Home: The Country of Illusion

2016

Struggling with loneliness after having lived in eight countries, Lilia, a Colombian citizen, grows old alone in Portugal - far away from her homeland and her family.

“HOME” is a personal reflection on loneliness, identity and the sense of life. The film talk about roots, cultures, identity, nationality but in essence surpasses them because the need for identity is common to all human beings. In a mobile world in which more and more families live scattered throughout various countries, Lilia's struggles could be a mirror for the future of our generation.

By Josephine Landertinger Forero

Documentary, Feature Film

2016

Colombia and Portugal / 74 min.

Color, HD, Stereo

TV, VOD, and digital platforms

Canal180
RTP2
MOWIES
Retina Latina
Commercial DVD

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Awards

Premio Nacional Cinemateca, un apoyo para la circulación de documentales colombianos, Colômbia, 2016.
Premio RTVC Señal Colombia para @Home Documentary Film en la clausura del BAM - Bogotá Audiovisual Market, Colômbia.
Nomeação de melhor documentário pela Academia Colombiana de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas - Prêmios Macondo, Colômbia, 2017.
Mención de Honor Jurado Panorama Colombian Film Festival Berlin, 2017.

Festivals

Festival Internacional de Cartagena - Competition, Colombia, 2016.
Bogotá International Documentary Film Festival - Inaugural Film, Colombia, 2016.
Muestra Internacional Documental, Colombia, 2016.
Cine Foro Mujeres y Cine Colombia, 2016.
Festival de Cine Muestra Internacional Documental MIDBO, Colombia.
DocsBarcelona Medellín, Colombia, 2016.
Bogotá Audiovisual Market, Colombia, 2016.
Colombian International Film Festival of New York, United States.
Filmouflage Berlin Festival, Germany.
Panorama Colombian Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2017.
Festival de Cine Colombiano Medellín, 2017.
CEME DOC - Certamen Internacional de Cine Documental sobre Migración y Exilio, Mexico, 2017.
Muestra "Estéticas Contemporâneas del Desarraigo en el Cine Iberoamericano", Colombia.
FestiCine Antioquia, Colombia.
Festival de Cine Global Dominicano - Competition, Dominican Republic.
MAMUT - Festival de Cine de Memoria Audiovisual, 2020.
La gran Pantalla – Festival Internacional de Cinema de les Personas Grans de Barcelona, 2022.
OIM Festival Internacional de Cine sobre la Migración, 2022.

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Exhibitions

Museu de Arte Moderna de Medellín, Colombia.
Cine Tonal Bogotá, Colombia.
Colombo Americano Medellín, Colombia.
Cinemateca Distrital Bogotá, Colombia.
Cinemateca del Caribe de Barranquilla, Colombia.
Museo La Tertulia CALI, Colombia.
Cine Espial, Manizares, Colombia.
Casa Portuguesa, Bogotá, Colombia.
Cineclube Mujeres Empoderadas, Mujeres Cineastas, Colombia.
Universidade de Bogotá, Colombia.
Casa del Cine, Mexico City, Mexico.
Kino Movimiento, Berlin, Germany.
Kino Babylon, Berlin, Germany.
Cinema Passos Manuel, Porto, Portugal.
Casa Museo Francisco de Paula Santander, Bogotá, Colombia.
Teatro Barajas, Bogotá, Colombia.
Estéticas Contemporáneas del Desarraigo en el Cine Iberoamericano, na Cinemateca Distrital de Bogotá, Colombia.

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