The Film Justifies the Means

(El film justifica los medios)
Juan Jacobo del Castillo | Documentary

2021 | 79 minutes | Colombia

Inside our editing rooms are images by filmmakers revealing a country in conflict. Five decades later we see a memory that refuses to disappear.

Synopsis

Inside our dark editing rooms, we unearth images filmed by a generation of filmmakers who dared to capture the raw, unfiltered reality of a country in conflict. These visuals, once buried by time, reveal a society fractured by war and unrest, preserving the voices and experiences of those on the front lines. Five decades later, as we painstakingly recover and restore these fragments of history, we confront the enduring power of cinema as a witness to trauma and resistance.

This documentary offers more than a window into the past—it is an interrogation of the ways collective memory is shaped, contested, and revived. Through this lens, we invite audiences to explore the convergence of archival research, political commentary, and the filmmaker's art in preserving a cinematic legacy that refuses to fade.

Reviews

“The title 'The Film Justifies the Means' responds to what that generation preached: in the midst of adversity, lack of budget or political pressure they made films no matter if they are not technically perfect.” – El Tiempo (Colombia)

“'The Film Justifies the Means', the footage reconstructing part of the history of social and political cinema in Colombia” – Infobae Colombia

“Juan Jacobo del Castillo's debut feature film, revolves around these three filmmakers, architects of an obscure and little documented chapter in the history of Colombian cinema: the political documentary.” – André Didyme-Dôme, Rolling Stone en Español

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Festivals

FICVIÑA Viña del Mar International Film Festival; Rencontres du Cinéma Latino Américain - Best Feature Documentary, Audience Award, Jury Award; LASA Film Festival - Honorable Mention; Macondo Awards - Best Featrure Documentary, Best Editing; Villa del Cine - Best First Film; Colombian Film Festival in Buenos Aires - Best Colombian Feature; SANFICI Santander International Independent Film Festival - Best Domestic Feature; Cali International Film Festival - Jury Special Mention; Latino-American Film Festival of Trieste – Jury Special Prize

DIRECTOR: Juan Jacobo del Castillo

NATIONALITY: Colombia

YEAR: 2021

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult

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