On the Other Side

(Del otro lado)

Iván Guarnizo / Colombia, France / 2017 / 83 min
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  • Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival

    Dimitri Eipides Award, Human Values Award

  • Amazonia and Caribbean Int'l Documentary Film Festival

    The FIFAC France Télévisions Grand Prize

  • Málaga International Film Festival

    Special Jury Mention, Audience Award

  • Perugia Social Film Festival

    Special Jury Award

  • Monterrey International Film Festival

    Special Jury Award

  • Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt

    Audience Award
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Spanish with English subtitles

With Iván Guarnizo, Güérima, Papeto Guarnizo

Two brothers embark on a deeply personal journey to find the FARC guerrillas who held their mother captive for two years. Before her death, their mother chose to forgive her captors, prompting the brothers to question whether they, too, could find forgiveness if they confronted the men who once guarded her. Guided by the diary their mother was allowed to keep during her captivity, they trace her steps through jungles and mountains, deciphering names and locations as they follow the painful trail she left behind.

Directed by Iván Guarnizo, On the Other Side transforms this quest into a moving exploration of memory, reconciliation, and the difficult path toward forgiveness.

Press

“This is a powerful work that turns a long and arduous conflict (...), into an intimate and personal case, allowing us to try to understand the history of a country.” – André Didyme-Dome, Rolling Stone Colombia

About the Director

Iván Guarnizo is an accomplished editor, cinematographer, and director with nearly twenty years of experience in the audiovisual industry. Throughout his career, he has worked on a wide variety of projects, ranging from feature films and documentaries to smaller videos, and his work has taken him across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Iván is particularly recognized for his skill as an editor on award-winning feature films, including Patient by Jorge Caballero, which was an official selection at IDFA 2015, and Not All Is Vigil by Hermes Paralluelo, featured at the 2014 San Sebastian International Film Festival.

In recent years, Iván has increasingly focused on directing and cinematography, taking on both feature-length and short-form projects. His most recent work, the feature documentary On the Other Side, has already attracted international attention, receiving support from the 2019 IDFA Bertha Fund and the 2019 Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access Fund. Iván Guarnizo continues to bring powerful stories to life, earning respect for his creative vision and technical expertise in the global film community.

Notes on Film

“In 2004, the mother of filmmaker Iván Guarnizo was kidnapped by the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC. It was 20 months before she was released. She died 6 years later, shortly after the start of negotiations between the FARC and the Colombian government that led to a peace accord in 2016.

Now that the bloody conflict is over after more than 50 years, Iván and his brother finally see an opportunity to confront this chapter of their family history. They weren’t open to hear the stories their mother told about her time in the jungle when she was still alive, but now they start reading the detailed journal she kept during her captivity. They decide to follow the path back to the place where she was kidnapped and try to get in contact with her guards. This is how they eventually meet up with Güérima, whom their mother mentioned frequently—and with fondness—in her journal.

Although often emotionally painful, On the Other Side is above all a loving account of a search for mutual understanding. Iván wonders whether he is capable of forgiveness, as his mother was. The meeting with Güérima is a shocking and moving turning point.”

– Iván Guarnizo, Director

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