MiradasDoc delivers its awards tomorrow in a
closing gala that recognizes Luis' career
Ospina
The Festival closes the thirteenth edition at 8:00 p.m. in the
Guia de Isora Auditorium
The International Documentary Film Festival and Market puts the point tomorrow, Saturday
finalize this edition with a closing gala that will take place at the Guía Auditorium
de Isora starting at 8:00 p.m. It will be the moment in which they will meet and
will present the awards of the official section: feature film, short film, debut film and
national. On the closing day, the director's career will also be recognized,
Colombian screenwriter and producer, Luis Ospina (1949-2019), who, this year, welcomes
posthumously awarded the Festival's Personal Mirada Award.
MiradasDoc has screened the author's works during this edition: three feature films La
supreme unease: incessant portrait of Fernando Vallejo (2003), It all began with
end (2015), Hey See (1972), A paper tiger (2007) and Agarando pueblo (1978). Are
The last two will be screened tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. respectively.
Biography and career
Luis Ospina was born in the city of Cali on June 14, 1949. To his credit, he has
more than thirty titles, most of them in the documentary genre, from different periods and
formats, from Super 8 to digital video. “I believe that my true calling has been
documentary,” Ospina acknowledged in an interview.
He was co-founder of the magazine Ojo al Cine, a project he created together with Andrés Caicedo,
Carlos Mayolo and Ramiro Arbeláez. This was the foundation of what is known as the
Grupo de Cali or Caliwood, the group of artists that renewed Colombian cinema in the
decade of the seventies, one of the most brilliant generations of culture
Colombian.
From here he would begin a constant production that would lead him to direct
fiction feature films such as Pura Sangre (1982) and Soplo de vida (1999);
short films such as Acto de fe (1970) and Agarrando pueblo (1978). directed
documentaries, among them, Andrés Caicedo: a few good friends (1986) and A
paper tiger (2007)
The Colombian filmmaker had recognition not only at the national level but also
It was also awarded at various international festivals such as Oberhausen,
Biarritz, Havana, Sitges, Bilbao, Lille, Miami, Lima, Caracas and Toulouse. Your reviews
and chronicles were in Ojo al Cine, Kinetoscopio, El Pueblo, Cine, El Malpensante,
Number and Cinematheque.
His last film, Everything began at the end (2015), was conceived as a journey through his
past and cinematographic career and ended up capturing his present reality: that of the
fights cancer, which led to his death last September 2019.
