An urgent film about indigenous communities in Colombia that organize to protect their land and people from dangerous biofuel policies.
2016 · 28m · Argentina, Belgium
English, French, Spanish
English, French, Spanish subs
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About the Film
FRONTERA INVISIBLE is the true story of communities trapped in the middle of the world’s longest war, in which big landowners’ rush for palm oil to produce ‘green’ fuel has displaced peasant farmers and indigenous people. It has destroyed natural habitats and concentrated land in the hands of the rich.
One part environmental documentary and one part social research through victims’ testimonials, FRONTERA INVISIBLE gives voice to the local communities that are fighting hard to reclaim their land while exposing the major pitfalls of biofuels policy.
In Colombia the government signed a peace deal with rebel group FARC which ended 60 years of armed conflict. A war that has displaced more people than the entire population of Denmark. Meanwhile, the government plans to keep planting palm to supply Colombia and Europe with ‘biodiesel’. Will peace return the land to its true owners or merely hand it over to Big Agribusiness?
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Festivals and Awards
2017
MECAL, Barcelona, Audience Award - Best Documentary
2017
Rural FilmFest, El Edén de la Manche, Best Short Film
2017
Ecozine, Zaragoza, Best Short Documentary
2017
International Ethno Film Festival, Djakovo, Bronze Heart of Slavonia
2017
International Nature Film Festival, Gödöllo, Best Short Documentary
2017
The Earth Day Film Festival, California, Best Cinematography
2017
FIFF, London, Jury Special Mention
2017
FFPE, Quebec, Jury Special Mention
2017
Biosegura Cine, Jaén, Jury Special Mention
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