Juan Sebastián Sarmiento Bazzani
Directing
Biography
Juan Sebastián is a Colombian film director and producer. Notable among his projects as a director are: "5´45´", a short film winner of the India Catalina award at the FICCI 2010; the short film "Mistery land", an official selection of the Colombian Film Festival NY; and the fantastic short film "La fábrica de octopus", an official selection of the FICCI 2013. He also served as associate producer for the film "Señoritas", an official selection of the FICCI and TIFF in 2013; producer of the fiction feature film "Antofagasta, New York", premiered at FicGibara 2018; and the documentary feature film "Hermanas". He won the award for animated short film production to create the documentary animation "Antes de las 4".
Known For
Alejandra, a young middle class woman from Bogotá, in her daily routines, capturing both her moments alone and her interactions with the world. A subtle, contemplative and deeply intimate examination of the way one young woman navigates the daunting terrain of sex, desire and identity.
Señoritas
Downtown Bogotá is filled with passages, myths, and secrets that its citizens don't want to unveil. Rodrigo goes after a pickpocket only to discover a portal to a labyrinth.
Octopus' Factory
An intimate documentary that reveals the daily life, life and love of Colombian women. Without men around, this film tells the life stories of four sisters during their vacations on a family farm. A feminist film full of humor where the mother and aunts are the central axis of the work. A work that reveals independent and modern women, women of dignity, integrity and true to themselves.
Hermanas
Darío (54) has been working for 30 years as a taxi driver in Bogotá. Day by day, he faces the dangers in the streets amidst funny stories he tells his passengers. The journey he most remembers happened on a cold morning in 1999 when a mysterious doctor asked him to take her to the San José hospital.