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The History of Colombian Cinema from1897 to the Present Day |
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| 1897 | ||||
| 14/4 - | The first public screening is held in the city of Colon, in the store of A. James & Co. [MORE] | |||
| 1912 | ||||
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Triumfo de la fe (Floro Maco) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1922 | ||||
| – Colombia’s first feature film, Maria, is released. It is directed by Alfredo del Diestro. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1926 | ||||
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| Alma provinciana (Felix Rodriguez) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1927 | ||||
| – Cine Colombia is established. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| – Cine Colombia acquires the Di Domenico Brothers production and distribution companies. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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| Garras de oro [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1937 | ||||
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– The 25-minute short Los primers essays de cine parlance national by Hermanos Acevedo is released. It features a brief appearance by Colombian film pioneer Carlos Schroeder. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1941 | ||||
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– Colombia’s first full-length talking picture, Flores del valle, directed by Maximo Calvo Olmedo, is released. A musical filmed in and around Cali, the film stars Oscar Alvarez. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1943 | ||||
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Alla en el trapiche (Roberto Saa Silva) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Sendero de luz (Emilio Correa Alvarez) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1944 | ||||
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Anarkos (Roberto Saa Silva) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Antonia Santos (Miguel Joseph) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Bambucos y corazones (Gabriel Martinez) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Castigo del fanfarron (Maximo Calvo Olvedo) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1945 | ||||
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– Camilo Correa founds the Pelco film company in Medellin, and Procinal film company in Bogota. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Colombia 1945: Other Films of Note |
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La cancion de mi tierra (Federico Katz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Sendero de luz (Emilio Alvarez Correa) [MORE] [ADD] |
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El Sereno de Bogota (Gabriel Martinez) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1947 | ||||
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Pasion llanera (unfinished) (Roberto Saa Silva) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1948 | ||||
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– Camilo Correa and Charles Riou film the 9th of April riots in Bogota. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1950 | ||||
| – Camilo Correa forms Procinal in Antioquia, as a share-holders society. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1955 | ||||
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Colombia Linda (Camilo Correa) [MORE] [ADD} |
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| 1963 | ||||
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| 1971 | ||||
| - Production of short films rockets as the government demands the exhibition of domestically-produced shorts at first-run cinemas in an attempt to protect the national industry. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| – A surcharge law, which requires the showing of a domestically-produced short feature at each presentation, comes into force. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1979 | ||||
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– The Company for Cinematographic Support (Focine) is established. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1985 | ||||
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Semans de passion (Julio Luzardo) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1994 | ||||
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Aguilas no cazan moscas (Sergio Cabrera) [MORE] [ADD] |
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La estrategia del Caracol (Sergio Cabrera) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 2005 | ||||
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The Ministry of Culture introduces a revised film classification scheme. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 2009 | ||||
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Sins of My Father, the documentary about the efforts of Juan Pablo Escobar, the son of notorious drugs baron, Pablo Escobar, to deliver letters of apology to the sons of some of his father’s victims generates a media frenzy that guarantees it a wider than usual release in Colombia. [MORE] [ADD] |