List of Colombian documentary films

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This is a list of documentary films produced in the Colombian cinema, ordered by year and decade of release.

1910s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1914
Floro Manco Documentary
1915
El drama del 15 de octubre Francisco di Doménico, Vincenzo di Doménico Documentary Also known as La vida del General Rafael Uribe.

1920s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1925
Félix R. Restrepo Documentary

1930s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1933
Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal, Álvaro Acevedo Bernal Documentary

1940s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1944
Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal, Álvaro Acevedo Bernal Documentary
1945
Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal, Álvaro Acevedo Bernal Documentary

1960s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1960
Enoch Roldán Documentary
1963
José María Arzuaga Documentary, musical
1967
Juan Ocampo Documentary

1970s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1970
Francisco Norden Documentary
1971
Diego León Giraldo Documentary
Marta Rodríguez, Jorge Silva Documentary
Carlos Mayolo, Luis Ospina Documentary
1972
Marta Rodríguez, Jorge Silva Documentary
1974
Francisco Norden Documentary
1975
Danny Lyon Documentary American-Colombian co-production.
1976
Ciro Durán, Mario Mitrotti Documentary Winner of Melbourne International Film Festival.
1977
Gamín Ciro Durán Documentary French-Colombian co-production. Best New Director at San Sebastián International Film Festival.

1980s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1980
Rómulo Delgado Documentary
1982
Marta Rodríguez, Jorge Silva Documentary Won FIPRESCI Prize and OCIC's Forum of New Cinema awards at Berlin International Film Festival. Golden Colon at Huelva Latin American Film Festival.
1984
Roberto Triana Documentary
1985
Ciro Durán Documentary
1986
Sergio Cabrera Documentary
Luis Ospina Documentary
1987
Luis Ospina Documentary
1988
Marta Rodríguez, Jorge Silva Documentary Colombian-British co-production.

1990s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1990
Lino Brocka, Rolan Bykov, Ciro Durán, Jerry Lewis, Euzhan Palcy, Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville Documentary Colombian-French-Nigerien-Filipo-Soviet-American-Swiss co-production (UNICEF-sponsored).
1992
Óscar Campo Documentary Won Grand Coral at Havana Film Festival.
1993
Luis Ospina Documentary
1994
Camila Motta Documentary
Ana Victoria Ochoa, José Miguel Restrepo Documentary
1996
Beatriz Bermúdez Documentary
1997
Óscar Campo Documentary
1998
Jairo Escobar Documentary
Herib Campos-Cerbera, Carlos Santa Documentary
1999
Yves Billon Documentary French-Colombian co-production.
Odile Isralson Documentary Colombian-American co-production. Nominated for Best Documentary at Cinequest Film Festival.

