Retracing Simón Bolívar's liberation campaign across Colombia, searching for The Liberator's ghost in the high altitude marshlands.

The Soldier's Lagoon

For over 70 years Colombia has been subject to an internal armed conflict whose demarcation lines seem to have become blurred over time. An insidious creeping violence has gradually pervaded the whole of society. Impossible as it is to tell this story in one unified narrative, the history behind this violence seems to take form through a multitude of traces.

Impression of a War

To keep the promise she made to her dying mother, a young woman sets off to find  her father, a fickle man she has never known.  On the way, she discovers he is in fact dead, but, driven by the bewitching  rhythms of the Maloya, a Reunion Island ritual singing and musical tradition,  she does not abandon her goal: she must find her father.

Cilaos

A man learns his daughter has been brutally murdered by her husband. Time stands still as he oscillates between the need for solace and his urge for revenge. A musical featuring Guinean percussion master, Mohamed Bangoura, “Red Devil”, loosely based on his own story.

The Mouth

Wartime. Hidden away in her bedroom, a woman verbally revisits key images from the history of art. Between shadows and memories, an imaginary museum is built to resist.