''Colateral'' (') is a 2019 Venezuelan
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
directed by journalist Lucrecia Cisneros. The documentary is about extrajudicial executions in Venezuela and their consequences on the affected families. The documentary was awarded several recognitions in film festivals, including in Venezuela the category of best documentary in the Short Film Contest of the National Film School and the International Festival El Grito.
Production
''Colateral''
's main theme of is the extrajudicial executions in Venezuela by state security forces, including the
Special Action Forces (FAES). The project arose as a result of an initiative of Lucrecia Cisneros, who worked at
Efecto Cocuyo
Efecto Cocuyo () is a Venezuelan journalism outlet devoted to independent media. The website was co-founded in January 2015 by Laura Weffer, former director of Venezuelan newspaper '' Diario 2001'', Luz Mely Reyes, and Josefina Ruggiero, former c ...
and was studying her last semester at the
Andrés Bello Catholic University
Andrés Bello Catholic University () is a private university in Venezuela. One of the largest universities in Venezuela, UCAB has campuses in several cities, such as Caracas (main campus), Los Teques, Guayana Region, Guayana, and Coro region, Cor ...
(UCAB), majoring in social communication. The documentary was part of her undergraduate thesis. The production was made by several UCAB students, including Lucrecia Cisneros, Elvira Prieto, Carlos Carreño, Sariana Guerra, Andrés Gerlotti, Dayana Duarte and Luis Olavarría.
The documentary explores the consequences of extrajudicial executions for the families and children affected,
and presents the testimony of Zenaida Mejías, the mother of two children whose deaths are attributed to the action of security forces, one of which Zenaida was an eyewitness in her home.
The testimony is accompanied by the analysis of a sociologist, a psychologist, a lawyer and a human rights defender.
Reception
Colateral was included in the official selection of international film festivals. In Venezuela, it participated in the Documenta 2021 festival and in the international festivals El Grito and Maracay, as well as in the Festival Internacional de Cine Austral, in Argentina; the Festival de Cinema de Alter do Chão, in Brazil; the International Social Change Film Festival Chicago, in the United States; the Prague International Monthly Film Festival, in the Czech Republic; and the Africa Human Rights Film Festival, in South Africa.
In 2019 the documentary received the award for Best Documentary in the IV Short Film Competition of the National Film School (ENC),
and in 2021 was awarded in the category of Best Documentary at the El Grito International Film Festival. It has also been the national winner of the international festival Les Tres, in Venezuela; the distribution award of the Daroca & Prison Film Festival in Spain, and the audience award of the Zeitimpuls ShortFilm Festival, in Austria.
See also
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Bolivarian Revolution in film
References
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2019 films
2019 documentary films
Films shot in Venezuela
Documentary films about Venezuela
2010s Spanish-language films
Spanish-language documentary films
Venezuelan documentary films
Works about the Bolivarian Revolution
2010s Venezuelan films