2000s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
2000
José Antonio Dorado Documentary
2001
Orozco el embalsamador Kiyotaka Tsurisaki Documentary Japanese-Colombian co-production.
Fernando Restrepo, Marta Rodríguez Documentary
Óscar Campo Documentary
2002
Óscar Campo Documentary
Rolando Vargas Documentary
Pakiko Ordóñez Documentary
Marcelo Salinas Documentary
María Cecilia de Posada Documentary Spanish-Colombian co-production.
2003
Patricia Castaño, Adalaida Trujillo Documentary Colombian-German-British co-production.
Luis Ospina Documentary Best Documentary at Toulouse Latin America Film Festival.
Catalina Villar Documentary Colombian-French co-production.
Yezid Campos Documentary
2004
Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Documentary French-Colombian co-production.
Sergio Cabrera Documentary Colombian-Spanish co-production.
Marc De Beaufort Documentary
Marie Boti, Malcolm Guy Documentary Canadian-Brazilian-Argentine-Colombian co-production.
Erwin Göggel Documentary Best Documentary at Bogotá Film Festival.
Luis Eduardo Merino Peláez, Amanda Rueda Documentary
Claudia Pedraza, Karolina Ramírez Documentary
Mario Burbano, Verónica Marchiaro Documentary Argentine-Colombian-German co-production.
Alexandra Henao Documentary Colombian-Venezuelan co-production.
Juan Zapata Documentary Brazilian-Colombian co-production.
2005
Scott Dalton, Margarita Martínez Alfredo Aguilar, Eva Ahen, Juan Miguel Anzola Documentary American-Colombian co-production. Nominated for Best Documentary at Independent Spirit Awards. Won Grand Jury Prize - Documentary Features at Miami International Film Festival.
Galina Likosova, Hernán Restrepo Documentary
Galina Likosova, Hernán Restrepo Documentary
Lucas Nieto Documentary
Silvia María Hoyos Documentary
Margarita Jimeno Documentary
Pakiko Ordóñez Documentary
2006
Juliana Flórez Documentary
José Roberto Levy Documentary Mexican-Colombian co-production.
Felipe Guerrero Documentary Best Experimental Documentary at Barcelona Docupolis. Special Mention at Marseille Festival of Documentary Film.
El Mágico Camilo Martin Documentary
Hugo Santander Documentary Colombian-French-American co-production.
Mario Burbano Documentary
Annie Canavaggio, Gabriela Sosa, Diego Velazco, Fanny Veliz Documentary Colombian-Ecuadorian-Venezuelan-Panamanian co-production.
2007
Carlos Palau Documentary
Jorge Granier Documentary Colombian-Venezuelan co-production.
Douglas Duarte, Adriana Marino Documentary Brazilian-American-Colombian co-production.
Jake Boritt Documentary Austrian-Colombian-Hungarian-Romanian-American co-production.
Maya Da-Rin Documentary Brazilian-Colombian-Peruvian co-production.
Diego García Moreno Documentary
Jaime Escallon-Buraglia Documentary Colombian-Canadian co-production.
Manuel Ruiz, Héctor Ulloque Documentary Colombian-Bolivian co-production.
Fernando Valenzuela Documentary Argentine-Colombian-American co-production.
Gabriela Bohm Documentary American-Israeli-Ecuadorian-Colombian-Brazilian-Argentine co-production.
Yves Billon, Mauricio Martínez-Cavard Documentary French-Colombian co-production.
Luis Ospina Documentary 2nd place for Best Documentary at Lima Latin American Film Festival. Special Mention (Documentary Features) at Miami International Film Festival.
2008
Mauricio Gómez, Julio Sánchez Cristo Documentary
Camilo Botero Documentary Won Audience Award and Special Mention (Dox Competition) at Miami International Film Festival.
Carlos Rendón Documentary French-Colombian-Belgium co-production.
Samuel Córdoba Documentary
Amanda Robalino, Johanna García Ruiz Documentary Ecuadorian-Argentine-Colombian co-production.
Joel Christensen, Chris Gordon, Cody Shirk Documentary American-Colombian-Costa Rican-Salvadoran-Honduran-Nicaraguan-Panamanian co-production.
Ika Santamaria Documentary
Scott Duncan, Phil Tuckett Documentary American-Paraguayan-Ecuadorian-Colombian-Chilean co-production.
Jorge Ramos Documentary Won Human Rights Award at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.
2009
Pecados de mi padre Nicolas Entel Documentary Argentine-Colombian co-production. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at Argentine Film Critics Association. Won Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize (Dox Competition) at Miami International Film Festival. Nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft (Music and Sound) at News & Documentary Emmy Award. Nominated for World Cinema (Documentary) at Sundance Film Festival.
Simone Bruno, Dado Carillo Documentary American-Colombian-Italian co-production.
Tayo Cortés Documentary Won Silver Dove (International Competition) at Dok Leipzig.
Jorge Ramos Documentary Won Human Rights Award at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.
Iosu López Documentary 15-countries co-production.
Lina Dorado Documentary American-Colombian-Chinese co-production.
Margarita Martínez, Miguel Salazar Documentary
Antonio Rubio Documentary
Alessandro Acito, Leonardo Valderrama Documentary Colombian-Italian co-production.
Jaime Dávila, Alex Toedtli Mera Documentary Spanish-Colombian co-production.
Patricia Boadas, Carlos Sánchez-Llibre Documentary Colombian-Spanish co-production.
Galina Likosova, Hernán Humberto Restrepo Botero Documentary
Lucky 13 David Caneva, Johanna Zuleta Documentary
Carolina Arango, Carlos Mario Urrea Documentary
Ramón Jimeno Documentary
Óscar Campo, Ramiro Arbeláez Documentary
Jorge Caicedo Documentary

