{"id":175075,"date":"2025-08-25T19:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/175075\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T19:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:20:11","slug":"la-suprema-hemer-felipe-holguin-to-direct-this-bolero-is-for-ita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/175075\/","title":{"rendered":"‘La Suprema’ Hemer Felipe Holguin to Direct ‘This Bolero is for ‘Ita”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tColombia\u2019s Felipe Holguin, whose \u201cLa Suprema\u201d repped his country at the 97th Academy Awards, has boarded the lauded project \u201cThis Bolero is for \u2018Ita\u2019\u201d from Red Collision Studios.<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Red Collision\u2019s Camila Caballero, the cross-border drama has been winning recognition across its development trajectory, snagging four prizes at the Guadalajara Film Festival<\/a> (FICG), a post-production award from French company Cercle Rouge at the recent Bogot\u00e1 Audiovisual Market (BAM<\/a>) and a co-production deal with EFD Studios.<\/p>\n

\n\tA tale of love and resilience amid the turbulence of a border crisis, it follows Gustavo, a dedicated radio host in T\u00e1chira, Venezuela, who splits his time between his job and caring for his wheelchair-bound wife. When the station\u2019s console breaks down, he decides to cross into Colombia to have it repaired, but an unexpected border closing will leave him stranded.\u00a0 Desperate to reach out to his wife, Gustavo conceives a gesture both romantic and ingenious: a radio broadcast of the bolero that first made them fall in love.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI want to portray how, in the midst of political hardship and the weight of reality, everyday life remains filled with small gestures of love and memory. The story does not focus on the conflict itself, but rather on how that love transforms into a resilient force, capable of crossing distance. I want the film to breathe like a bolero: with pauses, with echoes, with the nostalgia of what has been lost and the quiet hope of what might still be found again,\u201d Holguin told Variety.<\/p>\n

\n\tRed Collision producers Vanessa G\u00f3mez and Sebasti\u00e1n Caballero describe it as \u201ca project with a beating heart and universal resonance \u2014 a tender, profoundly human love story seen through the lens of old age, where every glance, every memory, carries the weight of a lifetime together,\u201d adding: \u201cIn a world where borders divide, it reminds us that love transcends them all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLa Suprema,\u201d which had its world premiere at Toronto in 2023, was an auspicious start for Holguin, given that it was his debut feature. Variety hailed it as a boxing drama that was \u201cmodest in scope, big on heart.\u201d\u00a0 Set in a remote Colombian village without electricity, a young girl pulls out all the stops to get her town to watch her uncle fight in a world championship boxing match. Prior to \u201cLa Suprema,\u201d he directed a raft of short films, documentaries and music videos.<\/p>\n

\n\tRed Collision Studios\u2019 other films include thriller \u201cThe Judge\u2019s Shadow,\u201d dramedy \u201cA Certain Alonso Quijano,\u201d both directed by Libia Stella Gomez, and \u201cStay Out of the Water\u201d by Octavio Revol Molina.<\/p>\n

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