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Until the Sun Dies

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Until the Sun Dies

Price: $320.00
Filmmaker Name: Jonas Brander
Film Length: 88 min
Film Year: 2023
Duration: 76-90 min
Decade: 2020s
Language: in Spanish and Nasa Yuwe
Subtitle Language: with English, French and German subtitles
Region: South America
Subject: Politics, Law and Justice
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Set in Colombia’s “post-conflict” landscape, Until the Sun Dies centers on two social justice leaders whose lives illuminate the ongoing struggles for justice and self-determination among the country’s marginalized communities: human rights activist Luz Marina Bernal and Indigenous Nasa leader and environmental activist Albeiro Camayo. 

Against the backdrop of Colombia’s fragile peace, the film interrogates the paradoxes of the so-called “post-conflict” condition, where structural and interpersonal violence endures beneath the official rhetoric of reconciliation. Following their parallel yet interconnected paths, Until the Sun Dies portrays how both leaders continually resist and reimagine life under the enduring shadow of conflict. Their stories articulate the persistent suffering, resilience, and pursuit of peace and dignity that define Colombia’s marginalized communities. 

With Until the Sun Dies, filmmaker Jonas Brander offers a tribute to the victims—the thousands of lives lost in a war that was not theirs—and a meditation on territory, identity, pain, and community, and honors those whose pursuit of justice persists in the face of impunity. The title, drawn from an ancestral Nasa saying, evokes a vision of endurance and moral clarity: an uncompromising struggle for a world where life triumphs over death, equality over inequality, and the voice of the people prevails over imposed silence. 

This independent production marks Jonas Brander’s debut feature film.

SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Best Direction & Jury Special Mention - Best Documentary, Festival Int'l de Málaga, Spain, 2024
Best Cinematography - Documentary, Achtung Berlin Film Festival, Germany, 2024
Best Documentary, Sole Luna DOC, Italy, 2024
Best Documentary, Würzburg International Film Weekend, Germany, 2024
Best Documentary, Seattle Latino Film Festival, USA, 2024
Salvador Allende Award, Festival de Libertés, Brussels, 2023
Gruvy Award, EWIP - European Work in Progress, 2022 
Miradas Medellín - Film and Audiovisual Arts, Colombia 2024
Amazonia and Caribbean Int'l Documentary Film Festival (FIFAC), French Guiana, 2024
Monde en Vues Human Rights Film Festival, Guadalupe 2024
Social World Film Festival VICO EQUENSE, Italy, 2024
IMPACTE! Human Rights Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, 2024
ACT Human Rights Film Festival, USA, 2024
Liberation Docfest Bangladesh, Bangladesh 2024
Festival Internacional de Santiago Álvarez, Cuba, 2024
Festival Internacional de Cine de Engativá, Colombia, 2024
New York Human Rights Film Festival, USA, 2023
Ethos Film Awards International Film Festival, USA 2023
Cine sin limites, Cali International Film Festival, Colombia, 2023
Luleå International Film Festival, Sweden, 2023
CineFest Latino Boston Film Festival, USA, 2023
Awareness Film Festival, USA 2023
Vistas Latinas, Filmfest Osnabrück, Germany 2023
Berlin Indie Film Festival, Germany, 2023
Festival International de Cine de Cuenca, Ecuador, 2023
Visioni dal Mondo, Italy, 2023

CREDITS & INFO

Until the Sun Dies (Hasta que se apague el sol)
 
Written by
Jonas Brander
Catalina Flórez
 
Director
Jonas Brander
 
a Production of
urua Films
 
Producers
Catalina Flórez Ibarra
Jonas Brander
Leonie Pokutta
 
Co-Producer
Michael Kaczmarek
 
Director of Photography
Jonas Brander
 
Editors
Isabel Cristina Otálvaro
Jonas Brander
 
Dramaturgical Advice
Laia Prat
 
Researcher
Erica Flor
 
Assistant Director
Jennifer Quintero
 
Sound
Sergio Salgado
 
Music
Jonas Meyer
 
Additional Music
Alejandro “Lelo” Arango
 
Post-Production Sound
K13 Studios
 
Sound Design & Mixing
Adrian Lo
 
Additional Sound Design
Pierre Kirchhoff
 
Sound Pre-mix
Lucas Wojatschke
 
Sound Department
Michael Kaczmarek
 
Credits Design
Blanca Bonet
María Acosta (TIWA Studios)
 
Graphic Designers
Diego Morales Cifuentes
Elena Bianco
 
Subtitles
Mathew Way (Way Films)

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