2010s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
2010
The Two Escobars Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist Documentary Part of 30 for 30 documentary series. Nominated for Best Documentary Screenplay at Writers Guild of America Award. Nominated for Best International Documentary Film at Zurich Film Festival.
Antonio Von Hildebrand, Lawrence Elman Documentary British-Colombian co-production.
Apaporis: In Search of One River José Antonio Dorado Documentary American-Colombian co-production. Won Honorable Mention (Documentary on the Environment) at Bogota Film Festival.
Juan José Lozano, Hollman Morris Documentary Swiss-French-Colombian co-production. Nominated for Open Eyes Jury Award at Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival.
Jairo Eduardo Carrillo, Óscar Andrade Animation, Documentary First Latin American film in 3D. Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (Knight Dox Competition) at Miami International Film Festival.
Carlos Moreno, Gerardo Muyshondt Documentary Colombian-Salvadoran co-production. Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (Dox Competition) at Miami International Film Festival.
Mark Henderson, Kate Horne Documentary British-Colombian-German co-production. Nominated for Best Documentary at Warsaw International Film Festival.
Margarita Martínez Documentary
Nicolás Rincón Gille Documentary Belgium-Colombian co-production. Won Golden Montgolfiere at Three Continents Festival. Nominated for Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize at Yamagata International Documentary Festival.
Stuart Taner Documentary Colombian-American co-production.
Juan José Lozano, Hollman Morris Documentary Swiss-French-Colombian co-production. Nominated for Open Eyes Jury Award at Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival.
Nicolás Guarín, René Palomino Documentary
Manuel Ruiz Montealegre, Hector Ulloque Franco Documentary
Margarita Martínez Documentary Colombian-American co-production.
Christian Bitar Documentary
Juan Sarmiento Documentary German-Colombian co-production. Nominated for Producer Award at Potsdam Sehsüchte.
Jim Giles, Julie Giles Documentary Canadian-Colombian co-production.
Jordan Freeman Documentary American-Colombian co-production.
Diana Kuéllar Documentary
Roberto Niño, Arturo Roa Documentary Colombian-Argentine co-production.
Daniel Álvarez Mikey Documentary Colombian-Spanish-Italian-French-Argentine co-production.
Derrick Jensen Documentary American-Colombian-Indian-British co-production.
Diego García Miller Quintero, Daniel Estrada, Carlos Bardem Documentary
2011
Rachel Seifert Documentary British-Mexican-American-Ecuadorian-Colombian-Bolivian co-production.
Paiman Kalayeh, John Lyons Murphy Documentary American-Colombian-German co-production.
Cary Stuart Documentary American-Afghan-British-Moroccan-Spanish-Danish-Peruvian-Colombian-Dutch co-production.
M. D. Neely Documentary American-Colombian-French-Indian-Egyptian-Iraqi co-production.
Angus Gibson, Miguel Salazar Documentary Colombian-French-American co-production.
Simon Brand Documentary Colombian-American co-production.
Axel Ebermann Documentary American-Colombian-Malagasy-Thai-Dutch co-production.
Vincent Moon Documentary Colombian-French-Argentine co-production.
Mónica Moya Documentary
Luis Reina Documentary
Laurence Salzmann Documentary American-Colombian co-production.
Abdelsallam Al-Hajj, Claudia Alves, Laura Cardona, Sreya Chatterhee, Jean Jean León, Marina McCartney, Rafael Ruíz, Helena Salguero Documentary Cuban-Jordanian-Spanish-Samoan-Indian-Portuguese-Colombian-Dominican-New Zealander-American co-production.
