AMAZONA

By Clare WEISKOPF, Nicolas VAN HEMELRYCK

CASATARÁNTULA - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2016

Val swapped family life for seclusion in the Colombian jungle. The daughter she left, now herself about to become a mother, confronts her with the choices she made in an attempt to heal her wounds and define motherhood in her own terms.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2016
First Appearance
FICCI Cartagena 2017
International Competition - Audience Award
Thessaloniki IFF 2017
zagrebdox 2017
Ventana Sur 2018
Video Library
Premios Macondo 2018
Best Documentary, Best Editing, Best Music
Premios Goya 2018
Nominated as Best Iberoamerican Film
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama, Documentary, Family
    • Countries
    • COLOMBIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 82 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Clare WEISKOPF, Nicolas VAN HEMELRYCK
    • Producer(s)
    • Nicolas VAN HEMELRYCK (CASATARÁNTULA), Clare WEISKOPF (Casatarantula)
    • Synopsis
    • Val swapped family life for seclusion in the Colombian jungle. The daughter she left, now herself about to become a mother, confronts her with the choices she made in an attempt to heal her wounds and define motherhood in her own terms.
      Together they go on an intimate journey exploring the boundaries between responsibility and freedom, with all the guilt and sacrifice they entail.
      What makes someone a good mother?