2012: A Great Year for Colombian Film Industry 
Colombian films win major awards throughout the year on international festival circuit
The year is winding down and Colombia's film industry has had twelve great months. The number of films selected for major festivals around the world and the many awards in a variety of categories are proof of the current industry boom. Film festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastian, Busan, Utrecht, Warsaw, Annecy, Hiroshima, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Nueva York, Montreal and Havana, as well as a number of international foundations, recognized and honored the new vision of Colombian films like La Sirga, La Playa D.C., El Resquicio, Animalario, Los Retratos, Sofía y el terco, Chocó, Río, Minuto 200, Silencio en el Paraíso, Rodri, Nacer, Corta, Beatriz González ¿por qué llora si ya reí?, Pescador and projects such as Anna, Gente de bien, Cuentos de viejos, Buenaventura Mon Amour, Violencia, Tierra en la lengua, to name only a few.
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Colombia Takes Six Awards at Havana Film Festival 
Five Corales and a Special Mention from among the 22 productions representing the country in the Festival's 34th edition
Award-winning Colombian productions included the Colombian/Ecuadorian co-production Pescador by Sebastián Cordero, which won the Coral for Best Actor (Andrés Crespo) in the Official Fiction Competition; William Vega's La sirga won the First Coral for Best First Film; Carlos Osuna's Gordo, calvo y bajito, recieved the Third Coral for Best Animation; Sastre by César Andrés Heredia Cruz won a Special Jury Award in the Unpublished Screenplay Competition; Cocodrilos tomando el sol won in the Nuevas Miradas section and the documentary La Gorgona, historias fugadas by Camilo Botero won Posproducción ALBA Award "Nuestra América Primera Copia". Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza's Chocó won Radio Habana Cuba's Roque Dalton Alternate Award in the First Film category.
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Viviendo Positivamente Airs on NatGeo 
Colombian Francoise Nieto-Fong is executive producer of the project featuring four outstanding Latin American directors
The mini-series Viviendo Positivamente is sponsored by Coca-Cola and features stories of people who have fought against great obstacles to achieve positive changes in their communities. Production equipment arrived in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico and Peru to shoot episodes directed by Latin American luminaries including Argentinean Natalia Smirnoff (Rompecabezas), Brazilian Katia Lund (Notícias de uma Guerra particular), Mexican Carlos Carrera (El crimen del padre Amaro) and Colombian Ciro Guerra (Los viajes del viento). The program's executive producer, Colombian Francoise Nieto-Fong, will also be opening an office in Los Angeles to develop the documentary project Al otro lado to be directed by Giorgio Serafini.
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 | Françoise Nieto-Fong, Executive Producer of Viviendo Positivamente
This documentary producer and director founded Productora LAP in 2004 to offer production and media consulting services. She was the executive producer on 26 episodes of Expedición Natibo Visa, the first Latin American documentary series broadcast on the National Geographic channel combining content and advertising presence. She was a delegate producer for MTV in Colombia of concerts, reality shows and news and entertainment programs and also produced and directed current events reports in Latin America for the English language version of Aljazeera and directed Diarios de Alhajj in Panamá for Ajljazeera's documentary channel in the Middle East. She was also a producer on Los archivos privados de Pablo Escobar, a documentary released in theaters in Colombia and the US before being broadcast on television in throughout Latin America and Europe.
She was the executive producer of Margarita Martínez's documentary La selva en blanco and Corazón de hielo, filmed entirely in the Antarctic with support from Argentina's Antarctic Institute; Moviecity América Latina released both films in 2012. Recently she was executive producer for the Fox Latin American Channels and the Coca-Cola Company's Viviendo Positivamente.
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 | Colombia episode of the serie Viviendo Positivamente
Second episode of Viviendo Positivamente transmitted by NatGeo Latin America, which tells the story of Jehfersson, a 17 year old who dreams of becoming a soccer player in a neighborhood where violence and poverty are the norm, Ciudad Bolivar, a town in the Colombian capital that holds 93% of the city's poorest people.
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European Parliament Ratifies Free Trade Treaty with Colombia
On December 11, the European Parliament ratified, with 486 votes in favor and only 147 against, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Peru and Colombia. After more than three years of negotiations, the treaty will take effect during the first quarter of 2013. "This was an historical vote. The European Parliament has cast a convincing vote for a better future for Europeans and Colombians alike," stated Colombia's EU ambassador
Rodrigo Rivera. "The positive results of this vote recognize Colombia's progress in recent years and demonstrate a desire for the mutual benefits both parties will enjoy as they promote employment and growth in both Colombia and the EU," added the Ambassador. This treaty is the latest in commercial agreements reached between Colombia and Switzerland, Canada, the US and the European Union.
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Colombia has a very big opportunity right now because its people is very talented, has the technique and ability to continue making films. With its soap operas, movies scripts and can do serious things, comic, action, fear ... of all genres. It's a good time for the country and for Latinos in general.
John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor in an interview with the portal Terra, for the premiere of the film in Colombia El Paseo 2, which is the protagonist.
3da2 Animation Studios
Bogotá
Phone: (+57) 310 6961700 - 312 4823886
lilianarincon@3da2animation.com
www.3da2animation.com
Colombian animation studio, headed by Sergio Mejía Vallejo, Liliana Rincón and Andrés Forero Serna, that specializes in character animation. Since 2007 the studio has produced 2D and 3D animated short films for affiliated agencies of United Nations and international support organizations. Provides services of development, design, script, production, sound, music composition, post production 2D and 3D animation, character design and animation, cabezotes in 2D and 3D animation, motion graphics, developing storyboards, shooting, design and animation logos.
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Contento Films
Medellín
Address: Cra. 32 No.5G - 51, Provenza El Poblado
Phone: (+57) 323 8484276 / (+574) 4481668 / (+1) 415 5958539
www.facebook.com/Contentofilms
https://twitter.com/#!/contentofilms
info@contentofilms.com
www.contentofilms.com
The company produces cinematographic content ensuring the highest quality in all their products. Because of Colombia's competitive advantage in terms of audiovisual production, given the low costs and high quality productions resulting from the development of the country's renowned television industry, CONTENTO has convinced the world of the benefits of producing in our country, and with CONTENTO, by offering excellent technicians and experienced human resources capable of developing any project. The company enjoys solid strategic alliances with post-production studios offering 3D animation, CGI, Vfx, and off-line and on-line editing in order to participate in all stages and processes required when creating a product, from conception of the idea through final production.
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Ciudad Bolívar neighborhood
Región: Bogota Region
Ciudad: Bogota
Departamento: Bogotá D.C
Nombre: Barrio Ciudad Bolivar
Descripción: It is located at the southwest of the city. The urban area of Ciudad Bolivar is a predominantly low-income district full of slums. However, most of the territory is rural.
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