César Augusto Acevedo
Directing
Biography
César Augusto Acevedo (Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 1987) is a screenwriter and film director from Cali, who won an award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival for his film La tierra y la sombra. He also graduated with honors from the School of Social Communication at the Universidad del Valle with the script for the same film. He has made two short films: Los Pasos del Agua and La Campana, the latter winner of the Colombian Film Development Fund. He was co-writer and assistant to Óscar Ruiz Navia on the film Los Hongos, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. He has participated in the making of other films such as El vuelco del cangrejo and La sirga.
Known For
It is about two ghosts, a mother and son, search for the boy’s missing father on a journey, both physical and spiritual, through a world ravaged by war. Only through great sacrifice will they mend the fragile bonds that bind them and perhaps find redemption.
Horizon
Alfonso is an old farmer who has returned home to tend to his son, who is gravely ill. He rediscovers his old house, where the woman who was once his wife still lives, with his daughter-in-law and grandson. The landscape that awaits him resembles a wasteland. Vast sugar cane plantations surround the house, producing perpetual clouds of ash. 17 years after abandoning them, Alfonso tries to fit back in and save his family.
Land and Shade
Ras is a graffiti artist from the city of Cali who works in construction, he works during the day and paints walls at night. One day he is caught stealing cans of paint from the construction site where he works, for which he is fired. With no money, he will look for Calvin, another popular urban artist. Both will circulate through the streets without a fixed destination, spreading their art to every corner.
Los Hongos
Two humble fishermen who live in a forgotten hamlet near to the Cauca river, discovered that a dead body had been tangled in their cast net. Failing to give notice to the authorities, they decided that it would be more humane to bury him, so they start dragging the dead body towards the jungle.