Film

Mi Bestia

Bogota, 1996. The devil is prophesied to appear at the moment of the imminent lunar eclipse, and Bogotans are terrified. Mila, 13, is feeling increasingly oppressed by the way that others are looking at her, and wonders whether the metamorphosis of her body has anything to do with the prophecy. The dreaded day arrives, and the red moon lights up the sky.

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Year : 2024
Length : 85 minutes
Production : Felina Films, Films Grand Huit
Director : Camila Beltrán
Screenplay : Camila Beltrán, Silvina Schnicer

Stella Martinez, Mallely Aleyda Murillo Rivas, Héctor Sanchez, Eva Marcela Mar

  • Camila Beltrán

Camila first came to prominence for her work as a video artist: her experimental films such as “La fiesta” (2006), “Le soleil brille” (2007) and “La mala hija” (2010) were selected at alternative South American festivals.

She left Colombia to study at the Paris-Cergy School of the Arts. On completing her studies, she moved to Tijuana to make her first short fiction film, “Pedro malheur”, which won a special mention from the Jury at the Clermont-Ferrand festival in 2014 and was shown at several European festivals. Her latest short, “Pacífico oscuro”, was selected for the Locarno Film Festival 2020. “Mi bestia”, her first feature film, is inspired by memories of Colombia in the 1990s.