THE RED TREE
Stage: Distribution / Festivals
In association with In Vivo Films, HD Cinema, Blond Indian, Biomanos Corporation.
International Sales Agent: The Open Reel.
SYNOPSIS
When his father dies, Eliécer is left to care for the half-sister he’s never met, called Esperanza. His mission is to take the girl to the capital to find the mother who abandoned her as a baby. The decision not to take responsibility for the girl, and the fulfilment of his duty, oblige Eliécer to set out on a journey on which he will accept the company of Toño, the young boatman whose dream is to make it to the city to become a boxing champion. At the end of the road, Eliécer must decide if he wants the home and family that he and Esperanza had lost.
CREDITS
Genre: Drama.
Country: Colombia – Panamá.
Duration: 94 min.
Director: Joan Gómez Endara.
Producer: Sonia Barrera Gutiérrez, Joan Gómez Endara, Viviana Gómez Echeverry.
Screenplay: Joan Gomez Endara, Ivan Sierra Sanjurjo.
Cast: Carlos Vergara, Shaday Velasquez, Jhoyner Salgado.
Executive Producer: Iván Sierra Sanjurjo, Joan Gómez Endara, Viviana Gómez Echeverry, Sonia Barrera Gutiérrez.
Executive Producer Panamá: Boris Villalaz, María Cecilia “Moro” Arias.
Associate producer: Louise Bellicaud, Claire Charles Gervais, Carlos E. García, María Alejandra Mosquera, Carlos Vergara, Gustavo Torres Gil, Marta Cecilia Torres Gil.
Cinematography: Mateo Guzmán Sánchez – ADFC.
Producer Design: Ramsés Benjumea Torres – ATAAC.
Editing: Mauricio Lleras Salazar.
Original Music: Camilo Sanabria.
Casting Director: John Bedoya Castaño.
Costume Designer: Jenny Ramírez.
Sound Design: Carlos E. García.
Sound: Luis Augusto Lasso.
Piper Music: Owen “Chiri” Chamorro, Oscar Mauricio Hernández.
First Assistant director: Joacenith Vargas.
Field Producer: Miguel Antonio Zanguña, Angie Gómez Pinilla.
FESTIVALS
First feature competition “Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival” Estonia, 2021. (World Premiere).
Official selection “Pantalla Latina Film Festival” St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2021.
Selection “International Film Festival of India, Goa” – World Panorama 2021.
Official selection “International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias” Colombia, 2022.
Official selection “¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival” Manchester, England, 2022.
Official selection “Toulouse Latin America Film Festival” France, 2022.
Official selection “Festival Ojoloco du cinéma ibérique et latino-américain de Grenoble” France 2022 – Fiction competition.
Ibero-American Competition “Seattle International Film Festival” USA, 2022.
Official selection “Chicago Latino Film Festival” USA, 2022.
Official selection “Colombian Film Festival” New York, USA, 2022.
Official selection Windows on the World “African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival ” Milan, Italy, 2022 – Feature Film Competition.
Official selection “Festival Internacional de Cine de las Alturas” Jujuy, Argentina, 2022.
FESTIVALS AWARDS
Colombian Fictions Award – Amazone Prime Video (Colombian films in the official selection) “International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias” Colombia, 2022.
Special Mention “Colombian Film Festival” New York, USA, 2022.
Rail d’Oc Award “Toulouse Latin America Film Festival” France, 2022.
CCAS Award “Toulouse Latin America Film Festival” France, 2022.
City of Milan Audience Award “African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival ” Milan, Italy, 2022.
SUPPORTS AND AWARDS
Selection “Work in Progress” Ventana Sur Latam Audiovisual Market.
Selection at the “Cine en Construcción” of the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Ibermedia production stimulus for Ibero-American films.
Prize of Ibermedia for projects in Development.
Selection at the International Meeting of Producers of the International Festival of Cartagena de Indias- FICCI.
Selection in the “Producers Workshop Premium” of the Marche du Film.
Selection in the SØRFOND Pitching Forum. Oslo-Norway.
Selection at the “Rotterdam Lab- Cinemart”, Rotterdam International Festival.
Selection “Work in Progress” Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival – FICCI.
Prize of postproduction Fondo de Desarrollo Cinematografico (F.D.C) -Colombia.
Prize “Mercosur Audiovisual” (Work in progress). Florianopolis- Brasil.
Screening Laboratory Selection of Oaxaca- Mexico.
Selection at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Havana Cuba. Unpublished script contest.
Selection in the Audiovisual Market of Bogotá (BAM). Bogota Colombia.
Selection for the workshop “Produire au Sud” of the Festival des 3 Continents de Nantes. Caracas Venezuela.
Selection in the Writing Fund of the International Film Festival of Amiens-France.