Biography

Both a filmmaker and a programmer, Diana Bustamante Escobar studied cinema at the National University of Colombia and has constantly contributed these past years to the international recognition of the Colombian cinema, notably by producing such films as The Wind Journeys by Ciro Guerra (Un certain regard, Cannes 2009), Crab Trap by Oscar Ruiz, winner of the 2010 FIPRESCI Prize in Berlin, La Playa DC(Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2012) by Juan Andrés Arango, The Towrope by Willian Vega (Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 2012), Los Hongos by Oscar Ruiz-Navia (Locarno 2014) and more recently Violencia by Jorge Forero (Forum, Berlinale 2015). She is also the producer of César Augusto Acevedo's first film, Land and Shade, presented at the 54th Semaine de la Critique where it is awarded by the France 4 visionary award before winning the Caméra d'or. Her production company Burning also produced Greatest Hits by Nicolas Pereda, Refugiado by Diego Lerman (Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 2014) and Buy me a Gun by Julio Hernádez (Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 2018) . Since 2014 to 2018 she was the Artistic Director and main programer of the Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) and has lately taken part in numerous festivals and fund juries, in Sarajevo (SFF), Buenos Aires (BAFICI) or Amsterdam (IDFA), Semain de la Critique, Ficunam, among others.

She currently leads the production of Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Memoria" and Tomás Corredor's "Noviembre", as well as several personal installation art projects and the development of an experimental editorial line.

- IMDb mini biography by: Mateo Suárez