Dónde Comienza el Río
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Awards and Events
Yajaira (19), a young Embera woman, travels with her daughter María (5) on a long journey by land and water. They leave Colombia's capital city behind and head towards the remote Andágueda River deep in the Colombian Pacific jungles. Yajaira seeks a return to her childhood home, hoping it will bring peace from the nightmares that torment her. Jhon (18), a white man affiliated with one of downtown Bogotá's most dangerous gangs, also joins the journey. He's running away from his terrifying life in the city. As they travel, both Yajaira and Jhon will be forced to confront their own realities. Only the vast wisdom of the jungle will decide their fate: will they continue together, searching for the inner peace they each crave, or will they be led down separate paths?
Status: In Development
Format: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Language: Spanish
Countries: Colombia, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Norway
Production Company: Inercia Películas
Coproduction Companies: Midi La Nuit, Tres Mundos Producciones, Galé Cine, STÆR AS
Screenplay and Direction: Juan Andrés Arango
Production: Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto
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2022 - Winning project of the Sørfond Pitching Forum by the Norwegian South Film Fund.
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2022 - Project invited to the L'Atelier de la Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival.
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2021 - Project beneficiary of the Fiction Feature Film Production Call, Cinematographic Development Fund - FDC.
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2021 - Artistic Production Scholarship granted by the Quebec Arts and Letters Council - CALQ.
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2021 - DALE! Award from EFAD and CAACI at the Tenth Europe - Latin America Co-production Forum, San Sebastián International Film Festival.
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2020 - Project selected at Cine Qua Non Lab.
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2020 - Award at the Fiction Feature Film Script Review Workshop, Bogotá Audiovisual Market - BAM Stories.