Oscar-qualifying All-Inclusive: The Tempting Power of Illegal Money in Colombia

Duván Duque directs an Oscar® qualifying short All-Inclusive. It highlights the tempting power of illegal money in Colombia. Its potential devastating effects on struggling families

Los Angeles, CA (Oct. 20, 2023). All Inclusive is written and directed by Duván Duque. The live action short follows eleven year-old Fer. As he is traveling to a countryside resort with his father and stepmother looking for both business and pleasure. All-Inclusive portrays a fragile family that is shaken when Fer’s desperate father faces the possibility of money laundering. As a way out of their financial struggles, putting Fer’s precious bond with his stepmother at risk.

Logline: Eleven-year-old Fer travels with his family to a countryside resort a few hours outside Bogotá. Although Fer’s father will be doing business. He has promised to make time for family fun, something that has been missing from their lives for a while.

By shifting the focus from the spectacular tales of drug lords to the emotional ride of a boy who has little control over his fate, Duván Duque offers us a fresh angle on this common trope of the representation of Colombian society. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and qualified to be considered for a 2024 Academy® Award after winning Best Drama at Aspen Shortfest.

The Official Trailer for All-Inclusive Directed by Duvan Duque

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Director Duván Duque is a Colombian writer-director. His work has explored the relationship between the Bogota upper-class, power, money and corruption, as well as the effect these tensions have on the most intimate spheres of family and friends. All Inclusive is his latest short. After its premiere at TIFF, it has become a recurrent title in the international festival route, playing in over 50 festivals (Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Hollyshorts, La Habana…) and receiving 13 awards. He is currently writing his first feature, based on the themes in All Inclusive. 

French producers Christophe Barral and Toufik Ayadi of SRAB FILMS were nominated for an OSCAR with LES MISERABLES (2019), which also received the jury prize at Cannes. Their experience at accompanying directors from their shorts to their first and second films has produced remarkable films by authors such as Vincent Maël Cardona, Hugo Sobelman, Ladj Ly or Alice Diop, whose SAINT OMER was France’s official submission to the 2023 Oscars.

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Colombian producer Franco Lolli and his company EVIDENCIA FILMS have become major players of the Colombian art-house cinema scene. Their 9 shorts and 3 features have played at festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, San Sebastián and BFI London. Franco’s most recent feature film as a director, LITIGANTE, opened the 50th Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique.

The stunning cinematography was created by the renowned Greek DP, Konstantinos Koukoulious (MOON, 66 QUESTIONS).

ALL INCLUSIVE has qualified to be considered for a 2024 Academy® Award.

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