Latin America’s oldest film festival, the Cartagena de las Indias Film Festival, has announced its winners: Official Fiction Competition Best movie: “Post Mortem” by Pablo Lorrain (Chile). *$10,000 prize* Best…
At the opening of the Cartagena Film Festival on Thursday, President Juan Manuel Santos said he wants Colombia to be a “mecca” for cinema. The president announced a strategy to attract…
Colombia-born baseball player Orlando Cabrera said he was misinterpreted on a Cartegena radio station and has no plans to retire after the 2011 Major League Baseball season . “I…
The Colombian film “Los Colores de la Montaña” (The Colors of the Mountain) will be shown on the opening night of the 51st annual Cartagena Film Festival. The film, which…
Authorities in the coastal city of Cartagena say they have arrested a gang leader suspected of ordering the highly publicized murder of two Bogota students on a beach in the…
Colombian authorities have arrested a British citizen who is accused of having sex with minors and possession of child porn. According to Felipe Muñoz, director of Colombia’s immigration and intelligence…
Cartagena’s 51st International Film Festival, which opens February 24, will feature Mexico as the guest of honor. The oldest film festival in Latin America will be a meeting point between…
The sixth edition of Cartagena‘s Hay literature and arts festival drew 33,000 visitors, the organization told Spanish news agency EFE. The four-day festival starred internationally acclaimed artists like Philip Glass,…
Famed Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club will travel to Colombia on Tuesday to kick off their 2011 tour, reports French press agency AFP. The legendary salsa band will follow…