Cinema Colombiano
At HMK, the festival’s opening film will be screened, followed by a live performance by Colombian musician Tibio. Admission to the evening is free, and empanadas will be served!
📅 Practical info
When: Thursday, 18 September
Time: 18:00 until 22:00
Entry: free
⏱️ Programme
18:00 Start (with music and empanadas)
18:30 Live music
19:00 Intro + film (90 min) - Cinema
21:00 Q&A + music on vinyl
22:00 end
Bienvenidos Conquistadores Interplanetarios y del Espacio Sideral (Andrés Jurado, 2024) 90 min - with English subtitles.
In 1963, NASA astronauts underwent survival training in the Colombian jungle. Amongst them was Neil Armstrong. Through creative use of archival footage, documents, and sound recordings, the film explores this surreal encounter, presenting a counter-history that examines colonialism, space exploration, and historical memory. The film is a hypnotic journey along disparate and unique archives exposing the human obsession with “development”.
Cinema Colombiano
Cinema Colombiano is a film festival that takes place annually in the Netherlands. Since 2015, it has been hosted at WORM in Rotterdam, and since 2021 also at Filmhuis Cavia in Amsterdam. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the festival, and we are delighted and honoured to present it to a new audience at Hotel Maria Kapel.
The festival brings together the Colombian diaspora and people from all backgrounds to explore and appreciate the rich culture and social realities of Colombia through film and music. This year, the 10th edition will take place on September 18 at HMK, on September 20 at Cavia in Amsterdam, and on September 27 at WORM in Rotterdam.
You can view the full festival program here: https://www.cinecol.nl/cc2025/
Cinema Colombiano
Aside from the festival, the team of Cinema Colombiano organises other spaces to connect: CINEMA COLOMBIANO RADIO, a bi-weekly radio program featuring Colombian music, where we invite creatives, activists, and diverse voices to share their stories; and INTERRUPCIÓN, a year-round event showcasing music from Latin America and its diaspora.