Los Hongos
Óscar Ruiz Navia
year of production
2014
synopsis
Ras is a young man living in Cali. His mother Maria is a sweet woman who came to live in Cali from the tropical Pacific coast. During the day Ras works as a construction worker, earning money that he needs to support his mother. At night he sprays graffiti on the walls of his neighbourhood. He cannot sleep and starts daydreaming. His mother is increasingly worried, thinking he might be possessed or end up insane. One day, Ras is fired for stealing several cans of paints that he need to spray a big mural on his house. With no money he wanders through the city, looking for Calvin, another graffiti artist who studies art. He too is in a difficult situation because his family is disintegrating and his grandmother is ill with cancer. The two young man meander through the town and like two mushrooms they contaminate their environment with an immense sense of liberty
production
unafilm / Titus Kreyenberg
in co-production with
Contravia Films, Burning Blue, Campo Cine, Arizona Films
cast
Jovan Alexis Marquinez, CalvinBuenaventura, Atala Estrada, Gustavo Ruiz, Dominique Tonellier, Maria Evira Solis, Angela García
financiers
Desarrollo Cinematografico Colombia, Torino Film Lab, World Cinema Fund, Cinefondation, Ibermedia, Buenos Aires Lab, The Global Film Initiative
sales
Figa Films
german distribution
unafilm
world premiere
Locarno 2014
festivals and awards
Rotterdam IFF, Miami IFF, Tokyo IFF
Torino Film Lab, Dioraphte Award
Rotterdam IFF, Hubert Bals Fund Lions Film Award
Special Jury Award - Filmmakers of the Present Lorcarno IFF
Torino Film Lab, Dioraphte Award
Rotterdam IFF, Hubert Bals Fund Lions Film Award
Special Jury Award - Filmmakers of the Present Lorcarno IFF
category
feature