WTFF7 – Short Films Competition
Documentary
By Alba Jaramillo
Colombia, 2022, 30’
o.v. Spanish, Italian subtitles
November 14, 2024, 9.00 PM, Cinema Odeon
Synopsis Deep in the mountains of Colombia, the descendants of railroad workers have created a makeshift transport system that runs on abandoned tracks. Through an immersive ride in a tropical forest we discover the daily rhythm of this vehicle that serves hundreds of people every day. In the midst of internal petty arguments, the group of workers is suddenly threatened by authorities who force them to comply with the regulations.
Director’s bio-filmography Alba Jaramillo is a Colombian-Puerto Rican director and producer. Her first film, Project for a Collection (2015), won Best Short Documentary at the Guayaquil IFF. She is a 2022 IDFA Academy and EURODOC Caribbean alumna and has an MFA in Media Arts Production at the State University of New York – Buffalo, where she taught cinema studies. She is a 2021 Sundance Producing Fellow and a producer for independent documentaries and series and for platforms like the BBC and CNN.
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Directed by Alba Jaramillo
Cinematography David Horacio Montoya
Sound Andres Acevedo
Editing Francine Lemaitre
Sound Editing Manuel Vidal
Production The Kingdom
Web Site cargocollective.com/albajaramillo