Nicolás Reyes Documentary
Jorge Ramos Documentary
Víctor Agudelo Documentary
Alex Rubio, Jaime Barrios Documentary
Victor Beltrán, Hugo Marín, Pilar Missas, Lina Vanegas Documentary
Ernesto McCausland Documentary
Juan Camilo Ramírez Documentary
Sanjay Agarwal, Iván Higa Documentary Dutch-Colombian co-production. Nominated for Best Documentary and Foreign Film at São Paulo International Film Festival.
Andrés Estefan Ramírez Documentary
2012
Hugo Santander Documentary
Aluna Alan Ereira Documentary British-Colombian co-production. Nominated for Sheffield Green Award at Sheffield International Documentary Festival.
Sylvia Vargas Gómez, Sandro Romero Rey Documentary
Nicole Karsin Documentary American-Colombian co-production.
Juan Mejía Botero Documentary
Alessandro Angulo Documentary
Travers Nisbet Documentary Colombian-American co-production.
Felipe Guerrero Documentary Colombian-French-Argentine co-production.
Rodrigo Pesavento, Tiago de Castro, Fernanda Franke Krumel Documentary Brazilian-American-Argentine-Australian-Canadian-Colombian-Czech-German-Italian-Peruvian-South African-Swiss co-production.
Ayoze O'Shanahan Documentary
François Bucher Documentary Swedish-Colombian-German-Egyptian-Polish-Peruvian co-production.
Carolina Pardo Documentary
Juan Vallejo Documentary Colombian-Bolivian-American co-production.
Theo Lipfert Documentary American-Liberian-Guatemalan-Colombian co-production.
Jorge Caballero Ramos Documentary
Juan Pablo Ríos Documentary
Alejandro Ángel Documentary
William Torres Documentary
Erik Zúñiga Documentary
2013
Pascal Plisson Documentary French-Chinese-South African-Brazilian-Colombian co-production. Won Best Documentary Film at César Awards. Won Audience Award (Favorite Independent World Feature) at Mill Valley Film Festival.
Chris Gude Documentary
Nathalia Orozco Documentary Colombian-French-Mexican-Libyan co-production.
Ethan Steinman Documentary Argentine-American-Peruvian-Bolivian-Chilean-Colombian-Ecuadorian co-production.
Andrew Tucker, Rey Sagbini Documentary Colombian-German co-production.
António Caetano Faria Documentary Macanese-Portuguese-Argentine-Bolivian-Chilean-Colombian-Ecuadorian-Paraguayan-Peruvian co-production.
Camilo Botero Documentary Nominated for Best Documentary at Warsaw International Film Festival.
Priscila Padilla Documentary Nominated for Best Documentary at The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema.
Alejandro Alvarado, Concha Barquero Documentary Spanish- Canadian-Colombian-Polish-Argentine co-production.
Felipe Monroy Documentary Colombian-Swiss co-production. Nominated for Filmschool Award at Munich International Documentary Festival.
Bryant Robinson, Jamaal Buchanan Documentary Colombian-American co-production.
Jorge Betancur Documentary
Juan Manuel Echavarría Documentary
Andrés Vásquez Documentary Colombian-American co-production.
Matt Twommey Documentary American-Venezuelan-Uruguayan-Peruvian-Paraguayan-Panamanian-Nicaraguan-Mexican-Honduran-Guatemalan-Salvadorian-Ecuadorian-Costa Rican-Colombian-Chilean-Brazilian-BolivianArgentine co-production.
Michel Arribehaute Documentary French-American-Spanish-Mexican-Israeli-Colombian co-production.
Unai Aranzadi Documentary Spanish-Colombian co-production.
Brian Oh Documentary American-Peruvian-Ecuadorian-Colombian-Bolivian-Argentine co-production.
Claudia Fischer Documentary
Irene Lema Documentary
Alejandro Jaramillo Documentary Colombian-German-Panamanian co-production.
