Jorge Cadena selected for EFP Future Frames 2019
Jorge Cadena, the Geneva-based Colombian director, will participate in the fifth edition of the EFP Future Frames – Generation NEXT of European Cinema programme with his short film THE JARARIJU SISTERS (2018) at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). Cadena completed his film as a graduate from the Film Master’s programme at ECAL/HEAD – Genève. The film was produced by GoldenEggProduction.
26.06.2019
At the proposal of SWISS FILMS, Jorge Cadena has been selected as one of ten promising European filmmakers to participate in the Future Frames – Generation NEXT of European Cinema programme of European Film Promotion EFP, held in conjunction with the KVIFF. In Karlovy Vary, he will present his graduation film THE JARARIJU SISTERS, which he created upon completion of his Master’s in Film at ECAL/HEAD – Genève. The film was produced by Gabriela Bussmann at GoldenEggProduction.
Special Mention for SOEURS JARARIJU at the Berlinale
The 21-minute fiction film celebrated its world premiere at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2018 and was subsequently screened at the Berlinale in the Generation 14plus section and honoured with a Special Mention. Most recently, the short film was shown at the Kiev International Film Festival Molodist and received a Special Mention for Best Student Film. THE JARARIJU SISTERS tells the story of two sisters from the Wayúu community in northern Columbia and is based on Cadena’s childhood memories. The film unveils the socio-cultural and ecological disaster caused by a coal mine.
Jorge Cadena was born in 1985 in Colombia and studied Photography in Buenos Aires before obtaining his BA from the Film Department at the Haute école d'art et de design (HEAD – Genève) in 2016 and his MA from ECAL/HEAD in 2018.
Cadena’s short documentary films LES TROIS HIRONDELLES (2016) and SONALI (2017) both premiered at Visions du Réel. He was honoured with a Tiger Award for his short film EL CUENTO DE ANTONIA (2016) at the International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR in 2017.
5th edition of Future Frames at KVIFF
During the KVIFF, emerging directing talents have the opportunity to present their films personally and establish valuable contacts in the international film industry. This year marks the fifth edition of the Future Frames Programme, organised by EFP in collaboration with the KVIFF and its new partner, Festival Scope. EFP offers its members a number of programmes for highlighting promising talents as well as networking: for example, Shooting Stars at the Berlinale or Producers on the Move in Cannes, for which SWISS FILMS also proposes emerging talents.
The KVIFF is one of the world’s oldest film festivals and takes place this year from June 28 to July 6, and the EFP Future Frames Programme from June 30 to July 3.
SWISS FILMS, June 4, 2019