Keisi wakes up one morning with the obsession of escaping into the thick of nature that has been stalking her lately. The art gallery she works for is her nightmare while an exhibited photograph there, her fantasy.

Selections

20° Bogoshorts - Competencia ficción nacional - Colombia - 2022 - World/National Premiere* + Best Performance* + Best Sound Design*
52° International Film Festival Rotterdam - Short & Mid-length Programme - Netherlands - 2023 International/Europe Premiere*
20° Dublin International Film Festival - International Shorts - Ireland - 2023
9° Fecisla - Selección Raíces de mangle - Colombia - 2023
37° BFI Flare - International Shorts Competition - UK - 2023
23° Landshut Short Film Festival - International Competition - Germany - 2023
37° Fribourg International Film Festival - International Competition - Switzerland - 2023
12° Philadelphia Latino Film Festival - International Competition - United States - 2023
22° Festival internacional de la Imagen - Cine y digital - Colombia - 2023
9° Espacio Queer - Competencia internacional de cortos - Argentina - 2023
22° Ciclo Rosa - Muestra de cortos nacionales - Colombia - 2023
23° Korea Queer Film Festival - Short Films - South Korea - 2023
32° Gaze International LGBTQ+ Film Festival - Official Selection - Ireland - 2023
35° Vancouver Queer Film Festival - International Shorts - Canada - 2023
34° Curta Kinoforum Sao Paulo - Mostra Latino-americana - Brazil - 2023
2° Festival Salvaje - Selección nacional - Colombia - 2023
17° Festival internacional de cine de Gibara - Selección oficial de ficción - Cuba - 2023
3° Cinemancia - Retrospectiva Las Vorágines - Colombia - 2023
15° Festival internacional de cine Cortos Cali - Selección Nacional - Colombia - 2023
6° Cut To: Gent Short Film Festival - International Competition - Belgium - 2023
3° Festival de cine independiente Laberinto - Competencia cortometraje nacional - Colombia - 2023
18° Shorts México - Muestra internacional de cortos queer - CDMX - 2023
9° Taiwan International Queer Film Festival - International Shorts - Taipei - 2023
33° Oslo Fusion International Film Festival - International Shorts - Norway - 2023
6° Festival internacional de cine de Norte de Santander - Muestra El ser humano - Colombia - 2023
A Kiss in the Dessert - Tales of Motion - Maqamāt Programme - Egypt - 2023
10° Taiwan International Queer Film Festival - Gay Programme - 2023
28° LesGaiCineMad - Cine Disidente - Madrid - 2023
31° Mix Brasil - A resistência é um grito Programme - Sao Paulo - 2023
10° Asterisco - Competencia latinoamericana de cortos - Argentina - 2023
29° Chéries-Chéris - Queer Programme - Paris - 2023
12° Festival audiovisual de los Montes de María - Selección oficial - Colombia - 2023
15° Short Waves Festival - MOVES Competition - Poland - 2023
8° Festival Cuórum Morelia - Competencia oficial Camelina de Plata - México - 2023
17° Festival internacional de cine de Villa de Leyva - Competencia profesional Colombia - Colombia - 2023

Prices

20° Bogoshorts - Competencia ficción nacional - Colombia - 2022 - World/National Premiere* + Best Performance* + Best Sound Design*

Daniel Mateo Vallejo

Audiovisual & Multimedia Communicator from University of Antioquia and co-founder of Cinespécimen collective where he works as director, writer, producer and distributor. In 2021 he's invited to Locarno Industry Academy - Panamá thanks to his low budget short films distribution project. In 2022 he finishes and distributes his second professional fiction short film Vienen las grietas (Cracks Will Come) that has its International Premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 and wins Best Performance and Best Sound Design Awards at 20° Bogoshorts Film Festival. It’s also selected as part of the 37° editions of Fribourg International Film Festival and BFI Flare.