Felipe López Gómez is a Colombian-Canadian filmmaker temporarily based in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. In 2018 he participated in the “Filming in Peru” workshop with Werner Herzog, where he produced his first short film, Un joven sueño. He recently completed an M.F.A. in Film Production at York University in Toronto. His work has screened at film festivals and exhibitions such as Visions du Réel, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Frames of Representation at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, Cartagena International Film Festival and the Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montréal.
_Kilómetro 126_ narrates the day of a young couple as they spent their last time together in their hometown. Focusing on small intimate and mundane moments of their lives while juxtaposing it with archival footage contrasting the settlement of a town with its future, questioning the notion of development and progress in these rural areas.
_Kilómetro 126_ narrates the day of a young couple as they spent their last time together in their hometown. Focusing on small intimate and mundane moments of their lives while juxtaposing it with archival footage contrasting the settlement of a town with its future, questioning the notion of development and progress in these rural areas.