So Much Tenderness

Bright and beautiful, 17-year-old Adelaida enjoys a comfortable family life with her parents in an apartment in Bogotá. But soon the cracks begin to show through the veneer of this picture perfect family.

Ana, Claudia, and Marinela, three Latin American women share their intimate experiences of immigrating to Canada while reflecting on themes of violence, belonging, motherhood, and reconciliation.

After receiving a gift from a mysterious stranger, a 7-year-old boy begins collecting small, delicate objects, retreating into the quiet sanctuary of his bedroom, his cocoon.

Alejandra, a young middle class woman from Bogotá, in her daily routines, capturing both her moments alone and her interactions with the world. A subtle, contemplative and deeply intimate examination of the way one young woman navigates the daunting terrain of sex, desire and identity.

A geopgraphical portrait of Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena, Colombia.

Spanning over 70 years, two women recount their experiences growing up in Colombia and immigrating to Canada. Intersecting with key moments in Colombian history, Vanishing Points is a polyphonic composition of mirrors, labyrinths, dreams, and nightmares that question the idea of perspective and the linearity of history and time.

To protect them from the evil eye, tradition says that newborns must be soaked and wrapped in a blanket from toe to neck for seven days. When her child is born, Hana decides to ignore what she believes to be an old superstition.

The 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 evidence the presence of the person filming, revealing their movement and their center; they are the record of a hesitation seeking balance, testimony to the measurement of time. In that sustained gaze that pursues the precision of a gesture, meanings and bewilderment suddenly unfold. Filming, then, is the construction of a logic permeated by speculation, which in turn fertilizes it.

Shot on grainy, amber-like Super 8, Lina Rodriguez’s elusive and evocative Ante Mis Ojos offers a fragmentary glimpse of Colombia's mythic Lake Guatavita, long considered the inspiration for the legend of El Dorado.

In their correspondence, the friendship between Jorge Lozano and Lina Rodríguez translates into an obvious creative complicity. Through a series of quiet, poetic flashes, the two filmmakers articulate a compelling reflection on the materials of cinema. A fascinating object mixing self-portraits, anonymous home movies and images shot in different South American countries.

A close study of Viennese statues that subtly reveals the complex history that continues to haunt contemporary Austria.

Impressions of an afternoon at the Cimetière du Montparnasse.