MOTHERLAND

IN POST-PRODUCTION
89 min
Colombia / Australia
English / Spanish

Ana, a Colombian immigrant in Australia with a rare lung condition that impedes her from flying
or having children, makes one last trip to Colombia to adopt a baby and see her grandfather. Nine years later, in Sydney, Ana meets again with Alvaro, a friend who had filmed that trip.

CREW

writer director ALVARO D. RUIZ
original music JUAN R. FORERO
editors SARA LONDOÑO LÓPEZ ALVARO D. RUIZ
producers ALVARO D. RUIZ ANNALISA VOZZA
production company PURACÉ PICTURES

LABS / MARKETS

• 2024 – Winner. Post-production fund for original music in a feature film. BOGOTA FILM COMMISSION.
• 2024 – Central American Film Market / Icaro Festival
• 2023 – Doc Sur / Ventana Sur Market. WIP Special Screening. Argentina.
• 2023 – WIP. Bolivia Lab.
• 2023 – WIP. Cartagena Film Festival FICCI. Cartagena Encounters Lab. Colombia.
*Winner / direct entry Special Screening Doc Sur / Ventana Sur 2023
• 2022 – WIP. SAPCINE. Cali Film Festival. Colombia.
• 2009 – Doc Buenos Aires Meetings. Development.
• 2008 – *Winner Wild Card Pitch. SPAA Conference Fringe. Sydney, Australia.