A feature documentary by Juan José Lozano
SYNOPSIS
Hollman Morris is an internationally acclaimed journalist whose weekly television show, Contravía, boldly confronts the violence that ravages his homeland of Colombia. Though he has won prestigious awards abroad, at home he is faced with death threats and intimidation putting a strain on his family life.
A DOLCE VITA FILMS – INTERMEZZO FILMS coproduction with TELEVISION SUISSE ROMANDE – SSR SRG IDEE SUISSE, ans support from the CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINEMATOGRAPHIE and LA VILLE DE GENEVE – DEPARTEMENT DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES, LE DEPARTEMENT DE L’INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE DU CANTON DE GENEVE
SOLIDARITE INTERNATIONALE DU CANTON DE GENEVE, LA DIRECTION DU DEVELOPPEMENT ET DE LA COOPERATION (SUISSE), AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, LE FONDS REGIO, POURCENT CULTUREL MIGROS and LA LOTERIE ROMANDE
FESTIVALS
04/08 NYON (Best Swiss Documentary Award)
08/08 IFF LOCARNO
09/08 IFF TORONTO
09/08 FILMAR EN AMERICA LATINA GENEVE (Public Award)
10/08 DOK LEIPZIG
12/08 IFF LA HAVANE
12/08 WATCH DOCS, VARSOVIE
01/09 SLAMDANCE
01/09 IFF ROTTERDAM
01/09 SOLEURE FILM FESTIVAL
01/09 FIPA, BIARRITZ
02/09 FICCO CINEMEX, MEXICO
03/09 FFDPM, MONTREAL
03/09 FESTIVAL DU FILM LATINOAMERICAIN, TOULOUSE
03/09 DOK FEST, MUNICH
04/09 MOVIES THAT MATTER, LA HAYE
Cast & Crew
- Script: Juan José LOZANO
- Image: Sergio MEJIA
- Sound: Carlos IBANEZ DIAZ
- Editor: Ana ACOSTA
- Mixing: Frédéric BIELLE
- Original score: Vincent HÄNNI & Gabriel SCOTTI
- Producers: Marc IRMER & Isabelle GATTIKER
Duration: 85 minutes
Shooting format: HD Cam
Screening Format: 35mm 1:1,85 – DCP