Jeronimo Atehortúa Arteaga

Medellín, 1984

Medellín, Colombia. Film director. He is a graduate of the Universidad del Cine (Argentina) and MFA form film.factory of the Sarajevo Film Academy (Bosnia and Herzegovina) programme directed by Béla Tarr. For several years he worked as a film critic for various specialized media. He has directed, among others, the short films: DEÁN FUNES 841, BECERRA, LA EMBOSCADURA, REKONSTRUKCIJA and LAS RUINAS. He has produced films such as PIROTECNIA by Federico Atehortúa, of which he was also a co-writer, and COMO EL CIELO DESPUÉS DE LLOVER by Mercedes Gaviria. His projects have been presented at festivals such as: IFFR, Clermont Ferrand, FICCI, Mar del Plata, Vision du Reel, Documenta Madrid, Bogoshorts. He is also the producer, director and co-writer of MUDOS TESTIGOS, Luis Ospina's posthumous project, winner of the Hubert Bals Fund. In 2020 he published his book "Los cines por venir" (Planeta).