Backlights

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Una historia contada a contraluz

Overview

While directing an anthology of short films through different regions of Colombia Helena and her director of photography, encounter through intense creative differences.

Genres

Comedy

Adventure

Drama

Production Companies

Disco Amarillo

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Cast

Helena Ospina

Isabella Faccini

Santiago Vergara

Martín Sarria

Antonio Rojas

Andrés Rojas Smit

Daniela Castro

Daniela Gomez

Carmen Caicedo

Stefanie Mora

Angustias

Alan Stevenson Velilla

Celestino Aldobrandi

Mateo Gutiérrez

El llanero

Francisco Roa

Jacobo Rusticuchi

José Fernando Villota

La muerte

Julio Crosswaithe

Papá Helena

Sergio Stevenson

The story takes us into the colorful pop-culture world of these four 13-year old friends, back in the days when video games were still a novelty. Mimaw and her friends Paolo, Kachi and Gilligan go on a journey of self-discovery together as they play games and wrestle with new dilemmas – puppy love, circumcision and other horror stories.

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The Color of Her Eyes

Apr 29, 2024

Kelsi doesn't think she could date her good friend Ryan, because they know "too much about each other," but quickly learns there's something he hasn't told her yet.

7.0

Nobody is Crazy

Aug 5, 2019

Rafa is a lonely teenager with OCD and his overwhelmed mother insists on giving him professional help or he will end up in a military school. Faced with the situation, he agrees to visit a self-help group where he meets a somewhat eccentric masked guy who states to be a time traveler. Rafa begins the search to find out if the young guy is who he says he is and came from the past or is simply a mental patient who escaped from an asylum.

6.8

L.I.E.

Sep 7, 2001

With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.

5.7

Private School

Jun 29, 1983

Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim's attention and trying to end his relationship with Christine. Meanwhile, Jim's friend Bubba embarks on a series of sexual escapades, including dressing up as a woman to access the girls' locker room. Despite Jim and Christine's efforts to spend some time alone, various shenanigans and schemes interfere.

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Norn

Sep 3, 2018

A young girl is approaching the end of a cycle, when she gets a visit from a goddess named Norn. Unaware of Norn's intentions, the girl is very excited to create a deep and intimate friendship with her. Until Norn tells her the truth.

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Children of the Jungle

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Follows the June 2023 rescue of four indigenous children — Lesly, Soleiny, Tien, and Cristin — after forty days in the Colombian Amazon.

6.2

White Water Summer

Jul 10, 1987

When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hopes to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.

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Eptá

Apr 28, 2023

English’s single word of ‘love’ leaves humankind painting all relationships with one brush. However, not all love is created equal.

6.1

I Saw the TV Glow

May 3, 2024

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

6.6

George Washington

Oct 27, 2000

Set in the landscape of a rural southern town, "George Washington" is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. Narrated by one of the children, the film follows the kids as they struggle to balance their own ambitions and relationships against a tragic lie.

6.9

Big Wednesday

May 26, 1978

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

5.9

On the Come Up

Sep 23, 2022

Sixteen-year-old Brianna Jackson is a gifted rapper who plans to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift up her family and do right by the legacy of her father, a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. However, when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose on her.

6.4

Pin Cushion

Jan 26, 2018

Super close mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes 'best friends' with Keely, Stacey and Chelsea. Used to being Iona's bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with Belinda, her neighbour.

5.7

La caza de brujas

Jan 1, 1967

When, in a very strict Catholic school, a teacher enters a bathroom and surprises two students engaged in forbidden sexual practices, some of their classmates do not know whether to remain silent or rat out their own friends when questioned by school authorities.

6.5

The Story of a Son

Jan 31, 2022

The shy eleven-year-old Justas lives a lonely life in the countryside with his wheelchair-bound mother. When Justas becomes infatuated with a mysterious girl, his obsession leads him to an unforeseen discovery.

5.8

The French Kissers

Jun 10, 2009

An awkward adolescent boy and his angst-ridden friends try their best to fit in amongst a cast of varied characters.

5.4

The Boy and the Pirates

Apr 13, 1960

Jimmy desires to be a pirate when one day he discovers a magic bottle on the beach. He makes a wish and suddenly finds himself aboard Blackbeard's ship. Soon he realizes that being a pirate isn't what he expected.

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Beyond Ghatanothoa

Feb 18, 2025

Leaving their sick village on a mission of aid, two Xelphins: the brave Kia and her anxious brother Tiyog must navigate the forest without disturbing their mountain god Ghatanothoa and the vicious creatures of darkness. But what are Kia's true intentions once they cross Beyond Ghatanothoa?