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Girleza Duave Cerezo, Juan David Junca Linares, Ana Michell Nama Dumaza
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
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.
Where the River Begins I 2026
La Playa D.C. I 2012
X Quinientos I 2016
The Seven Last Words I 2019
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.