Destacados
Screenings
For yet another year, Cine Colombia Avenida Chile opens its doors to become one of our screening venues.
Next to it, the magical Casa Ark, with its republican style and avantgarde facilities, joins us to be one of BAM’s screening venues for 2022.
A total of eleven Colombian fiction and documentary films (six feature films and five short films) either in the post-production stage or recently finished, are part of the 13th edition of BAM to begin their journey in search of premieres, festivals, or sales agents. This year, seven of them want to invite all accredited BAM participants to meet again in front of the big screen to be the first to experience the emotions that these national films bring us, which are very close to being ready to go out into the world and take their first steps.
Cine Colombia
C.C. Avenida Chile
Cl. 72 # 10 - 34
Casa Ark
Cl. 70 # 9 - 75
Feature Films
AGUA SALÁ | SALT WATER
Steven MORALES PINEDA
Esuna Casa Audiovisual
93 min. | Fiction / Drama
Thusrday 14 - 11:00 am | Cine Col
Friday 15 - 4:00 pm | Casa Ark
Synopsis
Synopsis
After more than 20 years, Jacobo is reunited with José Luis, a Catholic priest on the verge of retiring from the clergy due to accusations of child abuse against him. It is to José Luis that Jacobo attributes the cracks in his soul since he was a child, when he left town without saying goodbye. However, in addition to resentment of the priest’s abandonment, Jacobo’s now adult heart harbors mixed feelings of love and lust for this man of God.
TODAS LAS FLORES (ANTES DIANA DE SANTA FE | ALL THE FLOWERS
Carmen OQUENDO-VILLAR
Armadillo: New Media & Films
71 min. | Documental
Thusrday 14 - 2:00 pm | Cine Col
Friday 15 - 11:00 am | Casa Ark
Synopsis
Synopsis
Brothels are rarely considered safe or dignified. In the center of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, a country torn by decades of violent armed conflict, there is a tiny brothel that functions as a refuge for sex workers in Santafé, an area that concentrates all the miseries of a bloodied region. All The Flowers builds an intimate portrait of Tabaco y Ron, a small-scale brothel that protects immigrants in a seedy area where sex is the outstanding commodity. Within its boundaries, the brothel offers an oasis for people desperately fleeing war who arrive completely alone, unprotected and traumatized by armed conflict. All The Flowers presents a complex portrait of this brothel, this neighborhood and its inhabitants' fierce will to flourish.
ULTRAVIOLENCIA | ULTRAVIOLENCE
Marco VÉLEZ ESQUIVIA
2/4 Producciones
92 min. | Fiction / Thriller - Terror
Thusrday 14 - 4:00 pm | Cine Col
Friday 15 - 2:00 pm | Casa Ark
Synopsis
Synopsis
Francisco, a renowned editor, agrees to work on a new film. The hermit editor becomes obsessed with the protagonist’s story, who was kidnapped by a man in the basement of his house, and wants to change the ending of the film so that she can save herself. The director and the production company refuse his changes, but Francisco enlists the help of Eva, a post-production assistant. When they are discovered, Francisco will have to become the villain of his own story.
Short Films
Thusrday 14 - 2:15 pm Casa Ark
Saturday 16 – 4:15 pm Cine Col
BANG | BANG
Jairo Alberto GONZÁLEZ LONDOÑO
Perrenque Media Lab
14 min. | Fiction / Drama
Synopsis
Synopsis
Roberto and Laura have been married for 15 years. After what looks like a wedding night, they get to the hotel room drunk and happy where they celebrate, toast, and make love. Laura’s joy at the thought of freedom is greater than Roberto’s sadness who, faced with his wife’s paralysis from the waist down, gives in to love. The time has come to execute the plan: Roberto takes out two guns, loads them, they take each other’s hands, bring them up to their mouths, close their eyes, and count to three...
EL BAILE | EL BAILE
Pedro Pablo VEGA
Etincella Films
15 min. | Children
Synopsis
Synopsis
Andrés’s shoe has a huge hole at the tip of his toes. It’s so big that his big toe looks like it wants to escape through it. Usually it wouldn’t bother him, but tomorrow is the school dance, and Mariana, the girl of his dreams, has insisted that she wants to dance with him. Andrés only has one day to come up with a solution to this problem and make sure he is dressed impeccably for the date he has waited so long for. He either repairs his only pair of shoes or gets some new ones.
NEGRO EL MAR | BLACK THE SEA
Juan David MEJÍA VÁSQUEZ
Corporación Fecisla
16 min. | Fiction / Drama
Synopsis
Synopsis
Arnaldo is a 50-year-old skinny, black musician. He spends his days between odd jobs, Bohemia, and the presence of his thoughts. His days consist of songs and earning money so that his daughter, who lives elsewhere, can go and study in the city. Due to a lack of options, he is also determined to leave the island with the help of his friend Miguel, who tells him about the possibility of leaving by boat. Arnaldo looks out at the horizon, and although he has his doubts, the mysticism of the sea calls him and he decides to go, after leaving the only thing he has with Miguel.
NENECO | NENECO
Sara J. ASPRILLA PALOMINO, Karol MORA ALBARRACÍN
IX Fieras
18 min. | Fiction / Drama
Synopsis
Synopsis
Neneco and Anwar are two teenagers who live in Bahía Cupica, Chocó. Faced with the illness of Neneco’s little sister, they take their load of laundry to wash, but the presence of two women at the river leads them to explore beyond their town until sunset, revealing Cupica’s past and the path to the Cacique river.