Rober Calzadilla

Directing

Rober Calzadilla

Place of birth

Maturín, Venezuela

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

Rober Calzadilla (1975-2026) was a Venezuelan filmmaker and actor, best known for directing the 2016 film El Amparo.

Known for

El país de abril poster
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The story tells, in black and white, how Felicia becomes oblivious to her own reality but not to her emotions and falls in love with Grego, her stalker. All of this takes place against the backdrop of her difficult relationship with her invalid and alcoholic mother, while on television the news of the events of April 2002 continues to be repeated incessantly.

El país de abril

2013

La Sangre poster
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In the middle of a night of drinking after their father's funeral, two estranged brothers decide to travel to a town on the outskirts of the city. As they descend further into oblivion, the ghosts of their past begin to materialize.

La Sangre

2026

El Amparo poster
6.1

On the border of Venezuela with Colombia, during the late 80's, two men survive an armed assault near the Arauca River, in which fourteen of their companions end up dead. The Army accuses them of being guerrilla fighters and tries via intimidation to seize them from the cell where they are being watched over by the local police officer and by the entire village. They say they are simple fishermen, but pressure to yield to the official version is overwhelming.

El Amparo

2016

Masacre de El Amparo: 20 años de impunidad poster
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The 29 of October of 1988, a group of 14 fishermen of the population of El Amparo, Venezuela, were assassinated by a commando and presented/displayed to the public opinion like members of a guerrilla detachment. The truth of the events was well-known after the testimony of two survivors, but the case was investigated by the military justice that guaranteed the thesis of the confrontation. Later, the Inter-American Court of Human rights vindicates the fishermen and sentences against the Venezuelan State a sentence that 20 years later has been fulfilled partially, being material, intellectual and concealing the authors free and, in some cases, high positions to be able. This is a history of injustice and abuse authority, but also of perseverance and fights to clean the names of those humble fishermen, in spite of the passed time.

Masacre de El Amparo: 20 años de impunidad

2009

No artwork available
NR

Film written and directed by Gabriel Avilán, Andrea Guglietta, Orangel Lugo, Leandro Lioh Navarro,, Carlos Novella and Alan Ohep.

Un país imaginario donde los perros comen flores

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Far from the Sea poster
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Roxana, a young Venezuelan woman exiled in Mexico City, defies the law when her father dies in a boarding house, and tries to convince Hilda, the landlady, not to report it to the authorities. Hilda faces the dilemma of helping her or getting into trouble. Roxana’s determination almost convinces her, but her fear is stronger. Alone, in an unknown country, Roxana has to part with her father’s body, her only family

Far from the Sea

2024

Behind the camera

El país de abril poster
NR

The story tells, in black and white, how Felicia becomes oblivious to her own reality but not to her emotions and falls in love with Grego, her stalker. All of this takes place against the backdrop of her difficult relationship with her invalid and alcoholic mother, while on television the news of the events of April 2002 continues to be repeated incessantly.

El país de abril

2013

La Sangre poster
NR

In the middle of a night of drinking after their father's funeral, two estranged brothers decide to travel to a town on the outskirts of the city. As they descend further into oblivion, the ghosts of their past begin to materialize.

La Sangre

2026

El Amparo poster
6.1

On the border of Venezuela with Colombia, during the late 80's, two men survive an armed assault near the Arauca River, in which fourteen of their companions end up dead. The Army accuses them of being guerrilla fighters and tries via intimidation to seize them from the cell where they are being watched over by the local police officer and by the entire village. They say they are simple fishermen, but pressure to yield to the official version is overwhelming.

El Amparo

2016

El Amparo poster
6.1

On the border of Venezuela with Colombia, during the late 80's, two men survive an armed assault near the Arauca River, in which fourteen of their companions end up dead. The Army accuses them of being guerrilla fighters and tries via intimidation to seize them from the cell where they are being watched over by the local police officer and by the entire village. They say they are simple fishermen, but pressure to yield to the official version is overwhelming.

El Amparo

2016

Masacre de El Amparo: 20 años de impunidad poster
NR

The 29 of October of 1988, a group of 14 fishermen of the population of El Amparo, Venezuela, were assassinated by a commando and presented/displayed to the public opinion like members of a guerrilla detachment. The truth of the events was well-known after the testimony of two survivors, but the case was investigated by the military justice that guaranteed the thesis of the confrontation. Later, the Inter-American Court of Human rights vindicates the fishermen and sentences against the Venezuelan State a sentence that 20 years later has been fulfilled partially, being material, intellectual and concealing the authors free and, in some cases, high positions to be able. This is a history of injustice and abuse authority, but also of perseverance and fights to clean the names of those humble fishermen, in spite of the passed time.

Masacre de El Amparo: 20 años de impunidad

2009

No artwork available
NR

Film written and directed by Gabriel Avilán, Andrea Guglietta, Orangel Lugo, Leandro Lioh Navarro,, Carlos Novella and Alan Ohep.

Un país imaginario donde los perros comen flores

—

Far from the Sea poster
NR

Roxana, a young Venezuelan woman exiled in Mexico City, defies the law when her father dies in a boarding house, and tries to convince Hilda, the landlady, not to report it to the authorities. Hilda faces the dilemma of helping her or getting into trouble. Roxana’s determination almost convinces her, but her fear is stronger. Alone, in an unknown country, Roxana has to part with her father’s body, her only family

Far from the Sea

2024