Project Detail

Junior Tu Papá

Still from JUNIOR TU PAPÁ (2024) of football fans celebrating in the street.
Still from JUNIOR TU PAPÁ (2024) of football fans celebrating in the street.

Synopsis

In this ode to fútbol and Colombia’s Caribbean region, Daniel—a Colombian-British filmmaker—recalls his first memory of the sport he loves: the 1993 championship final between Junior de Barranquilla and América de Cali that he watched on a VHS tape with his father in London.
Through conversations between Daniel, his father and two uncles, JUNIOR TU PAPÁ pieces together fragments of waning memory to collectively remember a time in Colombian history when fútbol was a national obsession. A distraction from the relentless violence the country faced while Colombia’s national team was considered one of the best teams in the world.

Official Selection Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine a la Calle 2024
Official Selection New York Colombian Film Festival 2024
Official Selection Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias 2024
Official Selection True/False Film Fest 2024

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min 46 sec
Director
Daniel Díaz
Producer
Daniel Díaz
Co-Producer
Mili Pardo Piñeres, Daniel Freeman, Camilo Garzón
Editor
Daniel Freeman
Screenwriter
Camilo Garzón, Daniel Díaz
Director of Photography
Daniel Edoardo Zuleta Suárez
Sound
Camilo Garzón
Composer
Daniel Freeman
Guide (Atanquez)
Jenider Arias
Additional Cinematography
Luis Hernando Cortes, Daniel Freeman
Still Photography
Orlando Amador
Story Editor
Camilo Garzón
Lead Archival Researcher
Rocío Díaz
Archival Research
Lilian Allsopp, Diva Cortes, Luis Hernando Cortes, Sergio Cortes, Karen Barraza, Rosaura Diaz
Archival Digitisation
Luis F. Araque León
Archival Assistant
Jonathan Kiefer
Legal
Juan Francisco Ortega
Artwork
Dan Evans
Title Design
Habib Placencia Adissi
Colourist
Filipe Fernandes
Graphic design
Omar Mohammad & Martín Gaona
Sound engineering & re-recording mixer
Camilo Garzón
Sound Recordist
Jose Rebimbas
Audio Technician
Javan Jiles

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Colombia, US, UK co-production

CiNEOLA (US), Miní Chitiá (CO), Cuentero Productions (US)

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