Flores del otro Patio

Director   Jorge Cadena
Country   Switzerland, Colombia
Year   2022
Languages   Spanish
Genre   Fiction
Running Time   16 min

In the Colombian Caribbean, a group of queer activists practice a militancy that challenges heteropatriarchal norms while engaging in other causes to collectively fight against the various social injustices that plague the region. When the management of the country's largest coal mine announces a press conference to promote the development of mining, the group prepares to carry out a denunciatory performative action... and resolutely queer.

This film is part of Shorts: Stand Strong Together program.

Director’s Bio

Jorge Cadena (he/him​)

Born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1985, Jorge Cadena first studied photography in Buenos Aires. In 2016, he obtained a Bachelor's degree in cinema from HEAD - Geneva with his film "El Cuento de Antonia", awarded with the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival. He then obtained his Master's degree at ECAL/HEAD in 2018 with "The Jarariju Sisters" which received a special mention at the Berlinale. In 2019, he was selected to participate in the EFP Future Frame program in Karlovy Vary, the TIFF Lab in Toronto in 2020 and the Berlinale Talents in 2021. He is currently working on his first feature film, "Malestar Tropical".