Director Tonio Hecker
Producer Catalina Flórez Ibarra
Colombia
Synopsis
After his mother’s death, Konrad (24) discovers that she, a German internationalist, had been part of the Colombian FARC guerrilla before his birth. Driven by the need to understand the political, emotional, and spiritual legacy she left behind, he travels to Colombia in search of answers—and of his own place in the world. A modern road movie that tells a universal story about identity, coming of age, and the search for home.
Contact cata@uruafilms.com
Director´s Biofilmography
Tonio Hecker was born in Nicaragua and grew up in El Salvador and Colombia. Before beginning his directing studies at the DFFB in Berlin, he made the documentary Dengue, Salsa en Cali. His short film Abrahams Unschärfe was screened internationally at the 46th Lubuskie Film Summer, the Bridge of Arts Motivational Film Festival, the Visionär Filmfestival Berlin, and the 12th Wendland Shorts. His short film Azzam was part of the ARTE-SWR series The Dark Side of the Moon, made with non-professional refugee actors and premiered on ARTE in 2019. In 2021, he premiered his documentary Insurgente, about the FARC and the peace process in Colombia, at FIDBA. His most recent work, El Caso Freytter, received support from the Ministry of Culture of the Basque Country and was co-produced by RTVC, Señal Colombia, and the Freytter Association.
Total budget 653.314 EUR
Funds secured 133.300 EUR
Objectives to be achieved
International co-producers from both Europe and Latin America, along with a sales and distribution agent in Spain, Latin America, and other European countries, contact with film festivals.
Co-production´s interesting countries
We are interested in co-producing with Spain because it has historically, linguistically, and culturally served as a direct bridge between Europe and Latin America, as well as for the quality of its artists and technicians. With Ecuador, because the story begins there and we plan several weeks of shooting in the country. With France, for being a country that values Latin American cinema and offers good financing opportunities for projects like ours.
PRODUCER’S BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Catalina Flórez is a Colombian producer and director, and the founder of urua Films. She studied journalism, directing, and production in Colombia, Cuba, and Germany. Flórez has produced award-winning fiction and documentary films—both independently and in collaboration with TV channels such as ZDF, ARTE, BR, and 3sat.
Her production credits include the documentary Until the Sun Dies, winner of the Silver Biznaga for Best Direction and the Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary at the Málaga Film Festival, among other international awards; Franco’s Legacy – Spain’s Stolen Children, which premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival and won the DOC LA Founder’s Award for Best Documentary, along with other international honors; and Chronicle of a Revolt – A Year in Istanbul (ZDF/ARTE).
