What makes a film a trans film? A story? A character? The people behind the film?
Anhell69 invites the audience to meditate on this question. In this personal poetic
journey, Theo Montoya shares an intimate portrait of real life experiences of a young
group of friends who are part of the queer scene in Medellín, Colombia. The film moves
through dreamlike and nightmarish sequences following the script of a vampire movie
that never came to fruition due the passing of the film’s protagonist - Camilo Najar
(21) - AKA “Anhell69”. Inspired by the history of Colombian cinema, neo-noir, and
punk rock aesthetics, the film shares a unique worldview of a generation that might
be changing the current paradigms of a society with a long track of pain and violence.
Anto Astudillo. “TRANSlations 2023 Program Guide.” 2023. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a86d494b1ffb6251b62962f/t/6454a8e0dde55e0c33e5039a/1683269871243/TRANSlations+2023+Program+Guide+copy.pdf.