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LA HIJA DEL VOLCÁN
Jenifer de la Rosa
Spain; Colombia
Documentary
2025
105 min.
Dir. Present for Q&A
*Reception to follow.
SYNOPSIS
The eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in 1985 was one of the greatest tragedies in Colombian history, killing more than 23,000 people and almost completely destroying the town of Armero. Jenifer was one of the many children who survived and was adopted, arriving in Valladolid when she was only one and a half years old. At the age of 30, motivated by the possibility that her biological mother might still be alive, she decided to investigate her roots. This research took her back to her homeland, on a journey that she captured in images. The film speaks of a universal experience: the diaspora of adoptees around the world. People who, driven by hope and the search for answers, never stop chasing the ghosts, literal and symbolic, of their past.
Jenifer de la Rosa
She was born in Manizales (Colombia) and grew up in Valladolid. She has a degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication, and a master’s degree in Documentary Film from the Carlos III University. She specialized in Cinema at ECAM and completed her training in Turkey, Brazil and England. In 2017 she founded Mayéutica Producciones and in 2022 her film Tierra was selected by Seminci to screen in the festival’s section Castilla y León en Corto. Hija del volcán, her first feature film, won several awards while on development in different events such as Sunny Side of the Doc, Mafiz or DOK Leipzig and had its world premiere at DocsMX. She directed the miniseries En el centro for Imserso. She co-directed and produced with Raquel Colera and Claudia Barthelemy another documentary long film: Sin pecado concebidas.
Nació en Manizales (Colombia) y creció en Valladolid. Es licenciada en Periodismo y Comunicación Audiovisual y máster en Cine Documental por la Universidad Carlos III. Se especializó en Cine en la ECAM y completó su formación en Turquía, Brasil e Inglaterra. En 2017 fundó Mayéutica Producciones y en 2022 su película *Tierra* fue seleccionada por la Seminci para proyectarse en la sección Castilla y León en Corto del festival. *Hija del volcán*, su primer largometraje, obtuvo varios premios durante su desarrollo en encuentros como Sunny Side of the Doc, Mafiz o DOK Leipzig, y tuvo su estreno mundial en DocsMX. Dirigió la miniserie *En el centro* para el Imserso y codirigió y produjo, junto a Raquel Colera y Claudia Barthelemy, otro largometraje documental: *Sin pecado concebidas*.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center CUNY
In Partnership with the Bildner Center at CUNY’s Graduate Center and the Latin American Film Center (LAFC) and the support of the Consulate General of Spain in NY and Spain Arts & Culture
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