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Asunto: Issue 029 - December - A blockbuster country

Franco-Colombian Production "Operación E" Filmed in Colombia Colombian production company El Bus Producciones provided production services Spaniard Luis Tosar (Celda 211, 18 comidas) and Colombian Martina García (La cara oculta, Rabia) star in Operación E, a film shot in Colombia by Franco-Spanish director Miguel Courtois Paternina. This political adventure-thriller tells the story of a humble but brave man who single-handedly fights the factual powers in a frenetic struggle for survival and to maintain both his family and his integrity. The film is based on the true story of Emmanuel and the peasant who hid the sick child in his home before abandoning him at a medical center, only to discover later that the boy was the child born to Clara Rojas while she was captive alongside former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. Operación E was produced by Tormenta Films (Spain), Zircozine (Spain ) and A.J.O.Z. Films (France) and was filmed entirely in Villavicencio (Meta) using a 95% Colombian crew and cast. See more >> Colombian Screenwriter Fernando Gaitan Honored at NATPE Television Market First Latin American to win the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award Fernando Gaitan, Vice-president of Product at Canal RCN, will be the first Latin American to receive the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award at the 2012 NATPE Content Market and Conference, a major market for television content such as music and game shows, television series and soaps. Gaitan created the television hit Yo soy Betty, la fea, adapted in more than 20 countries including the US, Russia, China, India, Spain, Germany and Mexico and winner of two Golden Globes and an Emmy Award. The show was the first Latin American production to reach prime time audiences in the United States. The NATPE market has taken place for over 40 years and this year is scheduled from January 23-25 in Miami. Gaitan will be honored for his outstanding television career on January 24th. See more >> Documentary Project "Sobre Ruedas América Latina" to Feature Five Stories From Colombia The series includes 18 stories from five different countries and continues receiving proposals Five Colombians, three from Bogotá, one from Santa Marta and one from Medellin, have been included in the documentary series Sobre Ruedas América Latina portraying the lives of people who discovered or invented their own way of earning a living on the streets of five different Latin American countries. The thirteen 26-minute episodes filmed in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico present sustainable, creative ways of earning a living on the streets and highlight the original survival strategies of those whose professional activities rely on human traction vehicles (VTH). The series attempts to establish a relationship between the movement of the wheel and the inconstancy of life, especially the lives of those with no steady employment who must remain creative and capable of improvising in order to guarantee their daily bread. The project was awarded an Ibermedia Project Development Fund grant and a consultancy with the International Program for Documentary Training (PICDOC) from the Brazilian Association of Independent Producers (ABPITV). See more >> Colombian Film Awarded Major Asian Prize The Colombian co-production Porfirio won a Golden Peacock at the India Film Festival Porfirio, the Colombian co-production (Colombia, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France) directed by Alejandro Landes Echavarría and produced by Francisco Aljure was awarded a Golden Peacock for Best Picture in the World Competition at the 42nd International Film Festival of India – Goa. The prize, the film's most important to date, is worth 90 thousand US dollars, one of the largest cash awards for a Colombian film in recent years. Other festival competitors included Andrei Andrei Zvyagintev's Elena (Russia), winner of the Jury Award at the 2011 Cannes Festival; Naomi Kawase's Hanezu (Japan), selected for the 2011 Cannes Festival and winner of the Age d'Or Cinédécouvertes Award; Joseph Madmony's Restoration (Israel), Best Screenplay at Sundance 2011; and Volcano by Rúnar Rúnarsson (Denmark), selected for both the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals. The film will be released in Spain on December 30th and in Colombian on March 2nd, followed by an Ecuadorian release several weeks later. See more >> Colombian Actress Sofía Vergara Nominated for Golden Globe and SAG Award "La Toti" nominated for Best Actress for her role in the comedy Modern Family Almost simultaneously, Colombian actress Sofia Vergara was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Best Comedy Actress for her role in Modern Family and for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Role in a series, miniseries or television film for the same popular ABC comedy series. The actress from Barranquilla is winding up a year full of nominations; in mid-2011, for the second year in a row, Vergara was nominated for the prestigious US television Emmy award for her work in Modern Family. The series was nominated for a total of 17 awards. See more >> Colombian Actress Martina Garcia, Star of "Operación E" Born in Bogotá, Martina has combined acting and modeling careers. In Colombia, she took third prize in Klass Model's "Elite Model Look" and studied at the Paco Barrero Estudio XXI Academy and with Alfonso Ortiz, then went on to the Central School of Speech & Drama in London where she worked with Vincent Cassel and Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge, Star Wars). Her television career began in dramatic series such as Rosas del atardecer, María madrugada, Francisco el matemático, La guerra de las rosas and her film debut came in Sergio Cabrera's Perder es cuestión de método (2004). She went on to appear in Andi Baiz's