Donde Comienza el Río

A film by
Juan Andrés Arango

Donde Comienza el Río

Genre

Fiction

Country

Canada, Colombia, Norway

État

En production

Year

2026

Format

Color - 16:9

Length

97 min

Language

Spanish
Director's notes

Cast

Girleza Duave Cerezo, Juan David Junca Linares, Ana Michell Nama Dumaza

Crew

DIRECTING: Juan Andrés Arango

SCREENPLAY: Juan Andrés Arango

PRODUCTION: Annick Blanc, Maria Gracia Turgeon (Midi La Nuit), Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto (Inercia Películas)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nicolas Canniccioni

SOUND: Pablos Villega, Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau, Joey Simas

ORIGINAL SCORE: Frannie Holder

EDITING: Xi Feng

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Synopsis

Yajaira, a young but strong Embera woman, lives with her daughter Maria in a violent Bogotá neighborhood. Haunted by dreams of the jungle, she longs to return to the village she once called home. After a tragedy strikes, they have no choice but to leave. Jhon, a charismatic young gang member, joins them on their dangerous journey to the Andágueda River, driven by motives he keeps hidden.

Donde Comienza el Río is a poignant, poetic film where a perilous escape becomes a journey of healing. As the jungle reemerges through memory and dream, masks fall and reality is touched by the magic of Yajaira’s inner world.

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Director

About
Biography
Juan Andrés
Arango

Where the River Begins I 2026

La Playa D.C. I 2012

X Quinientos I 2016

The Seven Last Words I 2019

Filmography

Juan Andrés Arango García (born 1976) is a Colombian-Canadian filmmaker known for visually rich, socially engaged cinema. His debut feature La Playa DC (Cannes 2012, Lions Film Award Rotterdam) was Colombia’s Oscar submission. His second film, X500, premiered at the 2016 TIFF and was featured at over 80 festivals worldwide, winning numerous awards, and further establishing Arango’s reputation as a compelling storyteller with a unique cinematic voice.

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