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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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Subject:
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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
Until the Sun Dies (Hasta que se apague el sol)
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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