''Memories of My Father'' (), also known as ''Forgotten We'll Be'', is a 2020 Colombian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Fernando Trueba Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish filmmaker, writer, producer and book editor. Career Between 1974 and 1979, Trueba worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El Paí ...

from a screenplay by

David Trueba David Rodríguez Trueba (born 10 September 1969) is a Spanish filmmaker and author. Biography David Rodríguez Trueba was born on 10 September 1969 in Madrid, the youngest of 8 siblings. His elder brother Fernando is also a filmmaker. In 19 ...

based on the book by Héctor Abad Faciolince. It stars Javier Cámara as Héctor Abad Gómez. It was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

93rd Academy Awards The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released from January 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. The ceremony was held on April 25, 2021 ...

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The film was selected to be shown at the

2020 Cannes Film Festival The 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to take place from 12 to 23 May 2020. On 13 January 2020, Spike Lee was named as the president of the Jury. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, festival management announced on 14 ...

, which was cancelled in the wake of the onset of the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. It was released theatrically in Colombia on 22 August 2020. It landed its international premiere at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival. Cohen Media Group released the film in the United States on 16 November 2022.

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35th Goya Awards The 35th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honored the best in Spanish films of 2020 and took place at the Teatro del S ...

, , colspan = "2" , Best Ibero-American Film , , , , align = "center" , , - , rowspan = "11" , 8th Platino Awards , , colspan = "2" , Best Ibero-American Film , , , , rowspan = "11" , , - , Best Director , , Fernando Trueba , , , - , Best Actor , , Javier Cámara , , , - , Best Supporting Actress , , Kami Zea , , , - , Best Screenplay , , David Trueba , , , - , Best Original Score , , Zbigniew Preisner , , , - , Best Cinematography , , Sergio Iván Castaño , , , - , Best Art Direction , , Diego López , , , - , Best Film Editing , , Marta Velasco , , , - , Best Sound , , Eduardo Castro, Octavio Rojas y Alberto Ovejero , , , - , colspan = "2" , Cinema and Education in Values , , , - , rowspan = "9" ,

9th Macondo Awards The 9th Macondo Awards ceremony, presented by the Colombian Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences, honored the best audiovisual productions of 2021. It took place on December 6, 2021, at the Cinemateca Distrital in Bogotá. The ceremony award ...

, , colspan = "2" , Best Picture , , , , rowspan = "9" , , - , Best Director , , Fernando Trueba , , , - , Best Actor , , Javier Cámara , , , - , Best Actress , , Patricia Tamayo , , , - , Best Cinematography , , Sergio Iván Castaño , , , - , Best Art Direction , , Diego López , , , - , Best Sound Design , , Eduardo Castro, Octavio Rojas, César Salazar , , , - , Best Costume Design , , Ana María Urrea , , , - , Best Makeup , , Laura Copo , ,

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* 2020 films 2020 drama films Colombian drama films 2020s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando Trueba Films set in Colombia 2020s Colombian films {{2020s-drama-film-stub

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