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Camilo Restrepo

La impresión de una guerra (Impression of a War)

26 minutes

English title: Impression of a War

Original language: Spanish

Original format: 16mm film

Distribution format:

DCP with French subtitles / DCP with English subtitles /

DCP original version without subtitles /

H.264 format

Production countries: Colombia – France

Production company: Camilo Restrepo & 529 Dragons 52

2015

Reviews

 

“An impressive political essay.” – La Nación

 

“A multilayered essay on the ghosts of Colombian civil war.” – Artforum

 

“Restrepo’s searching and excellent essay film is both a document of and contribution to Colombia’s ongoing struggle against oblivion.” – Mubi

SYNOPSIS

(Eng)

For over 70 years, Colombia has been confronted with internal armed conflict. Over the years, the outlines of the conflict have grown indistinct. A climate of  generalized violence has gradually settled over society as a whole.

Violence and barbarity have worked themselves into every aspect of daily life, and fine traces of it mark the streets. Through a multitude of these traces, perhaps the narrative of this hazy war will finally take a firmer shape.

“Impression of a War” offers a vision of some of those deliberate, accidental, ostensible, fleeting or dissimulated marks. They are often signs of the struggle against oblivion, indifference and impunity.

 

(FR)

La Colombie est confrontée depuis plus de 70 ans à un conflit armé interne, dont les contours ont, au fil des ans, largement perdu de leur netteté. Progressivement s’est installé un climat de violence généralisé à l’échelle de la société.

La violence et la barbarie ont fini par imprégner tous les aspects de la vie quotidienne, laissant dans les rues ses traces ténues. C’est peut-être par une multitude de ces traces que le récit de cette guerre diffuse prendrait enfin corps.

« L’impression d’une guerre » donne à voir quelques une de ces marques, volontaires ou accidentelles, ostensibles, fugaces ou dissimulées. Souvent signes de lutte contre l’oubli, l’indifférence et l’impunité.

 

(ESP)

Colombia se confronta desde hace más de 70 años a un conflicto armado interno, cuyos contornos han perdido con el tiempo nitidez. Progresivamente se ha instalado un clima de violencia generalizada a la escala de la sociedad.

La violencia y la barbarie han impregnado todos los aspectos de la vida cotidiana, dejando en las calles sus marcas tenues. Es quizá por una multitud de esas marcas que el relato de esta guerra difusa se encarnaría por fin.

“La impresión de una guerra” muestra algunas de estas marcas, voluntarias o accidentales, ostensibles, fugaces o disimuladas. A menudo signos de lucha contra el olvido, la indiferencia y la impunidad.

Cast & Crew

 

With: Pastora Mira / El Gato / The workers of Taller Maza / Fértil Miseria & Unos Vagabundos / Vicky Castro /  Edwin Cortez,Carlos Durango / Felipe Grajales / Juan José Muñoz.

A film by: Camilo Restrepo / Co-written with: Sophie Zuber / Film editing: Bénédicte Cazauran & Camilo Restrepo / Sound editing: Josefina Rodríguez / Color correction: Magali Marc / Audio mixing: Mathieu Farnarier / Technical assistance in Medellín: Luis Felipe « Pinky » LozanoFilm developing: L’Abominable

Production: Camilo Restrepo & 529 Dragons 2015

Awards

 

PARDINO D’ARGENTO CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE. 68° Festival del film Locarno 2015. (Switzerland)

MENCIÓN ESPECIAL XURADO RADAR. 12° Festival CurtoCircuito 2015. (Spain)

MIKELDI DE ORO  DOCUMENTAL. 57° Zinebi 2015. 2015 (Spain)

AWARD TO THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY. VIII Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife 2015/ (Brazil)

BEST SHORT-FILM. Festival de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (FICCI 2016). (Colombia)

MENCIÓN COMPETENCIA IBEROAMERICA DOCUMENTAL. Shorts Mexico Festival. (México)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT-FILM. Bogoshorts 2016. (Colombia)

PRIX EX ÆQUO. Festival des cinémas différents et expérimentaux de Paris 2016. (France)

SHORTLISTED AWARD FOR EMERGING VOICES 2016. Oppenheimer founds & Financial Times. (USA)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY. Dokufest 2016. (Kosovo)

SPECIAL MENTION. IndieLisboa 2016 (Portugal)

PRIX QUALITÉ (CNC). Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image animée (France)

Festivals

 

Festival del film Locarno (Switzerland)

Art of the Real (USA)

RIDM Montréal (Canada)

Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina)

FICUNAM (Mexico)

Festival de Cine de Cartagena FICCI (Colombia)

Zinebi documentary Film Festival (Spain)

Stockholm Film Festival (Sweden)

12° Festival CurtoCircuito (Spain)

Festival Internacional de Cine de VALDIVIA (Chile)

2morrow/Zavtra (Rusia)

VIII Janela Internacional Cinema do Recife (Brazil)

Antofadocs (Chile)

Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (Cuba)

33  Festival Tous Courts Aix en Provence (France)

Transcinema (Peru)

Les Innatendus (France)

Cinelatino – 28es Rencontres de Toulouse (France)

34º Festival Cinematográfico Internacional Del Uruguay (Uruguay)

European Media Art Festival (EMAF) (Germany)

Kyiv International short film festival (Ukrania)

IndieLisboa (Portugal)

Oberhasuen Film Festival (Germany)

EDOC (Ecuador)

Panorama du Cinéma Colombien (France)

DOCUMENTARIST Istanbul Documentary Days (Turkey)

VOD

 

MUBI

FESTIVAL SCOPE

KINOSCOPE

RETINA LATINA

 

 

DVD & BluRay

 

Grasshopper Films (Here)

Included with Los Conductos

DVD in French public libraries

 

Collection Images de la Culture – Images en Bibliothèques (here)

Press