The Vampires of Poverty
(1978) - Short film

Direction: Luis Ospina / Carlos Mayolo.  
Production: SATUPLE (Sindicato de Artistas y Trabajadores Unidos Para la Liberación Eterna).  
Script: Luis Ospina / Carlos Mayolo.
Cinematography (b/w): Fernando Vélez, Enrique Forero, Oswaldo López.  
Cinematography (color): Eduardo Carvajal, Jacques Marchal.
Editing: Luis Ospina.  
Sound: Luis Ospina.
Format: 16 mm, color, b/n.
Duration: 27 minutes.

A TV film crew is shooting in the streets of Cali searching for poor people, bums, whores, street kids, in order to build a mise-en-scene of misery. An action film simulating a documentary about filmmakers who exploit poverty for commercial purposes. A scathing critic with a touch of black humour against “misery porn” and the opportunism of those filmmakers who make “socio-political” films in the Third World to make money and win prizes in Europe.

Awards:
First Award, III Colcultura Festival, (Bogotá, 1978)
Novais-Teixeira Award (French Syndicate of Film Critics) Lille International Shortfilm Festival (Francia, 1979)
Interfilm Award, Oberhausen International Festival (Alemania Federial, 1979)
Jury’s Mention, International Festival of Bilbao, (España, 1979)