Private Project

If it would've been for me, there would have been music

Habib dreams with another girl apart from her girlfriend Mariana. She intuits that and decides to kill him. He accepts his fate but they find themselves in the existential struggle of what she will do with him afterwards.

  • Juan Heilbron
    Director
  • Nicolás Palacio
    Director
  • Juan Pablo Heilbron
    Writer
  • Nicolás Palacio
    Writer
  • Juan Pablo Heilbron
    Producer
  • Nicolás Palacio
    Producer
  • Habib Farah
    Key Cast
  • Mariana Echeverri
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    SI hubiera sido por mí, hubiera habido música
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 11, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Colombia
  • Country of Filming:
    Colombia
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Distribution Information
  • Grafiti Rosado
    Country: Colombia
Director Biography - Juan Heilbron, Nicolás Palacio

Nicolás Palacio is 21 years old and was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. He's been writing and directing short films since 2015. Most of his film deal a variety of themes such as sexuality, violence and youth based on caribbean and colombian culture within an oneiric and surreal language.

Contact
Phone number: (+57) 321 5867145
E-mail: nipaur96@gmail.com

Juan Pablo Heilbron was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. He's 21 years old and he's been writing and directing short films since 2015. The main themes present in his works are melancholy, solitude, and a hopeless approach to universal quests. He also has been influenced by the caribbean and colombian roots and approaches this cultural parameters in a surreal and magic-realistic way.

Contact
Phone number: (+57) 317 3721625
E-mail: juanpabloheilbron@gmail.com

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Director Statement

"If it would've been for me, there would've been music" was co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed by Nicolás Palacio and Juan Pablo Heilbron. We've been friends from childhood and grew up together - we found ourselves doing films and gathered up to create this tantric project.