Category: Culture
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Colombia represented at Cuban film festival in New York
Colombian films Wasting Time (Alexander Giraldo) and A Matter of Land (Patricia Ayala) are among eighteen Latin American films which will compete to win the Havana Star Prize for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, as well as that for Best Documentary at the 16th Havana Film Festival in New York, which this year…
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Pull up a chair
Salcedo cracks US art scene with Chicago installation Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art will be home to a number of Colombian artist Doris Salcedo’s thought-provoking and distinctive installations until May 24. The renowned artist is defined by her subtle yet powerful comments on Colombia’s social and political situation, civil conflicts as well as social conditions…
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Luces, cámara, acción…
Charlotte Mackenzie takes a look at Colombia’s booming movie industry and some of the country’s biggest film festivals Colombia might not immediately spring to mind for its film industry, with Latin American heavyweights Argentina and Mexico normally taking centre stage, but, as we’re feeling all Oscar-y – Iñárritu’s three Academy Awards highlighting the success of…
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Make Hay while the sun shines
How did a literary festival from a small Welsh town end up fluttering its pages in Colombia? Ana Maria Parra Carvalho recaps some of the highlights from this year’s Hay Festival in Cartagena.
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Crackling over Christmas
Like it or lump it, Christmas is a major event in the calendar year. We listen to both sides of the argument with two people who share very differing views on the festive period
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Global Art Hot Spot
With ARTBO set to take place in Bogota for the tenth time, Barbara Buchanan takes a look at Colombia’s burgeoning art scene. An explosion of new talent in Bogota is putting Colombia’s art scene on the map internationally in a way which would have seemed unimaginable a few decades ago. The number of galleries in…
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Senior Diversity Colombia: Group For Older Gay Men
We speak with the creator of Diversidad Senior Colombia about how things have changed in the country regarding gender rights over the past 30 years. A few years ago, Juan had a sudden realisation: all of his previously large circle of gay friends had disappeared. “I asked myself, where did all of those people go?…
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Transtienda: Safe Place To Dress Up And Be Yourself
Derly Lizeth Linares, owner of Transtienda, speaks with The Bogotá Post about the shop she set up specifically for closet transvestites three years ago.