THE HISTORY

PATIENT is the word that defines us when we must follow medical instructions or we have to remain calm while waiting. In Colombia, a country whose harsh health system forces its users to face absurd bureaucratic obstacles to access its services, PATIENT is not only the one who suffers from the disease and hopes to overcome it, but also the one who is in charge of taking care of him and fighting daily against the system to ensure your loved one receives everything they need.

PATIENT is Nubia, a mother who is the head of the household who, despite living with the anguish of losing her daughter to an aggressive cancer, manages to go through with admirable firmness and conviction the labyrinthine processes of the health system on which her daughter's life depends. .

 Colombia, 2015

Director:

Jorge Caballero

Script:

Carol Ann Figueroa

Production:

Jorge Caballero

Production manager:

Rosa Mercedes Ramos

Field producers:

Carol Ann Figueroa

Alejandro Ospina

Angela Garcia Ferriz

Associate producer:

Gustavo Leon

Photography and camera:

Lucas Jaramillo

Sound:

Alejandro Molano

Edition:

Ivan Guarnizo

Jorge Caballero

Duration: 73'

Country of production:

Colombia

 DIRECTOR

Jorge Caballero has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Audiovisual Communication. Producer and director of the company GusanoFilms with which he has developed documentaries such as Trifle, Birth y Patient achieving recognition at prestigious festivals. He has been winner of the National Documentary Award of Colombia on two occasions. He combines these activities with his work on the master's degree as an interactive documentary teacher and tutor, as well as post-production coordinator. He is a guest professor at several Ibero-American universities and festivals such as DOCSDF, DocMontevideo, Ambulante, Cartagena Film Festival or the National Film Council of Ecuador.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

• Best Director Cartagena Film Festival FICCI
• Special mention from the jury. Guadalajara Film Festival.
• Best director documentary competition. Malaga Festival.
• Signis CinéLatino Award reencountered Toulouse
• Best film in the Latitudes section. Docs Barcelona
• Best Documentary San Diego Latino Film Fest
• Special mention Havana Film Festival New York
• National Cinemateca Award for feature film distribution
• Night Award. Signs of Nuit Ecuador.
• Best documentary. FENAVID Bolivia.
• SIGNIS Award. FENAVID Bolivia.
• IDFA -November
• Cartagena FICCI (Documentary competition and Colombia)
• FicBaq Barranquilla
• Guadalajara
• Thessaloniki Greece
• San Diego Latino
• Tolousse Reencountres
• SXSW (Only the interactive part, convergence panel)
• Havana NewYork Latino
• E Tudo Verdade Brazil
• Docs Barcelona
• Malaga Film Festival. Spain
• EDOC. Ecuador
• AFI DOCS Washington
• Dokufest. Kosovo
• BFI London 16.
• MARFICI. Argentina.
• SydneyLatino. Australia.
• Medellín Colombian Film Festival. Colombia
• Signs of Night Tucumán Argentina
• Signs of night Quito.
• Creative Commons Bogotá Festival.
• Nomads Bucaramanga Colombia.
• Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
• APODoc PR. Puerto Rico.
• TO FILM. Swiss.
• Nominee Latin UK Awards LUKAS 2016. UK