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UPDATED with video: Colombia's International Feature Oscar submission El ovido que seremos (English title: Memories of My Father) hails from Oscar-winning Spanish director Fernando Trueba and stars Spanish legend Javier Cámara. It's based on the memoir by Héctor Abad Faciolince about his father who was a doctor…

Monos, Alejandro Landes’ Spanish-language survival thriller that Neon acquired after its world premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival, is Colombia’s selection for the International Feature Film race at the 92nd Oscars. The news comes as Neon and co-distributor Participant Media ready for Monos‘ September 13…

Tensions are high along the border between Colombia and Venezuela, as a major push to deliver humanitarian aid could descend into violence on Saturday. On Friday, musicians held a Live Aid Venezuela concert in border town Cucuta, Colombia to pressure Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to let humanitarian aid into…

President Donald Trump tonight continued his endless Make America Great Again campaign rallies in advance of the midterm elections. This evening, the President was speaking at an airport hangar in Colombia, Missouri, where he attacked Democrats and specifically Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, who is…

Birds of Passage, a sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition in pursuit of material wealth, has been selected as Colombia’s official entry for the Foreign Language Film Oscar race, distributor The Orchard said today. The film is directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra — the respective producer and director…

In the final two games of Round 16 of the World Cup, Sweden will face off against Switzerland while Colombia will go toe-to-toe (literally) against England. As we inch closer to the Fourth of July, many will be celebrating the holiday by watching these matches live Tuesday. The Sweden vs. Switzerland match takes place…

Shakira, Sofia Vergara, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ugly Betty and even the well-mined exploits of Pablo Escobar are among the most famous cultural exports Colombia has given the world in the past few decades. Now, 101 years since it first produced a feature, the Latin American country is poised to add greatly to that…