Harley van Valem Documentary Australian-Colombian-Brazilian-Bolivian-Belizean-American-Peruvian-Panamanian-Nicaraguan-Mexican-Honduran-Guatemalan-Salvadorian-Ecuadorian-Costa Rican co-production.
Tom Keith Documentary American-Colombian-Dominican-Malian co-production.
Drew Gilberth Documentary American-Thai-Spanish-Mexican-Malaysian-Greek-Colombian co-production.
Álvaro Perea, Carlos Jordanez Documentary
Alexandra Cardona Documentary
Claudia Gordillo, Bruno Federico Documentary
Juan Carlos Echeverria, Danny Holguín Documentary Best Documentary and Foreign Documentary at Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival. Won Victor Nieto Award for Best Documentary at Cartagena Film Festival.
Patricia Ayala Documentary
2014
Pamela Yates Documentary American-Peruvian-Colombian-Brazilian co-production.
Piffano German, German Piffano Documentary Colombian-Venezuelan-Spanish co-production.
Andreas M. Dalsgaard, Vivana Gómez, Nicolás Servide Documentary Danish-Irish-Norwegian-Colombian co-production. Nominated for F:ACT Award at Copenhagen International Documentary Festival.
Rubén Mendoza Documentary
Hanh Nguyen, Vishal Solanki Documentary American-Colombian-Ethiopian-Guatemalan-Honduran-Indian-Italian-Lithuanian-Mexican-Nicaraguan-South Korean-Swedish-Swiss-Turkish-British co-production.
Patrick Alexander, Aseneth Suárez Ruíz Documentary Hungarian-Colombian co-production.
Christiana Ochoa Documentary American-Colombian co-production.
Emily Cohen Documentary American-Colombian co-production.
Mike Clear, Alanna Clear, Paul Watson Documentary British-Argentine-Bolivian-Canadian-Colombian-Costa Rican-Ecuadorian-Guatemalan-Mexican-Nicaraguan-Panamanian-Peruvian-American co-production.
Nicolás Alonso Documentary Colombian-Argentine co-production. Nominated for Golden Montgolfiere at Nantes Three Continents Festival.
Juan Camilo Olmos Documentary Special Mention of the Opus Bonum Jury and nominated for Best Documentary Debut or Second Film and World Documentary at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Joel Stangle Documentary
Ramiro Arbeláez, Óscar Campo Documentary
Juan David Soto Documentary Colombian-British-Spanish co-production. Nominated for Opera Prima Award at IBAFF International Film Festival.
Hermes Paralluelo Documentary Spanish-Colombian co-production.
Stephanie Catalina Martínez Documentary American-Colombian co-production.
Ronin Hsu Documentary Colombian-Hong Kongese co-production.
Lisandra Ávila Documentary Colombian-Turkish co-production.
Raphaelle Ayach Documentary
Galina Likosova, Hernán Humberto Restrepo Documentary Colombian-Argentine-Austrian-Belgian-Danish.-French-German-Italian-Polish-Spanish co-production.
Ian Palmer Documentary American-Argentine-Belizean-Chilean-Colombian-Costa Rican-Ecuadorian-Guatemalan-Honduran-Mexican-Nicaraguan-Panamanian-Peruvian co-production.
2015
Miguel Salazar Héctor Abad Gómez, Héctor Abad Faciolince, Cecilia Faciolince de Abad Documentary
Jens Schanze Documentary German-Swiss-Colombian-Dutch co-production.
Dago García, Roberto Flores Carlos Alexander Martínez, Carlos Mario Rincón Mendoza, Hugo Luís Urruchurto Navarro Drama, Documentary
Mike Slee (Nature and animals report) Documentary
Adriana Lucía (Biographical story) Documentary
Francisco Schmitt García Documentary
Marcela Lizcano Documentary
Santiago Andrés Gómez Documentary
Alejandro Naranjo Documentary
Pablo Alvarez-Mesa Documentary Canadian-Colombian co-production.
Riccardo Giacconi Documentary
Todo comenzó por el fin Luis Ospina Documentary
