10th edition CIFF – 10-14 April 2024

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film

Memento Mori

Fernando López Cardona | Colombia, Germany | 2023 | 110 min | Spanish | e.s.

A decapitated corpse is found in a river in rural Colombia, assumed to be a victim of conflict, and is quickly buried anonymously. But Animero (César Badillo) deems the corpse “chosen” and ventures to find the head and reunite it with the body. His journey takes him deep into dark terrain, spiritually and physically.
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Fernando López Cardona’s striking debut feature is a potent exploration of life and death, but is unwilling to demarcate a separation between the two – instead, the two blur, overlap, and intertwine. With a dense visual and sonic palette that seems to slide effortlessly between the crepuscular and the luminous, it matches thematic complexity with a clear aesthetic vision. This elemental, richly metaphorical movie ultimately conveys the understanding that the true power of death is to assert the vulnerability and transience of the living.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 11 

Time: 21:30 

Duration:110min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 12

Time: 13:00 

Duration:110min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 13

Time: 12:45

Duration:110min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 14

Time: 10:45 

Duration:110min

Year in
Festival

2024

Director

Colombia, Germany 

Country

Netherlands, Curaçao 

Language

Spanish 

Length

110

Year of Production

2023