ANHELL69

SAT MAY 6 | 10:00 PM | ARK LODGE CINEMAS
AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY MAY 4-7 IN USA

ANHELL69
2022; Colombia; Theo Montoya; 74-minutes

What makes a film a trans film? A story? A character? The people behind the film? Anhell69 invites the audience to meditate on this question. In this personal poetic journey, Theo Montoya shares an intimate portrait of real life experiences of a young group of friends who are part of the queer scene in Medellín, Colombia. The film moves through dreamlike and nightmarish sequences following the script of a vampire movie that never came to fruition due the passing of the film’s protagonist - Camilo Najar (21) - AKA “Anhell69”.  Inspired by the history of Colombian cinema, neo-noir, and punk rock aesthetics, the film shares a unique worldview of a generation that might be changing the current paradigms of a society with a long track of pain and violence.

This film contains the following content warnings:
BLOOD, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, IMPLIED VIOLENCE, DISCUSSION OF SELF HARM, DEPICTION OF SUICIDE, DEPICTION OF SELF-HARM

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