Theo Montoya
About
Theo Montoya, born in 1992 in Medellín, Colombia, is an audiovisual communication graduate of the University of Medellín. He is the founder and director of the production company Desvio Visual, which is a production house dedicated to the creation of experimental films and documentaries. For more than seven years, he has worked on audiovisual production with the youth of his city, focusing on queer, nihilistic and social issues. In 2018, he won the Cinematographic Development Fund of Colombia with his documentary short SON OF SODOM. In 2019, the full-length version titled ANHELL69 participated in the TorinoFilmLab, SANFIC in Chile, and FIDBA and the Ventana Sur market in Argentina. This year, ANHELL69 has received the Medellín Film Commission Fund and the Tribeca All Access® grant.
Anhell69
After members of the queer scene in Medellín, Colombia are cast for a vampire movie, the film’s protagonist - Camilo Najar - dies of a heroin overdose at age 21. As the youth in Colombia grapple with a disarmingly high rate of suicide and drug overdoses, the neo-noir documentary ANHELL69 uses a punk rock aesthetic to explore this generation’s “no future” mindset.