This journey into darkness by Colombian filmmaker Camilo Restrepo (La impresión de una guerra, RIDM 2015) won the award for best first feature at the Berlin Festival. It follows a mysterious man on the run. Playing a role inspired by his own life, Luis Felipe Lozano is a marginal man suffering unrelenting stress due to his past as a cult member. He has been rejected by society, and he’s haunted by a murderous act of vengeance. Shifting between past and present, between mind-space and reality, the film is like a waking nightmare, driven by a tormented figure who snatches the camera and tosses it away. Blessed with a sense of editing and imagery reminiscent of Pedro Costa, Restrepo shows immense talent with Los conductos. An uncompromising political film about Colombia today. (Bruno Dequen)

Presented in collaboration with Fantasia International Film Festival

Los Conductos