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Anarkia

After her father's death, Antonia, an unsuccessful old punk singer, steals money from her mother to pay off the debt of a punk battle music contest where she participates together with her band made up of a drummer and Fernanda, her best friend. With the obsession to win the final of the contest, Antonia falls in love with her best friend who is in a toxic relationship together with the veteran who organizes the musical event where they compete, so inside her a seed of hatred grows and she will have to decide whether to kill him or not to prevent them from losing punk battles and win the love of his life.

  • Samuel Casallas
    Director
    Stuprum
  • Samuel Casallas
    Writer
    Stuprum
  • Samuel Casallas
    Producer
    Stuprum
  • Nicolas Casanova
    Producer
    El culebro: la historia de mi papá
  • Gabriela Palacio
    Key Cast
    "Antonia"
  • Natalia Paez
    Key Cast
    "Fernanda"
  • Antonio Niño
    Key Cast
    ""Caballo""
  • La Nena Duque
    Key Cast
    "Mamá"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Musical
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 5, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Colombia
  • Country of Filming:
    Colombia
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1 : 2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Samuel Casallas

Samuel Casallas, was born in Bogotá, studied film and television career at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, was director of the university's film club and did the diploma in executive production, film direction and script writing at the National Film School . I participate in writing workshops taught by renowned filmmakers such as the winner in Locarno, João Pedro Rodrigues and have attended workshops for distribution, exhibition, programming and film curation at Utadeo with institutions such as EGEDA and United International Pictures.
He gave film training workshops in the ViveDigital of the Ministry of ICT in Colombia and in the Muisca de Suba indigenous council in Bogotá. He has produced the Cuban film exhibition ICAIC (2019) held together with the Bogotá Cinematheque. He is co-founder and active partner of Severus Films SAS since 2018 and Drako Films SAS since 2019, being director and executive producer of both companies. He served as director-producer of commercials and video clips for renowned urban music artists such as ‘Stanley Jackson’, ‘Claudia Mena’, ‘Jerau’, ‘Ferrillo’ or ‘Crack Family’, among others.
He has written, directed and produced the short film "Stuprum" (2018), the official selection of the Iberofest festival and the short film "Anarkía" (2020). Samuel worked in the TV series for Channel 13 "Vivir cantando" (2019) as editor and colorist. He was director of photography and colorist in the documentary medium-length films "At the edge of the river" (2018) and "La Kiva" (2019) Uniminuto investigative productions with Colciencias. He is producer of the web series "Mackenzie & Molly" and of the documentary "Melody for the memory", products in co-production with Senic Producciones LTDA and Caracol TV. He is the director / producer of his documentary debut "Muysca Soy", a preselected project in the FICCI 60 documentary workshop and Cartagena 2020 meetings. He is also developing his first film as producer "Slasher", written by the International Emmy winner, Andrés Salgado, cousin of director Nicolas Casanova.

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Director Statement

ANARKIA is a story in which I express as an author my point of view of seeing the world against contemporary anarchism based on the adaptation of the life story of a person from reality, a girl. A liberal woman who had loaded her life with debauchery and this led her to a philosophy of life where she imposed anarchy, lack of control and the absence of authority from her social nucleus.
Therefore, her philosophy of life and interrelationships would lead her to a catharsis between the world of drugs, heartbreak and depression. So to represent all this conflict for the characterization of the character, I chose the Bogota punk scene to frame the context in which the story takes place. A scene that reflects all the ideals and the current of thought of the real person.
And with this the story was transformed from the naturalism of a woman with anarchist-self-destructive nuances to a story that seeks to transmit heartbreak, addiction, death and loneliness through the character of "Antonia". A punk girl will go through an internal journey with domestic, sexual and social conflicts to reach the catharsis of mourning against her environment and against herself for events that will degenerate her throughout history.
In addition, it seeks to give voice to that range of invisible people as Antonia finds in music and friends her opportunity for change.
"Anarkia" is a social drama related in the Bogota punk scene, the largest in Colombia. For this reason it implies a challenge of which the staging will plausibly portray this universe. A universe where I propose characters that have emerged in a problematic context, of personal crisis, violence and corruption. Living in the midst of this, enduring it and trying to be an artist despite everything, becomes an act of rebellion.
The short film is a thesis on the self-destruction of a character to relate femininity from the author's masculinity through punk, an aesthetic, philosophical, musical movement of a critical and political nature.