Satanás (2007), sharing a scene with Mexican Damián Alcázar, then traveled to Mexico to star in Fernando Lebrija's debut film initially known as Tierra de tigres and later released as Amar a morir (2009). Martina starred in Sebastián Cordero's Rabia (2009); played next to Spaniard Javier Bardem in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful; co-starred in Agustí Vila's La mosquitera, Alejandro Springall's No eres tú, soy yo and Venezuelan documentary and short filmmaker Alejandra Szeplaki's first feature film Día naranja; was associate producer on José Luis Rugeles's García and co-starred in Colombian Andi Baiz's La cara oculta, released in Spain in September 2011. Videos Against Gender-Based Violence Produced in Colombia for UNHCR Americas Campaign created for ACNUR (United Nations Refugee Agency) as part of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence from November 25 - December 10th. The commercials were produced by the Colombian company Los Notarios for Saatchi & Saatchi Colombia and aired in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, and other countries. >> Official web Porfirio movie www.porfiriofilm.com/ Sobre ruedas América Latina website www.sobreruedasamericalatina.com	Hay Festival in Cartagena Scheduled for January 2012 More than 90 guests including authors, journalists, musicians, philosophers, filmmakers and other visionaries will gather for the 7th Hay Festival from January 26-29, 2012 in the heavenly Cartagena de Indias. This year's grand cultural fiesta features reflection, debate, controversy and celebration in over 60 events including concerts, conversations, conferences and seminars. "Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias is seven years old and to celebrate we've decided to incorporate more interdisciplinary and inclusive programming. The work of artists and thinkers enriches our vision of the world and contributes new ideas in these unsettled times. In 2012 we'll see events focusing on hot topics such as philosophic thought, gastronomy, sociology, psychology and dance… we're extending the concert programming, we'll present the work of the hottest current authors and, as always, 20% of our tickets are free to accredited students." See more >> Luis Tosar en la alfombra roja de los Goya 2011 So far, the experience in Colombia has been wonderful. A film as "Operacion E", shot guerrilla style, in the sense that we have to go fast, shoot rapidly, and solve things on the run. Some things would take longer time, but the budget of the film is limited and we have to work it out. So, we all knew a-priori that it would be a hard film, a film where each one of us would have to sacrifice, to put a lot of effort. That is a plus here, and much of it is given by the people. We are very few from Spain, 99% of the actors are local, and the Colombian crew is a high percentage, only Miguel (the Director) that is from France, and from Spain, which is the double value of this film, the rest are locals and it's been amazing to have this team, it's been great! Spanish actor Luis Tosar in an interview during the filming of Operation E La Ventana Films Medellín Address: Carrera 86 A No. 34 -115 Of. 101 Phone: (+57) 4 493 13 11 jtamayo@elbusproducciones.com La Ventana Films is the brainchild of Juan Pablo Tamayo (Los colores de la montaña), a producer with extensive experience in diverse areas of production. The production company, whose main goal is to bring to fruition feature-length fiction and documentary films and projects, is active in several lines of business including audiovisual project development, film production, production services for third-party film projects being shot in Colombia, and general consulting for diverse audiovisual products through the creation of project models based on production strategies and an audiovisual industry concept. The company's first film, Operación E, is directed by Miguel Courtois Paternina and co-produced by Tormenta Films, Zircozine (Spain) and AJOZ Films (France). Franja Nomo Cali Address: Cra 1 Oeste #11-31, Apt 201 Phone: (+57) 2 893-5542 porfiriofilm@gmail.com In 2010, Francisco Aljure and Alejandro Landes founded Franja Nomo in Cali to produce high-quality independent films. Alejandro's debut film Cocalero, was a winner at Sundance in January 2007 and was released in more than 10 countries. Francisco, a former Wall Street investment banker and vice-president of finances for a manufacturing company, entered the film business as associate producer of Andi Baiz's Satanás. Porfirio, the first fiction feature produced by Franja Nomo, was awarded several prizes in the pre-production stage including the Sundance Directors Lab, the Cannes Film Festival Cinéfoundation Residence and the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and secured support from Ibermedia. The project also received a post-production grant from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Cinematography Center (CNC), a Fonds Sud grant from France and support from Argentina's National Institute of Audiovisual Arts (INCAA). Porfirio has won a number of prizes on the international festival circuit including a Golden Peacock at the India Goa International Film Festival, the Jury Award and Best Actor at the Biarritz Amérique Latine Film Festival, Best Film at World Cinema Amsterdam, one of two Cinédécouvertes distribution awards from Belgium's Cinematek, and was included in the Visions section at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the Latin Horizons section at the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Directors' Fortnight at the 2011 Cannes Festival. Villavicencio Plaza Central Región: Bogota Region Ciudad: Villavicencio Departamento: Meta Nombre: Villavicencio Plaza Central Descripción: In the Central plaza of Villavicencio is the Cathedral, the government building and the Meta Lottery building. See more about this location >> View more locations >>
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