CAMILO RESTREPO
Biography
Born in Medellín (Colombia). Camilo Restrepo lives in France since 1999. He makes films at the crossroads of documentary, performance and experimental cinema.
His films have been selected for major international film festivals: Directors’ Fortnight, Berlinale, New Directors / New Films, Viennale, the Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam and New York. They have received numerous awards, including the Locarno Festival’s Pardino d’argento in 2015 and 2016, and the Best First Film award at the Berlinale in 2020.
Major participations in film festivals and exhibitions
Directors’ Fortnight (France)
Berlinale (Germany)
Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland)
New York Film Festival (United States)
Toronto Film Festival (Canada)
New Directors / New Films at MoMA (United States)
Frames of Representation at the Institute of Contemporary Art (United Kingdom) Rotterdam Film Festival (Netherlands)
Art of the Real at Lincoln Center (United States)
Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina)
Viennale (Austria)
CPH:DOX (Denmark)
Shanghai Film Festival (China)
Whitstable Biennale (United Kingdom)
FID Marseille (France)
Cinéthèque française (France)
Filmoteca de Catalunya (Spain)
Cinemateca de Bogotá (Colombia)
Cineteca de Mexico (Mexico)
Filmoteca de Madrid (Spain)
Tabakalera (Spain)
Whitechapel Gallery London (United Kingdom)
Hong Kong Film Festival (China)
Awards and distinctions
Los Conductos
Best Debut Film. Berlinale (Germany)
Best Latin American Film. Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina)
Best Director. Champs-Élysées Film Festival (France)
La Bouche
Best Short Film. Gijón International Film Festival (Spain)
Best Short Film. Transcinema (Peru)
Best Short Film. FestCurtas Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Critics’ Award for Best Short Film. Janela do Cinema do Recife (Brazil) Youth Jury Award. L’Âge d’Or Festival (Belgium)
CNC Quality Award (France)
Cilaos
Pardino d’argento. Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland)
Best Short Film. Berwick Film Festival (United Kingdom) Best Short Film. Janela do Cinema do Recife (Brazil) Mikeldi de Plata. Zinebi (Spain)
CNC Quality Award (France)
La impresión de una guerra
Pardino d’argento. Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland)
Mikeldi de Oro. Zinebi (Spain)
Best Short Film. Cartagena de Indias Film Festival (Colombia) Best Documentary. Dokufest (Kosovo)
Best Documentary. Bogoshorts (Colombia)
Best Cinematography. Janela do Cinema do Recife (Brazil)
CNC Quality Award (France)
Retrospectives
2025 Camilo Restrepo Retrospective. Filmoteca de Catalunya. Barcelona (Spain)
2025 Umbral Camilo Restrepo. FICUNAM International Film Festival. Mexico City (Mexico)
2021 Camilo Restrepo Retrospective. Cinemateca de Bogotá. Bogotá (Colombia)
2021 Foco Silvestre: Camilo Restrepo and L’Abominable Cinemateca de Portugal and IndieLisboa. Lisbon (Portugal)
2020 Mirada epicentro – Foco Camilo Restrepo Festival Cámara Lucida. Cuenca (Ecuador)
2019 La Bouche: Recent Films by Camilo Restrepo ArtitLab. Madison. Wisconsin (United States)
2018 Camilo Restrepo: Ghosts & Songs. Conversations at the Edge at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago (United States)
2018 Tropic Pocket: Recent works by Camilo Restrepo. Union Docs Center for Documentary Art. New York (United States)
2017 The Musical Politics of Camilo Restrepo. The Institute of Modern Art. Brisbane (Australia)
2016 Camilo Restrepo and L’Abominable. Filmoteca de Galicia. La Coruña (Spain)
Works in public collections
Cilaos
Collection of the Frac Île-de-France
Works available for consultation in libraries
Los Conductos
Nashville Public Library / Marmot Library Network / Bowen Island Library / Salinas Public Library / Santa Clara County Library / Deerfield Public Library (USA)
La impresión de una guerra
Collection Images en Bibliothèques (France) / Library of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California / New York University streaming services / Western Washington University (USA)
Education
2004 Degree in Fine Arts. École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1998 Degree in Fine Arts. National University of Colombia. Medellín (Colombia)
Filmography
2025 9/05/1982 (co-directed with Jorge Caballero). Short film
2024 La Chambre d’ombres (Room of Shadows) Feature film
2024 Marquer la limite. Marking the Boundary. Short film
2020 Los Conductos Feature film
2017 La Bouche Short film
2016 Cilaos. Short film
2015 La impresión de una guerra (Impression of a War). Short film
2014 Como crece la sombra cuando el sol declina. Short film
2011 Tropic Pocket. Short film
Video installations
2021 Tele-Visión. Cinemateca de Bogotá. Colombia
Publications
2024 La Chambre d’ombres (Room of Shadows).
In two bilingual editions: French/English and Spanish/Basque Zine Eskola Publishing, 145 pages. San Sebastián. Spain ISBN 798-84-7907-864-5