Porfirio Tours World Festivals 
Colombian co-production directed by Alejandro Landes screens in Toronto, San Sebastian and Biarritz
Slowly but surely, Porfirio (Colombia, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France) directed by Alejandro Landes Echavarría is becoming one of the most notable of all recently released Colombian films. In September the film was chosen for the Visions section of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) focusing on the most experimental projects using new technologies that push the limits of contemporary film, poetic works that bring a radical, innovative perspective to film and the art of narration. Porfirio also received praised following its screening in the "Latin Horizons" section of the San Sebastian Film Festival, and last week at the 20th Biarritz Film Festival, a major event for Latin American films in Europe, it took both the Jury Prize and the Best Actor award for Portirio Ramirez Aldana's performance.
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"Bunker" by Colombian Director Andi Baiz Hits Spanish Theaters with 278 copies 
Fox International Productions Joins Colombo-Spanish Co-Production
Ranked third largest box office success after its first weekend, Bunker (La cara oculta) premiered in Spanish cinemas on September 16. The film is the second feature by the acclaimed director of Satanás, Andi Baiz. The psychological thriller stars Spaniards Clara Lago, Quim Gutierrez and Colombian Martina Garcia. It was produced by Avalon (Spain), Dynamo (Colombia) and Fox International Productions (FIP). Bunker explores the limits of love, jealousy and betrayal. Adrian (Quim Gutierrez) is a conductor with the Bogotá Philharmonic. He and his girlfriend Belen (Clara Lago) seem very much in love until Belen, doubting his faithfulness, disappears without a trace. Grief-stricken, Adrian finds solace in music and in the arms of a beautiful waitress, Fabiana (Martina Garcia). As their passion builds, questions surface about the mysterious disappearance of Belen.
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Documentary Filmed in Colombia Premieres on Discovery Channel 
Operation Sodoma: The Fall of Mono Jojoy is the title of the program produced by Lulo Films
A documentary aired in September on Discovery Channel reconstructing the intelligence acts and military operations that made possible one of the Colombian government's most decisive strikes against the guerrillas in the past five decades of insurgent war: the removal of FARC military commander Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, alias Mono Jojoy. Operation Sodoma: The Fall of Mono Jojoy shows the enormous challenge of locating this guerrilla, who projected an aura of invincibility as he moved stealthily and unexpectedly from camp to camp in one of the most inaccessible of jungle regions. The documentary was co-produced with Discovery Channel, Semana Magazine, RCN and Imagina US and produced by Lulo Films under the direction of Jaime Escallon Buraglia, with executive production by Juan Pablo Santos, Alejandro Santos and Julian Giraldo and production by Ximena Sotomayor.
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John Leguizamo Named Colombia's World Film Ambassador 
Colombo-American Actor to Promote Country as Great Location for International Productions
"I hereby name you Colombia's ambassador to all film directors and actors around the world!" declared Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos before film star John Leguizamo in an act that named him Colombia's Film Ambassador to the world. The actor already garnered a "Made in NY" award for his contribution to the entertainment world and communications industry in the city of New York. He stated that Colombia has the advantage of going from cold to hot climates in about a second and that only a few hours outside Bogota you'll find jungle and a wide variety of other locations. He also insisted on the importance of promoting Colombian films in Hollywood.
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 | Alejandro Landes, Porfirio's Director
Alejandro Landes was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to a Colombian mother and Ecuadorian father. He studied literature, economics and architecture at Brown University, then went on to write for the Miami Herald and the syndicated- television talk show "Oppenheimer Presenta".
His first film, the documentary "Cocalero," premiered at Sundance 2007 and opened theatrically in more than ten countrie. With "Porfirio," he was a fellow at the Cinéfondation Residence and the Sundance Institute.
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Successful End to Bogota Youth Symphony Orchestra "Batuta"'s European Tour
After 10 concerts in Germany and Italy, the first international tour by the Bogota Youth Symphony Orchestra "Batuta" finished up with two concerts in Rome – one of them for the Pope. The 'Via dei Concerti' tour included concerts at the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin, in major city plazas and theaters in Trento, Verona, Florence and Cremona, home of the famed Stradivari family, creators of the world's most famous violins. The concerts garnered the attention of specialized press that had the following to say: "If this is the opening, and a rather unofficial one aimed at music lovers in Ferriere, we can expect total success in city plazas and theaters all along the "Via dei Concerti" in our province." (Cristian Brusamonti, La Libertá), and "They literally enchanted the audience with their impeccable precision, expressive technique and skill, power and contagious energy, not to mention the joy they exude when playing music. Music without borders or confines, which includes many cultures in its mix of Italian melodies and joyful Latin American rhythms and emotions." (Manuela Iannotta, La Cronaca di Piacenza).
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Our rehearsals were purely mechanical. I'd ask him to repeat the phrases because I was looking for something automatic; I didn't want him to think about what he was saying, I just wanted him there. We don't think and rethink most of the things we do or say during the course of a day; we just do them or say them. That's what I was looking for from Porfirio; I didn't want him to come across as anything other than what he is. I wanted to get away from acting and was looking for a presence (…)
I'm not all that interested in genres. I wasn't thinking in fiction or in documentary or trying to fit what I was trying to do into any one genre. I was producing sensations that seemed interesting to me. This led me to choose several real locations, people with no acting training, to create a kind of imagined reality. Much of what you see on the screen – the relationships and places – don't exist exactly as they appear; they're just pieces of reality that together create a parallel reality (…)
The premier in Cannes was very special, an incredible experience for me and for the film. From that moment on I realized people have a hard time classifying the film; it causes a strange and disquieting buzz. Documentary "fans" find it interesting, but so do those into fiction because of the very stylized direction and visual character, which contrasts with the natural feel of the people in it, the way they move through the spaces, a certain very natural presence especially in the actors. This particularly has created something unexpected and disquieting because people don't know how to label the film and they're unsure as to how much of what they're seeing does or doesn't exist in the "real" world. It's difficult to watch the film from a comfortable distance. This has happened in all the different places where it has screened.
Alejandro Landes, director of Porfirio, in an interview after winning the two awards in Biarritz
LuloFilms
Bogotá
Address: Cra. 7 No. 84-30 apt. 201, Bogotá D.C.
Phone: (+57) 1 6919141
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LuloFilms produces content for film, television and new media. It also coproduces and consults for projects by emerging and established filmmakers.
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dynamo
Bogotá
Address: Calle 80 # 8 - 44
Phone: (+571) 3453421 - (1-212) 2022156
info@dynamocapital.net
www.dynamocapital.net
Colombian film production, financing and consulting firm. Film credits include the feature film "Satanás" by Andi Baiz and Camila Loboguerrero's "Nochebuena", and the co-productions "Rabia" by director Sebastian Cordero, "Undertow" by Javier Fuentes, and David Serrano's "Una hora más en Canarias", among others. The company also manages the Hispanic Private Film Capital Fund I (FCPCH I), which is based in Colombia but focuses on film project investment throughout Iberoamerica.
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Teatro Jorge Eliecer Gaitán
Región: Bogota Region
Ciudad: Bogota
Departamento: Bogotá D.C
Nombre: Teatro Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Descripción: A 1887 Art deco style building. The main hall has a 1.745 audience capacity. Additionally it has a Teatrino, a hall of mirrors and Exhibition Alley.
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