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AMAZONA
by Clare Weiskopf
SYNOPSIS
Val swapped family life for seclusion in the Colombian jungle. Now pregnant, her daughter, film director Clare Weiskopf confronts her with the choices she made in an attempt to heal her wounds and define motherhood before becoming a parent herself.
DETAILS
82 mins
2016
Colombia
Spanish
TRAILER
CREDITS
Director: Clare Weiskopf
Co-director: Nicolas Van Hemelryck
Producer: Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas Van Hemelryck
Camera and Sound: Nicolas Van Hemelryck
Editor: Gustavo Vasco
Screenplay: Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas Van Hemelryck, Gustavo Vasco
Music: Camilo Sanabria, Val
Sound Design: Andres Silva
BIOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR - CLARE WEISKOPF
A filmmaker and journalist, Clare Weiskopf has spent more than ten years working on various social issues, ranging from the armed conflict in Colombia and sexual violence as a weapon of war to the spread of cumbia music in Latin America and Europe. She was twice a winner of the Simon Bolivar Colombian National Journalism Award. She was selected for IDFAcademy and Dok.Incubator, and her projects have won financial support from the IDFA Bertha Fund, the Tribeca Film Institute Fund, and the Colombian Film Fund (Proimagenes-FDC). She recently finished directing a documentary series for television for RCN-TV in Colombia ‘2012: Chronicles of the End of the World’ and one for Señal Colombia ‘Los Colores del Futbol.’
SELECT FESTIVALS
IDFA 2016〡DOC NYC 2017〡THESSALONIKI 2017〡MILLENNIUM DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY 2017〡DOCUDAYS 2017〡DOCS BARCELONA 2017〡ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL〡ZAGREBDOX 2017〡BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017〡EDINBURGH 2017
PRESS
"Intriguing... striking"
- The Hollywood Reporter
"Its unexpected inlets are worth the trip."
- Eye for Film
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