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Along the crumbling railways of a tropical country, a radio is broadcasting a climatological alert on loop: a natural disaster is looming This film is based on a very concrete reality, the gradual abandonment of Colombia’s rail network in the second half of the 20th century, reflecting the country’s complex relation to the notion of modernity over the decades.This is seen as a kind of intimate process of deconstruction of the territory’s imaginary cartography, like a reflection of the correlation between a physical landscape and its mental representation. A veritable “forward travelling shot” on the dilapidated rails of a collective memory, it tries to transversally examine the conditions in which the contemporary individual constructs the framework of his or her inner experience

Guillermo Moncayo studied film in Bogotá (Colombia) between 2003 and 2006. From 2007, he studied at the "École Supérieure d`Art d`Aix-en-Provence" [The Higher School of Art of Aix en Provence] which he graduated from in 2012. He is currently enrolled at the Fresnoy- Studio National des Arts Contemporains [Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Arts].His work, which encompasses video art, documentary film and photography, has been showcased at numerous events both in France and abroad. As regards the inspiration behind his work one might describe it as an exploration of the laws and effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals. It examines regularly the conditions in which the contemporary individual constructs the framework of his or her inner experience.