Event

Name: Helicoide / Until the Sun Dies
Start: 2024-10-05T17:15
End: 2024-10-05T19:15
Location: SIFF Film Center

Helicoide / Until the Sun Dies

The SLFF is pleased to premiere in the Pacific Northwest the documentary Hasta que el sol se apague and Helicoide, which covers themes ranging from human rights, indigenous people, environment, violence, war, politics, motherhood, to social justice.

Short Documentary:
Helicoide
(Uruguay, 2023, 16 min.) Spanish w/ English subtitles - Human Right, Political
Directed by VICHO

Synopsis:
In this video we can find the story of 3 very hard experiences of life in the most brutal prison of the Chavista dictatorship. Behind the suffering and anguish during the days and nights we see how the nobility of the people rises above the misery of tyranny. However, repression and torture continue to be repeated today in that dark place.

Feature Documentary:
Until the Sun Dies / Hasta que el sol se apague
(Colombia & Germany, 2023, 81 min.)
Genre: Human rights, indigenous people, enviroment, violence, war, politic, motherhood, social justice
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Directed by: Jonas Brander
Interviweed: Luz Marina Berlinal, Albeiro Camayo

Synopsis:
Until The Sun Dies unfolds its stories over co-incidences of the contrary: life born from death, and death from the pursuit of peace and justice. Through its insight into the struggles of two social leaders in Colombias post-conflict era, the film invites us to delve deeply into the stories of those who have defied violence.

Two intimate portrayals, told side-by-side on simultaneous struggles, woven together into a universal story of courage. In one thread, we follow Nobel Peace Prize nominee Luz Marina, a mother seeking justice after the extrajudicial killing of her son. In the other thread, we follow the Nasa indigenous leader Albeiro as he defends his territory against armed groups and multinational companies. The ancestral Indigenous saying until the sun dies mirrors Luz Marinas and Albeiros uncompromising fight for a world where life wins over death, equality over inequality, and the voice of the people over the imposed silence of violence. But their stories also mirror a condition of humanity, where the beauty of life and resistance is seamlessly falling into death and destruction.

Until The Sun Dies is a tribute to the thousands and thousands of lives lost in a war that was never their war. A restless meditation on territory and identity, sorrow and community. A completely independent production and first feature-length documentary by human rights activist and director Jonas Brander, this humble film reminds us that the voices of those barely heard in mainstream media are those who will pave the way into another future.

Sinopsis:
"Hasta que muera el sol" desarrolla sus historias a través de coincidencias contrarias: vida que nace de la muerte y muerte que surge de la búsqueda de la paz y la justicia. A través de su visión sobre las luchas de dos líderes sociales en la era del posconflicto en Colombia, la película nos invita a profundizar en las historias de aquellos que han desafiado la violencia.

Dos retratos íntimos, contados en paralelo sobre luchas simultáneas, entrelazados en una historia universal de valentía. En un hilo, seguimos a Luz Marina, nominada al Premio Nobel de la Paz, una madre que busca justicia tras la ejecución extrajudicial de su hijo. En el otro hilo, seguimos al líder indígena Nasa, Albeiro, mientras defiende su territorio contra grupos armados y empresas multinacionales. El dicho ancestral indígena hasta que muera el sol refleja la lucha inquebrantable de Luz Marina y Albeiro por un mundo donde la vida triunfe sobre la muerte, la igualdad sobre la desigualdad, y la voz del pueblo sobre el silencio impuesto por la violencia. Pero sus historias también reflejan una condición de la humanidad, donde la belleza de la vida y la resistencia se entrelazan inevitablemente con la muerte y la destrucción.

"Hasta que muera el sol" es un homenaje a las miles y miles de vidas perdidas en una guerra que nunca fue su guerra. Una meditación inquieta sobre territorio e identidad, dolor y comunidad. Una producción completamente independiente y el primer largometraje documental del activista por los derechos humanos y director Jonas Brander, esta humilde película nos recuerda que las voces apenas escuchadas en los medios de comunicación tradicionales son las que allanarán el camino hacia otro futuro.