Rubén Mendoza
2021Señorita María: la falda de la montaña
Rubén Mendoza
María Luisa Fuentes Burgos
María Luisa is a transgender woman living in a staunchly catholic town. The horrors of rural life in Colombia with all its morality have done nothing but increase the power of this solitary soul. Shunned from birth, from the womb, she has found in the secrets she holds, in her love of animals, in the labyrinth of her faith, a way of dealing with a world that has done nothing but despite her for reasons beyond her control, reasons that have victimized her from the start. But our Miss is as mighty as a stalk of wheat, impervious even to earthquakes, and although she has known much sorrow, there is none powerful enough to exhaust her tears or wipe away her smile.
Miss María, Skirting the Mountain
La Cerca
Rubén Mendoza
Hernán Méndez, Daniel Páez
Francisco Maldonado is sadly involved in a series of dreams that have tormented him, in which generally he, wielding multiple weapons (the machete, the shotgun, his own mother) attacks his father, with whom he has lost intense contact since the death of his mother. This December 31, the old man, Don Juan Cristo, his father, with whom he also adjoins his farm, appears again at his door, so that they finally agree, on this last day of the term after ten years of the death of his mother , the destruction of the fence that divides their lands, so that she stops being a soul in pain, and so that the municipality does not take these lands at its will.
The Fence
La sociedad del semáforo
Rubén Mendoza
Alexis Zúñiga, Abelardo Jaimes
By applying all his knowledge in electricity and electronics, Raúl Tréllez, a bum who lives in the downtown streets of Bogotá, struggles to control the time of a red light so that jugglers, cripples and other homeless people can achieve longer shows in the red light corner.
La sociedad del semáforo
Niña errante
Rubén Mendoza
Lina Sánchez Calderón, Loren Paz Jara
Teenager Ángela meets her three adult step-sisters for the first time when their father dies. Fearing that Ángela will end up in state custody, the sisters embark on a 900-mile journey across Colombia to leave the young girl with an aunt she doesn't even know. During this journey, Ángela will discover what it means to be a woman.
Wandering Girl
Tierra en la lengua
Rubén Mendoza
Jairo Salcedo, Gabriel Mejía
A grandfather, in the final stage of his existence, asks two of his grandchildren to kill him because he wants to die by the hand of someone who bears his own blood. However, the young children discover a truth that will make them take the opposite decision.
Dust on the Tongue
Santuaryo
Monti Parungao
Jun Jun Quintana, Ardie Bascara
Santuaryo is a movie that centers on the unfolding narration of a young man named Archie (Basti Romero). Archie went looking for a lost treasure when he came into the possession of an ancient map left by an old adventurer. His journey left him battered and cloudy with memories as he was found drifting on the ocean and later rescued by island fishermen. When his long time lover, William (Will Sandejas) arrives at his side, he is forced to painfully recall what happened to him and describes how he crossed paths with a group of boys looking for the same treasure. In the end, Archie realizes what is most valuable in life and it is in his relationship with William that he finds his greatest fortune. Panoramic and provoking. Santuaryo is ultimately a hypothesis about the behavioral mutations of a group of boys when faced with desperate circumstances.
Santuaryo
