Antonio María Valencia: Music On Camera
(1987) - Documentary

Direction: Luis Ospina.
Production: Corporación para la Cultura de Cali / Banco de la República / Colcultura / Universidad del Valle.
Executive Production: María Isabel Caicedo.
Script: Luis Ospina.
Photography: Diego García, Erik Bongue.
Editing: Antonio Dorado, Yolanda Bautista, Alfonso Vásquez.
Format : U-matic, color, b/n.
Duration : 87 minutes.

The film rescues from oblivion the tragic memory of Antonio María Valencia (1902 – 1952), pioneer of Cali’s musical and artistic culture. A moving and well documented portrait of the Colombian pianist and composer, who gave up his brilliant career in Paris in order to intervene in the cultural desert that was Cali, from the 1930s to the 1950s. He founded the Conservatory of Music of Cali and contributed to develop the Institute of Fine Arts.

Awards:
Special Jury Mention, IV Salón de Cine de Bogotá (1991).