Sjoerd van Grootheest (director/producer), graduated in Cultural and Media Studies (MA) and Anthropology (Bsc.), with a specialization in Visual Ethnography, and is currently active as an independent documentary producer and director in Colombia. His latest production is called Bajo Fuego, a documentary that shows the return of war for a community of coca growing peasants in the north of Cauca, Colombia. The film premiered at MIDBO in Bogotá (World) and the Human Rights Film Festival Madrid (International) and won the price for best feature documentary at the Human Rights Film Festival in Bogotá (2020). In 2018 he directed and produced Voces de Guerrilla that depicts the year of demobilization of the 6th front of FARC-EP in a rehabilitation camp in the North of Cauca province in Colombia. It was selected by international film festivals in Europe and the America’s, received several special mentions and won the price for best feature documentary at the Festival de Cine por los Derechos Humanos en Bogotá 2018.
best feature documentary
Bajo Fuego
Festival por los Derechos Humanos
Bogotá
2020
Cine y Derechos Humanos
Guerrilla Voices
FESAALP Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de La Plata
La Plata
2018
Documental Social
Guerrilla Voices
MIDBO Muestra Internacional de Documental de Bogotá
Bogotá
2018
Social Documentary
Guerrilla Voices
Festival de Cine de Bogotá (BOGOCINE)
Bogotá
2018
Nacional
Guerrilla Voices
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cúcuta
Cúcuta
2018
National Documentary
Guerrilla Voices
Festival Internacional de Cine de Santander
Bucaramanga
2018
Award: Best Feature Documentary
Guerrilla Voices
Festival por los Derechos Humanos
Bogotá
2018
Official Selection
Guerrilla Voices
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cúcuta
Cúcuta
2018
Official Selection
Guerrilla Voices
Manifesto Film Festival Amsterdam
Amsterdam
2018
Social & Citizens Movements
Guerrilla Voices
Contra el Silencio
Mexico D.F.
2018
Latitud
Guerrilla Voices
DocsBarcelona
Barcelona
2018
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