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Until the Sun Dies
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Filmmaker Name:
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Jonas Brander
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Film Length:
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88 min
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Film Year:
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2023
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Duration:
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76-90 min
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Decade:
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2020s
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Language:
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in Spanish and Nasa Yuwe
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Subtitle Language:
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with English, French and German subtitles
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Region:
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South America
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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 and human rights activist 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 Documentary, Seattle Latino Film Festival, USA, 2024
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
Best Documentary, Sole Luna DOC, Italy, 2024
Social World Film Festival VICO EQUENSE, Italy, 2024
Best Cinematography, Achtung! Berlin, Germany, 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
Best Documentary, Wuerzburg International Film Festival, Germany, 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
Salvador Allende Award, Festival de Libertés, Brussels, 2023
Berlin Indie Film Festival, Germany, 2023
Festival International de Cine de Cuenca, Ecuador, 2023
Visioni dal Mondo, Italy, 2023
DOK Film Market, DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2022
VdR-Film Market, Visions du Réel Int'l Film Festival Nyon, Swiss, 2023
Until the Sun Dies
Written by
Jonas Brander
Catalina Flórez
Director
a Production of
Producers
Catalina Flórez Ibarra
Jonas Brander
Leonie Pokutta
Co-Producer
Director of Photography
Editors
Isabel Cristina Otálvaro
Jonas Brander
Dramaturgical Advice
Researcher
Erica Flor
Assistant Director
Sound
Music
Additional Music
Alejandro “Lelo” Arango
Post-Production Sound
Sound Design & Mixing
Additional Sound Design
Pierre Kirchhoff
Sound Pre-mix
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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