"We were no one anymore"
JEFERSON CARDOZA HERRERA
CO-FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Winner of the In Vitro BFM - BOGOSHORTS Film Market call in 2016 as director of the short film "Veintiocho de mayo" and in 2017 as producer of "Malicia Indígena". With "Veintiocho de mayo" he won and participated in various national and international festivals. He is a general producer for the BOGOSHORTS tv team. He was selected as a BAMMER at the 8th edition of the BAM and as a director at the 16th Berlinale Talents Buenos Aires. With his next short film “Paloquemao”, he participated in the Euro Connection market in Clermont-Ferrand (2020) and won the Grant for the creation of a short film from PDE IDARTES 2020.
MELISA ZAPATA MMONTOYA
PRODUCTORA Y GUIONISTA
Productora y guionista colombiana. Ganadora del premio Macondo a Mejor Cortometraje con “Paloquemao: el mercado de los vampiros” y del India Catalina en el Festival de Cine de Cartagena con “Menguante”. Fue Productora de BOGOSHORTS durante 4 años y trabajó en la Comisión Fílmica de Bogotá en 2022. Actualmente es Productora en Laberinto y La Banda del Sur Films.
RICARDO TÉLLEZ BENAVIDES
ART DIRECTOR
Art director and director graduated from the Manuela Beltrán University in Film and TV Direction and Production, with studies in Scenography at the IFOE Argentina 2020 Foundation. He was the Art Director of the short films "Veintiocho de mayo" and "Malicia Indígena", participants in different national and international festivals. His first short film as a director called "A destiempo", was the winner of Best Distribution Pitch at the Exa Festival in 2018. He was selected as BAMMER in the 9th edition of BAM and currently works in different projects as Art Director.
RAFAEL PÉREZ MANTILLA
CO-FOUNDER AND HEAD OF POST-PRODUCTION
Colombian / Ecuadorian film editor and 2D animator. Editor of "Veintiocho de Mayo" and "Paloquemao". He has been editor and animator of different media such as: Semana y Cartel Urbano; He has worked for brands like Rushbet, Netflix, Microsoft and Coca Cola. He was part of the creative team of video clips for Carlos Vives, Nanpa Básico, Gera MX, Ali AKA Mind and was nominated for best video clip with Fea Monosílaba by BÚHA 2030 at various national festivals. He is Head of Postproduction at BOGOSHORTStv and since 2020 he is Co-founder of TRAQUE, a creative studio focused on animation and digital advertising.
VALERIA MARTÍ NIETO
DIRECTOR'S ASSISTANT
Professional in Film and TV Direction and Production. He has written and directed five short films within the film school and has a special focus on Directing Assistance and Editing. In 2014 he participated as editor in the short film "El Acto Final", winner in the Cinematography Area at the 43rd International Festival of Culture in Boyacá-Colombia. He worked as an Assistant Director in the first fiction series of Canal Trece called "Your heart will be mine", a series that broke the rating among national channels during 2017. He participated as Assistant Director in the Demo of the series "Bolívar" Canal Caracol, brand new. She is the First Assistant Director of the Paloquemao Short Film.
ANDRÉS CANTOR FARFÁN
DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Director and scriptwriter. In 2016 he was part of the winning team of the In Vitro BFM Convocation with Veintiocho de Mayo, participating for the first time in a professional project. After carrying out different tasks within the cinematographic work, Andrés finds a special interest in writing and directing actors. In 2017 he obtained the In Vitro BFM award that would allow him to direct his first short film "Indigenous Malice". He is currently working as second assistant director of Paloquemao, a project that won the Grant for the creation of short fiction film for new directors of the PDE IDARTES 2020.