Patricia Ayala Ruiz Documentary
Rubén Mendoza Documentary
Josephine Landertinger Forero Documentary
Manuel Correa Documentary Norwegian-Colombian coproduction. Nominated for Best Norwegian documentary and Gulluglen Award at Bergen International Film Festival. #artoffline held its international premiere as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Nicolás Rincón Gille Documentary Belgian-Colombian co-production. Won SCAM Award (Mention) and nominated for Cinéma du Réel Award at Cinéma du Réel.
Marcela Lizcano Documentary Colombian-Ecuadorian-Mexican co-production.
Jens Schanze Documentary Colombian-German-Swiss-Dutch co-production.
Juan David Cárdenas Documentary
Carlos Felipe Montoya Documentary
Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck Valerie Meikle, Noa Van Hemelryck Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck, Clare Weiskopf, Diego Weiskopf Documentary
Juan Pablo Ríos Documentary
Crystal V. Lesser Documentary French-Colombian-Panamanian-Spanish-Venezuelan co-production.
Iván Sierra Sanjurjo, Gerrit Stollbrock Documentary
Hilary Linder Documentary American-Brazilian-Colombian-Mexican co-production.
Jake Oelman Documentary American-Colombian-Ecuadorian-Peruvian co-production.
Jorge Caballero Documentary
Mabel Lozano Documentary Argentine-Colombian-Paraguayan-Peruvian-Spanish co-production.
Gabo, la creación de Gabriel García Márquez Justin Webster Documentary Spanish-French-American-Colombian-British co-production. Nominated for Best Documentary at Gaudí Awards.
Rubén Rojo Aura Documentary Mexican-Spanish-Colombian co-production. Nominated for Best Mexican Film at Guadalajara International Film Festival.
2016
Carlos Moreno, Lilia Luciano Documentary Colombian-American co-production.
Oliver Hill Documentary
El culebro: la historia de mi papá Nicolás Casanova Hernando Casanova, Héctor Ulloa, Gloria Gómez, Silvio Ángel, Jimmy Salcedo, Manolo Cardona, Julián Román Documentary
Josephine Landertinger Documentary
Homer Etminani Documentary
[1] Catalina Mesa Documentary
2017
Rubén Mendoza Documentary
Andres Ramirez Documentary
Nathalia Orozco Documentary
Mark Grieco Documentary American-Colombian co-production.
Marc Silver Documentary
Erwin Göggel Documentary Nominated for Best Documentary at 7th Macondo Awards.
2018
Miguel Salazar Ciro Galindo, Esneider Galindo Documentary
Nicolás Ordoñez, Daniela Castro Yineth Trujillo Verján or others Documentary
Kate Horne Jesús Abad Colorado or others Documentary
Abner Benaim Rubén Blades, Sting, Residente, Paul Simon, Larry Harlow, Gilberto Santa Rosa Documentary
Lucas Maldonado Lucas Maldonado, Matías Maldonado, Natalia Helo, Maia Landaburu, Lisbeth Pabón, Blas Jaramillo, Paula Ungar, Camila Loboguerrero, Soledad Castañeda, Esmeralda Pinzón, Heidi Abderhalden, Alberto Espinosa, Rafael Maldonado, Chloe Rutter, Luz Amorocho, Natalia Guarnizo, Antonio von Hildebrand, Ernesto Lleras, Moisés Rodríguez, Salomón Rodríguez Documentary
Ana María Salas Vega Carlos Salas, Olmedo Holguín, Sixta Anacaona, Hernan Sansone, Sara Salas, Paola Salas Documentary
Silva Lorenzini Silvia Lorenzini or others Documentary
Margarita Martínez Escallón Documentary
2019
Daniela Abad Tito Lombana or others Documentary
Roberto Restrepo, Talía Carolina Osorio Documentary
Felipe Rugeles Documentary
Guillermo Quintero Documentary
Alessandro Angulo Martín von Hildebrand, Wade Davis Documentary
César Alejandro Jaimes Documentary
Manuel Correa Documentary

See also[]

  • List of Colombian films

References[]

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