ALIS

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

How to imagine your future when you were born without opportunities?
Teenage girls who lived on the unforgiving streets of Bogota, close their eyes and dream up Alis, a fictional classmate.
Their soulful narrative reveals an amazing strength to break the cycle of violence and embrace a brighter future.

Production country: COLOMBIA | ROMANIA | CHILE
Produced by CASATARANTULA | deFilm | PANTALLA CINES
With the support of PROIMÁGENES COLOMBIA FDC DEVELOPMENT 2019 | PROGRAMA IBERMEDIA DEVELOPMENT 2019 | PROGRAMA IBERMEDIA COPRODUCTION 2020 | CATAPULT FILM FUND 2020 | SUNDANCE INSTITUTE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM with the support of OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS and JUST FILMS | FORD FOUNDATION 2020 + 2021 | IDFA BERTHA FUND with the support of CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA PROGRAM 2021 | AVANPOST 2021 | THE ROMANIAN FILM CENTER 2021 | PROIMÁGENES COLOMBIA FDC DEVELOPMENT 2021 | ROMANIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION 2021 | CHICKEN & EGG PICTURES 2021
Running time: 84 min
Original language: Spanish
International sales: Latido Films
Premiere: Berlinale Generation 14plus 2022
Released: 2022

Writer: TATIANA ANDRADE | ANNE FABINI | GUSTAVO VASCO | CLARE WEISKOPF | NICOLÁS VAN HEMELRYCK
Director: CLARE WEISKOPF | NICOLÁS VAN HEMELRYCK
Producer: RADU STANCU | ALEXANDRA GALVIS
Director of Photography: HELKIN RENÉ DÍAZ G. [ADFC]
Editor: GUSTAVO VASCO [ECCA] | ANNE FABINI
Sound : PATRICK ALEXANDER
Sound design and mix: MARIUS LEFTĂRACHE
Production manager: LAURA TABORDA
Associate producer: MARÍA VIRGINIA RODRÍGUEZ | GEORGINA TERÁN | FRANCISCO FORERO
Executive producer: LISE LENSE-MOLLER | VLAD RADULESCU | NICOLÁS VAN HEMELRYCK | CLARE WEISKOPF | RAMONA GRAMA

DocMontevideo Pitching Forum – WEMW Award | 2020
IDFA Forum Pitch- Best Project Award | 2020
WEMW – Time Machine | 2021
La Fabrique Cinema – Cannes FF – L’Institute Francais | 2021
IDFA Forum Rough Cut Presentation | 2021

Berlinale Generation 14plus | Crystal Bear for the Best Film | 2022
Berlinale | Teddy Award for Documentary Film | 2022
Guadalajara Film Festival | Iberomerican Documentary Prize | 2022
New Directors New Films Festival | Golden Lynx Documentary Award | 2022
Biarritz Amerique Latine Film Festival | Audience Award and Youth Jury Award | 2022
Chicago International Film Festival | Gold Hugo Award and Special Mention| 2022
Festival De Cine De Lima | Gio Award for Best Documentary | 2022
Mix Copenhagen LGBTQ+ Film Festival | Lili Award Best Documentary | 2022
Panorama De Cinema Columbien | Audience Award for Best Feature | 2022
Sheffield Film Festival | Youth Jury Award | 2022
TLV Fest | Honorable Mention | 2022
What If? Women In Film Fest | Honorary Mention | 2022
DokuBaku IDFF | Jury Special Mention | 2022
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival | Audience Top 20 | 2022
Bogota International Film Festival | Audience Award and Youth Jury Award | 2022

IDFA | 2022
BAFICI | 2022
Transilvania International Film Festival | 2022
DocMonteVideo Film Festival | 2022
Semana Internacional De Cine De Valladolid (SEMINCI) | 2022
Docs MX | 2022
Busan International Film Festival | 2022
Equis – Festival De Cien Feminista Ecuador | 2022
Festival de Cine IberoAmericano de Huelva | 2022
Festival Do Rio | 2022
Festival Internacional De Cine De Gijon | 2022
Les Films Des Cannes a Bucarest | 2022
Festival Internacional De Cine En El Desierto | 2022
Films From The South | 2022
Havana Film Festival New York | 2022
Human Rights Film Festival Zurich | 2022
Iberian Documentary Catalogue by DocsBarcelona | 2022
Ljubljana LGBT+ | 2022
Nara International Film Festival in Japan | 2022
Olympia International Film Festival For Children And Young People | 2022
Santiago Festival Internacional De Cine SANFIC | 2022
Budapest International Documentary Film Festival | 2022
DocPoint Helsinki | 2023

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