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  • 2025 | Fiction | 123' | Colombia, Germany, Sweden

A Poet

Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a humble teenager, brings some light to his days, but dragging her into the world of poets may not be the way.
 
"Immensely appealing" – IndieWire
"An effective dark comedy with a heart-trending bookend" – Cineuropa
"A hilarious absurdist fable. A truly unique cinematic experience" – Variety
"A strong performance by Ubeimar Rios" – Screen Daily
"Satisfyingly tragic and hilarious" – Screen Daily
"An ode to the wanderers and to the poetry of misfits" – Les Inrockuptibles
 
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Director
Simón Mesa Soto
Production
Ocúltimoin in co-production with Ma.ja.de. Fiction, Momento Film, Film i Väst, ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel in association with ARTE
Funding
FDC Proimagenes, Swedish Film Institute
Distribution
World Sales
Festivals
Cannes FF 2025 (Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section), Filmfest München 2025 (CineCoPro Award), Festival Internacional de Cine de Lima PUCP 2025 (Latin American Fiction Competition: Special Jury Prize, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, Best Film), New Zealand IFF 2025 (Portraits), Melbourne IFF 2025 (Bright Horizons Award), Santiago IFF 2025 (International Competition: Best Feature, Best Director), Sarajevo FF 2025, Toronto IFF 2025 (Special Presentations), Film by the Sea 2025, Filmfestival Cologne 2025 (Special Screening), Vancouver IFF 2025, San Sebastian IFF 2025 (Horizontes Latinos: Horizontes Award), Biarritz 2025 Amérique Latine (Competition: Best Actor), Antalya Golden Orange FF 2025 (International Competition: Best Film, Best Actor), Budapest IFF 2025 (Bloom Competition: Best Film), Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2025 (Prix d'interprétation (Best performance by an actor or actress in the International Competition)), New Horizons IFF 2025, El Gouna FF 2025 (Feature Narrative Competition: Golden Star), Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar 2025 (Special Mention), Ghent FF 2025, Tallinn Black Nights FF 2025, Viennale 2025, Bangkok IFF 2025, Geneva FF 2025 (Best Feature), Leeds IFF 2025, IFF of India, Goa 2025 (Silver Peacock for Best Actor), AFI Fest 2025

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