Pitch The Whickers

The Shadow of Yolüja

Directed by:

Hanz Rippe / Fernanda Pineda

Produced by:

Fernanda Pineda / Hanz Rippe

Production Company

Paramo Films

Contact:

  • Year

    2027

  • Format

    Development

  • Length

    89 min

  • Country

    Colombia

Synopsis

Yolüja, the evil spirit travels on the coal train haunting the dreams of Poo, Alfredo, and Raquel Pushaina, bringing illness and misfortune to their Wayúu community. In an exhumation ritual, the Pushaina family bids a final farewell to their ancestors displaced from their ancestral land by the coal mining company, El Cerrejón.

  • Hanz

    Rippe

    Director / Producer

    Colombian film director, producer, and cinematographer who studied film in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He co-directed Unless We Dance, winner of the Best Short Film award at Oberhausen 2023. His project The Shadow of Yolüja won the Vision Sud-Est award in 2024.

  • Fernanda

    Pineda

    Director / Producer

    Colombian photographer, producer, and filmmaker focused on ethnic and cultural diversity. Co-founder of Páramo Films. She directed award-winning short films such as Balanta and Unless We Dance. The project YOLÜJA, currently in development, won a World Press Photo grant and the Vision Sud-Est award.

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