Sebastián
Pinzón Silva


Sebastián Pinzón Silva is a Colombian documentary filmmaker. He studied film and television at the Savannah College of Art and Design and a master's degree in documentary media at Northwestern University in Chicago. His directorial work has been screened at festivals such as Locarno, Cínema du Réel, MoMA Doc Fortnight,  True/False, RIDM, and New Directors / New Films and has received support from Catapult, Sundance, Visions SudEst, the National Cinematography Fund of Colombia, and Nia Tero. His film Palenque won Best Latin American short in FICValdivia in 2017. Sebastián worked as an as assistant editor for MINDING THE GAP (2019 Oscar Nominee). He has since worked as editor and cinematographer for productions for National Geographic, Honnold Foundation and the Truth Commission of Colombia. Sebastián was named one of 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema in the United States by Filmmaker Magazine in 2019. He is co-founder of Jarana Cine, SITE Collective and Video Consortium Colombia, a global network of support and connection between documentary filmmakers.

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Sebastián
 Pinzón Silva

Director


La Bonga

(2023, 4K, 77mins)

AA



Two decades after a death threat from right-wing paramilitaries caused the maroon community of La Bonga to flee, the townspeople embark on a symbolic journey through the jungles of the Colombian Caribbean to resurrect a home that exists only in their memories.


Co-director CANELA REYES producer GABRIELLA GARCIA-PARDO cinematography TIMOTHY FRYETT editor LAURA HUERTAS-MILLAN


supported by SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM / CATAPULT FILM FUND / KARTEMQUIN FILMS / NIA TERO / COLECTIVO MAPA MUDO





Palenque

(2018, HD, 25mins)



Guided by motifs of life and death, PALENQUE is an ode to a small town that has greatly contributed to the collective memory of Colombia: San Basilio de Palenque, the first town in the Americas to have broken free from European domination.

Camera and Sound. TIMOTHY FRYETT, IYABO KWAYANA, MINA FITZPATRICK, LUTHER CLEMENT-LAM Produced and Edited by SEBASTIAN PINZON SILVA