Juan Andrés Arango García (born September 19, 1976) is a

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n- Canadian film director."Juan Andres Arango, Director of Colombian Oscar Entry, Preps ‘X Quinientos’"
'' Variety'', December 3, 2012. His debut feature film, '' La Playa DC'', premiered at the

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and was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

86th Academy Awards The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. ...

. Originally from

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

, Colombia, he has resided primarily in Montreal, Quebec since commencing graduate studies in film at

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in 2006. His second film, '' X500'', debuted at the

2016 Toronto International Film Festival The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown. Awards The festival's final awards were ...

. In 2019 he was one of seven directors, alongside

Kaveh Nabatian Kaveh Nabatian is an Iranian-Canadian musician and film director, known as a trumpeter and keyboardist with the Juno Award winning orchestral post-rock band Bell Orchestre. Career As a filmmaker Nabatian is noted for his 2010 short film ''Vapor ...

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Sophie Deraspe Sophie Deraspe (born October 27, 1973) is a Canadian director, scenarist, director of photography and producer. Prominent in new Quebec cinema, she is known for a 2015 documentary ''The Amina Profile'', an exploration of the Amina Abdallah Arraf a ...

, Karl Lemieux, Ariane Lorrain and Caroline Monnet, of the anthology film ''The Seven Last Words (Les sept dernières paroles)''.Justine Smith
"Anthology film The Seven Last Words is unified by music and human vulnerability"
''

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'', June 14, 2019.

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* Colombian film directors People from Bogotá Film directors from Montreal Concordia University alumni Colombian emigrants to Canada Living people 1976 births {{Colombia-bio-stub