The Films of Oscar Ruiz Navia
Born in Cali, Colombia, he lives in Montreal, Canada since 2023. His first feature film El vuelco del cangrejo received the FIPRESCI Critics' Prize at the Berlinale (Forum) in 2010. He was part of the Cannes Cinefondation Residence 2010. In 2013, he directed the short film Solecito (Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 2013). In 2014, his feature film Los hongos won the Special Jury Prize Cineasti del Presente at the Locarno Film Festival and the Dioraphte Audience Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival 2015 (Viennale 2014). His third feature, Epifanía, co-directed with Swedish filmmaker Anna Eborn, premiered at the Busan International Film Festival - South Korea in 2016 and selected at CPH:DOX in 2017. His fourth feature film Fait vivir, won the Audience Award “Cali, Ciudad Abierta”, Cali Film Festival 2019 and was selected at Biarritz, France 2019 and FICUNAM Mexico 2020. His new short film Ya se ven los tigres en la lluvia premieres at New York Film Festival, Currents 2025. He has also produced and executive produced several internationally recognized feature films that have screened at major festivals including Cannes, Locarno, SXSW, Venice, and Berlin.
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Fait vivir
Duration: 2h32
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This poetic documentary follows the Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, a multicultural troupe of musicians and circus artists based in Montreal. Narrated by Manuk, a 5-year-old boy, the film chronicles their tour of Colombia, bringing the show Makondo to areas marked by armed conflict. Between the present and the past, homeland and adopted land, brother and sister, a film emerges as a balm for nostalgia a...
Crab Trap
Duration: 1h37
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At La Barra, an isolated and humid village on the pacific Coast of Colombia, Cerebro, leader of the native Afro Colombian Community, is at odds with the White Man, a landowner who wants to build a resort on the beach. Daniel, a strange man with city looks and manners, arrives in the place, looking for a boat to leave the country. Daniel, forced to leave, has to be part in the struggle of this v...
Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain
Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain
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Drifting between moving-image formats and collaging local textures and bygone voices, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s film reflects on loss and mourning as experiences of temporal dislocation.
Fait vivir
Duration: 2h32
Subscription access
This poetic documentary follows the Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, a multicultural troupe of musicians and circus artists based in Montreal. Narrated by Manuk, a 5-year-old boy, the film chronicles their tour of Colombia, bringing the show Makondo to areas marked by armed conflict. Between the present and the past, homeland and adopted land, brother and sister, a film emerges as a balm for nostalgia a...
Crab Trap
Duration: 1h37
Subscription access
At La Barra, an isolated and humid village on the pacific Coast of Colombia, Cerebro, leader of the native Afro Colombian Community, is at odds with the White Man, a landowner who wants to build a resort on the beach. Daniel, a strange man with city looks and manners, arrives in the place, looking for a boat to leave the country. Daniel, forced to leave, has to be part in the struggle of this v...
Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain
Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain
New product!Duration: 30 minutes
Subscription access
Drifting between moving-image formats and collaging local textures and bygone voices, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s film reflects on loss and mourning as experiences of temporal dislocation.
