory to tragedy, The Two Escobars is a valiant investigation into the heart of the secret marriage between sports and crime and reveals surprising links between the murders of Andres and Pablo. See more >> |
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Colombian Actress Martina García Part of Cast of “Biutiful” Born June 27, 1981 in Bogotá. She has a dual career as actress and model and won 3rd prize in Klass Model’s Elite Model Look contest. She studied acting at the Paco Barrero Estudio XXI Academy and with Alfonso Ortiz before traveling to the Central School of Speech & Drama in London where she worked with Vincent Cassel and Ewan McGregor, the latter known for his work in films such as Moulin Rouge and Star Wars. She began acting on Colombian television in series such as Rosas del atardecer, María madrugada, Francisco el matemático and La guerra de las rosas, where she played Caperuza, a misunderstood adolescent, a role that earned her an “India Catalina” nomination for Best New Actress and a nomination for the TV y Novelas award in the same category in 2000. In her first film, Perder es cuestión de método (2004) by director Sergio Cabrera, she played Quica, an 18 year-old prostitute; in Andi Baiz’s Satanás (2007) she played Natalia, the young English student murdered by the kinfe-wielding Eliseo, sharing the screen with Mexican Damián Alcázar. García traveled to Mexico to star in a film first known as Tierra de tigres but then released as Amar a morir (2009), a first film by Fernando Lebrija. This Colombo-Mexican co-production was awarded the New Vision Award for Best Film in the Latin Cinema section of the Santa Barbara Film Festival. Martina’s most recent work includes Rabia (2009) by Sebastián Cordero, Biutiful by Alejandro González Iñárritu, La mosquitera by Agustí Vila and No eres tú, soy yo by Alejandro Springall. |
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Powerade Commercial Made Colombia by Tribu Internacional Commercial for the hydrating beverage Powerade commemorating the World Cup, produced entirely in Colombia by Tribu Internacional. Tribu is a pioneer in their field, offering production services to international producers of TV commercials, documentaries and music videos. The company’s human resources work in English, German and Spanish with a list of clients that includes Sony, Visa, Coca Cola, Intel, Microsoft, Orange, Philips, Heineken and many others. >> |
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Coming in July, Latin America’s Largest Free Rock Band Festival “Rock al Parque”
July 3-5, the city of Bogotá will fill with the sound of rock during the 16th Rock al Parque Festival, considered one of Latin America’s largest rock festivals. 3,092,000 people have attended the event over the past 15 years and listened to a total of 473 national and international rock bands including Brujería, Fobia, Café Tacvba, Luís Alberto Spinetta, Jaguares, Fear Factory, Fito Páez, Ilya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Kraken and many others who continue to headline around the world such as Apocalyptica, Bloc Party, Inna Ich, Julieta Venegas, Los Pericos, Manu Chau, Molotov, Puya, Robi Draco Rosa, Sargento García, Suicidal Tenencias, to name only a few.
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Michael Zimbalist (left) y Jeff Zimbalist
Jeff and I fell in love with Colombia several years ago when we set out to develop a feature-length fiction film based on the true story of the first Peace Community in Urabá, Colombia. Since then, we’ve tried to remain as close as possible to the country, both in our work and in our daily lives. In “The Two Escobars”, we not only worked with a film crew comprised of mostly Colombians; Jeff and I also rented an apartment in Medellín where we spent almost half of last year… Now that production on “The Two Escobars” is over, Jeff and I are getting back to the feature film. It’s a real pleasure to continue to work in Colombia and, especially, to be able to tell another moving story (like the story of Andrés Escobar’s life): the story of the first Peace Community. We feel it’s important to present Colombian stories that tell the truth about this country; not just drug trafficking, violence, guerrillas and all the negative stuff that usually shows up in the media.
Michael Zimbalist, co-director “The Two Escobars”
Zero Fractal Studio
Bogotá (Colombia)
Address: Carrera 11 #70 - 49
Phone: (+57) 1 5408423 - 5408424
bogota@zerofractal.com
Miami (USA)
Address: 1749 NE Miami Court Suite 406, FL 33132
Phone: (+1) (305) 3517147 – (+1) (866) 2162818
miami@zerofractal.com
Toronto (Canada)
Address: 33 Villiers Street Unit 103A, ON. M5A 1A9
Phone: (+1) (416) 6034700
toronto@zerofractal.com
info@zerofractal.com
www.zerofractal.com
Colombian interactive media company specializing in special and specific codes used to create visual languages that are clear to those reading the message (Visual Communication). The company’s interdisciplinary team includes design specialists, animators, industrial designers, architects, etc. capable of developing commercials in 3D animation, product shots, graphic identity packages, music videos, motion design, architectural visualizations, interactive design and other services. The company’s more than 10 years experience has earned them important international distinctions from Promax/BDA North America Television, the Interactive Media Awards and Google Video Top 100 Spain and nominations from the CCIT, FIAP and many other.
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Naska Digital
Bogotá (Colombia)
Address: Carrera 12a # 77a - 05
Phone: (+57) 1 3213251/52
naska3d@nsdis.com
Medellín (Colombia)
Address: Carrera 43a # 1a sur – 29
Phone: (+57) 4 3119082
naska3dmedellin@nsdis.com
naska3d@nsdis.com
www.nsdis.com
The only Specialized 3D Animation and Digital Composition Entertainment Center in Colombia, the company promotes this branch of animation in Colombia and Latin America and offers a large portfolio of services and internationally certified high-level training for professionals using 3D (CGI) animation programs. The organization is one of the few of its kind in Latin America to offer certain levels of specialization through development of professional competencies that satisfy clients’ needs in the different industry branches such as Special FX, Animation, Composition and Video, Interactives, Video Games, Industrial Design, Graphic Design and Architecture, thus guaranteeing continued professional growth in the specializations operating in Colombia and Latin America.
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Simon Bolivar Metropolitan Park
Region: Bogota Region
City: Bogota
Department: Bogotá D.C
Name: Parque Simón Bolívar
Description: Its main attraction is a lake with rowing boats service is basically a park for passive recreation and contemplation, because it is densely populated with trees. This park is located near the station of Transmilenio Simon Bolivar.
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