Pablo Álvarez-Mesa
Born in 1980 in Colombia, Pablo Álvarez-Mesa is a Montreal-based filmmaker and cinematographer primarily working in the field of documentary cinema. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University and a Master’s degree in Film Production from Concordia University. His films have been showcased at international festivals such as the Berlinale, IFFR, Visions du Réel, and RIDM. Notable works include Presidio Modelo (2009), Jelena's Song (2010), and the documentary shorts Speaking Into The Air (2015), La Pesca (2017), and Infinite Distance (2022). In 2020, he began a trilogy exploring the iconic figure of Simón Bolívar with Bicentenario, followed by the second installment, La Laguna del Soldado (2024), which won the Best Canadian Documentary Award at Hot Docs and DOXA.
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Bicentenario
Two hundred years after Simón Bolívar's liberation campaign in Colombia, _Bicentenario_ retraces Bolívar's journey across the country, searching for his lingering ghost within the contested territory. Creatively blending oral traditions, landscape cinema, and political essay, _Bicentenario_ cinematically reveals the collision of history and myth etched into the land of what would inevitably bec...
Bicentenario
Two hundred years after Simón Bolívar's liberation campaign in Colombia, _Bicentenario_ retraces Bolívar's journey across the country, searching for his lingering ghost within the contested territory. Creatively blending oral traditions, landscape cinema, and political essay, _Bicentenario_ cinematically reveals the collision of history and myth etched into the land of what would inevitably bec...
