La Cercanía
TFI Suppport
TFI Pond5 Program 2019 Fall
Logline
Seeing no future amid Venezuela’s economic meltdown, 25-year-old Sofia leaves her ageing father at their family farm in the mountains to join her ex-husband Kevin in Paris. But as Kevin has a new family, Sofia must navigate the dynamics of their control over her, and ultimately decide if she should return home to protect her family farm and see her father one last time.
Jorge Thielen-Armand
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Jorge Thielen-Armand is a Venezuelan Director and Producer. His debut feature film LA SOLEDAD (2016) premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and has since won over a dozen awards, and shown at the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Istanbul Biennial, BAFICI and other major events. He recently completed his second feature film LA FORTALEZA, a co-production between Venezuela, Colombia, France and the Netherlands supported by Breaker, the World Cinema Fund, Tribeca Film Institute, and others.