COCA EMBASSY, Chapter 1: KOKA

The project began after the eviction suffered unjustly by a cultural house in Bogotá.
However, more than denouncing, this project seeks to create awareness about ancestral tradition.
The first part of this portrait is: The Coca leaf.

  • Julien Guichard Vega
    Director
    White CIty, The Colors of Coral
  • Julien Guichard
    Writer
  • Javier Alejandro Herrera
    Writer
  • Sebastián Agudelo
    Producer
  • Geronimo Gora
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    EMBAJADA DE LA COCA, Capitulo 1: KOKA
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Student
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 8, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Colombia
  • Country of Filming:
    Colombia
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Escuela de Cine y TV; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
  • Festival de Cine Comunitario Kiné
    Villa de Leyva
    Colombia
    August 5, 2023
    Official Trailer Projection
    Official Selection
  • Festival de Cine Comunitario Kiné
    Ráquira
    Colombia
    August 6, 2023
    Official Trailer Projection
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Julien Guichard Vega

Julien Guichard Vega
As a Director, he has made 8 short films, starting in 2016 with: "El cuentacuentos". More recently he has directed student shortfilms as well as his own independent works.
He has also occupied all kinds of charges in different production teams, from screenplay, to acting, but also sound recording, editing and art direction.

He has taken part in more than 50 audiovisual projects of all kinds. From Experimental Video, Animation, Fiction Shorts and Documentaries.

On a professional level, he has carried out work for the Bancolombia Art Curatorship in the ATRIO Tower; He has collaborated on different occasions with the Alliance Française, even going so far as to exhibit his works and hold talks on Cinema for this organization; and more recently he helped make occupational safety videos for the ALLIANZ Seguros group.

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Director Statement

Through film we can access windows to new worlds, as well as to other parts of our own world.