Crocodile Nest
Documentary fiction film
8:47min | Germany, Colombia | 16mm | DCP | 5.1 | Spanish with English subtitles
2024
The tropical hall of the Düsseldorf Zoo is altered by the encounter between a woman and the crocodile keeper. While observing and being observed by crocodiles, they talk about family memories with reptiles in Colombia, ghosts, and the zoo's history.
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Credits
Written, directed and edited by: Jazmin Rojas Forero
Cast: Valeria Oggioni, Vincent Kleemann
Filmed at: Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum in Düsseldorf
Sound recording: Ivonne Sheen Mogollón, Juan Francisco Rodriguez, Fernando Godoy
Camara: Jazmin Rojas Forero, Juan Francisco Rodriguez
Sound design: Jazmin Rojas Forero
Music: Lilian Fatmeh Villalba
Sound mix: Ralf Schipke
Color: Lynn Al-Abiad
Production: Jazmin Rojas Forero, Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
Festival Strategy: EXPERIMENTA (Carlos Velandia, Angélica Restrepo)
Poster drawing: Gala Jaramillo
Awards
2024 Best Cinematography, National Competition, Bogoshorts, Colombia.
Festivals
2024 BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom (premiere)
2024 Riga International Film Festival, Latvia
2024 Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, Argentina
2024 Bogotá Short Film Festival (BOGOSHORTS), Colombia.