Film description
The Squad
Direction: Jaime Osorio.Countries: Colombia.
Year: 2011.
Genre: Fiction, Thriller.
Format: 35mm.
Duration: 100 min.
Cast
Producers: Federico Durán, Steven Grisales, Gaston Rothschild. Cast: Juan Pablo Barragan, Alejandro Aguilar, Juan David Restrepo, Andres Castañeda, Mauricio Naves.
Synopsis
A special high mountain military unit is sent to a military base with which they have lost contact with and is believed to have been the target of an attack. Upon arrival they find only a woman in chains. The isolation, the incapacity to communicate and the impossibility of escape serve to undermine the soldiers’ judgment.
Awards
- Biarritz Film Festival 2011, France.
- Fantastic Fest Film Festival 2011, USA.
- Sitges Film Festival 2011, Spain.
Director's Bio
Jaime Osorio was born in Colombia in October 30, 1975. Between 1995 and 1999 he attended the University of Rennes II in France. Since his return to Colombia in 2000 he has served as commercial director for companies such as Teleset, Republica Films, Rhayuela Films, and Los Sopranos in Venezuela. The Squad is his first feature-length film.
Screening schedule
| April, 19th at 9:30 PM | Quad Cinema |
| April, 20th at 7:00 PM | The Museum of the Moving Image |
HFFNY news
- The 13th annual Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) runs April 12-20 with more than 40 highly anticipated and influential films from and about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the U.S. including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and the U.S. More
- 19 films will be competing to receive the third Havana Star Prize for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, as <a href=http://www.clreplicas.co.uk/>Christian Louboutin outlet</a> well as the second Havana Star Prize for Best Documentary, which will be awarded on April 20th at the Closing Night ceremony. More
- Proud to pay tribute to those influential figures of the Latin American cinema, the festival honors Cuban actress Eslinda Nuñez. For more than 40 years, Eslinda has participated in some of the most important films made in Cuba. More
- HFFNY is also honoring one of the masters of the art of photography, cinematographer Raul Perez Ureta.
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