Jorge Cadena

Directing

Jorge Cadena

Born

1985-01-01 (41)

Place of birth

Barranquilla, Colombia

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Jorge Cadena (born 1985) is a Swiss–Colombian artist and filmmaker based in Geneva, Switzerland. Cadena first studied photography in Buenos Aires. In 2016, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in cinema from HEAD – Geneva with his film El Cuento de Antonia (2016), awarded with the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival. He then obtained his Master’s degree at ECAL/HEAD in 2018 with The Jarariju Sisters which received a special mention at the Berlinale. In 2019, he was selected to participate in the EFP Future Frame program in Karlovy Vary, the TIFF Lab in Toronto in 2020 and the Berlinale Talents in 2021. He is currently working on his first feature film, Malestar Tropical.

Known for

Behind the camera

Flowers from Another Garden poster
5.0

In northern Colombia, a group of queer activists use their extravagance to denounce the disastrous exploitation of the largest coal mine in Colombia through performative actions.

Flowers from Another Garden

2022

Flowers from Another Garden poster
5.0

In northern Colombia, a group of queer activists use their extravagance to denounce the disastrous exploitation of the largest coal mine in Colombia through performative actions.

Flowers from Another Garden

2022

The Jarariju Sisters poster
7.5

Viviana and Yandris weave red and yellow yarn into bags. In the distance we hear the hammering of machines, the wail of sirens and the thunder of explosions.

The Jarariju Sisters

2019

The Jarariju Sisters poster
7.5

Viviana and Yandris weave red and yellow yarn into bags. In the distance we hear the hammering of machines, the wail of sirens and the thunder of explosions.

The Jarariju Sisters

2019

SONALI poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

SONALI

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The Three Swallows poster
2.0

Three places in which men meet, share a moment, filling the emptiness of Tbilissi's daily life. At the baths, at the barber's or in an empty house haunted by three swallows, speech flows in enclosed spaces. The director observes and captures the intimacy of the words, the obviousness of the gestures and the unexpectedness of the events. A metaphor for liberty, the absolute dream of contemporary Georgia.

The Three Swallows

2016

The Three Swallows poster
2.0

Three places in which men meet, share a moment, filling the emptiness of Tbilissi's daily life. At the baths, at the barber's or in an empty house haunted by three swallows, speech flows in enclosed spaces. The director observes and captures the intimacy of the words, the obviousness of the gestures and the unexpectedness of the events. A metaphor for liberty, the absolute dream of contemporary Georgia.

The Three Swallows

2016

Mapalé poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mapalé

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El cuento de Antonia poster
NR

Short film about a girl exploring her world.

El cuento de Antonia

2016

El cuento de Antonia poster
NR

Short film about a girl exploring her world.

El cuento de Antonia

2016