Mission Positivity x HuCom: Soul of the Desert (Special Screening)
Join us on ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฏ at ๐ญ๐ด.๐ฌ๐ฌ for the ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด of the celebrated Colombian documentary ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (Alma del desierto, 2024) in arthouse cinema ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ in ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ! The screening is organized by ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ and the ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ), and will contain an ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ as well as a screening of the ๐ญ๐ฌ-๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐๐ of a documentary Mission Positivity is currently working on.
๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ: ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด)
Date: Friday, June 13, 2025
Time: 18.00 (doors open: 17.45)
Venue: Filmpalette (Cinema 1)
Address: Lรผbecker Straรe 15, Cologne
Film: ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (Alma del desierto, 2024, 87')
Year: 2024
Director: Mรณnica Taboada-Tapia
Duration: 87'
Language: Wayรบu/Spanish with English subtitles
Country: Colombia and Brazil
Extra: With an introduction by Mission Positivity and HuCom
Extra: With a screening of a 10-minute rough cut screening of a Mission Positivity documentary
Tickets: https://bit.ly/soul-of-the-desert-13-06-2025
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (Alma del desierto, 2024) is a poignant Colombian-Brazilian documentary directed by Mรณnica Taboada-Tapia. The 87-minute film chronicles the journey of Georgina Epiayu, a 70-year-old transgender woman from the Wayรบu Indigenous community in La Guajira, Colombia. After losing her identification documents in a transphobic attack, Georgina embarks on a quest to obtain official recognition of her gender identity, a pursuit that also involves reconnecting with her estranged siblings who donโt speak Spanish and barely survive on the fringes of the opaque Colombian bureaucratic system. Through Georgina's story, ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ delves into themes of gender identity, Indigenous rights, and the challenges posed by bureaucratic systems. The documentary stands as a testament to resilience and the enduring fight for identity and justice within marginalized communities.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ premiered at the Giornate degli Autori section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it was honored with the 2024 Queer Lion Award. The jury commended the film for its powerful portrayal of complex issues such as gender identity, ethnicity, citizenship, and civil rights, highlighting Georgina's dignified and stoic 45-year struggle for official recognition. Beyond Venice, Soul of the Desert has been showcased at numerous international festivals, including IDFA in Amsterdam, DOC NYC, and the Sรฃo Paulo International Film Festival. It has also received accolades such as Special Mentions at LesGaiCineMad in Madrid and the Rome International Documentary Festival, as well as the Arrecife Coral Award at the Havana.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐
๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ is a Cologne-based non-profit organization dedicated to fostering positive change through humanitarian aid, education, and community empowerment. Founded by Celine Bรถhr, the organization operates with the belief that compassion and unity can drive meaningful, sustainable impact.
M๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ supports a diverse range of initiatives across different regions, including documentary support in Columbia. The 10-minute rough cut screened at this event is part of a documentary filmed in February 2025 by Jacob from Watson Earth Production. This film explores what it means to be rich in the mountains of rural Colombia, far from the pace of urban life and conventional ideas of success. Through personal interviews, intimate moments, and stunning visuals of daily life, it opens a window into ways of living - and ways of valuing life - that may surprise, move, and challenge us. For more information, visit missionpositivity.org.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ
The ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ) is an Amsterdam-based non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Amsterdam committed to better communication on international solidarity. They consider representation and discourse as integral to the production of the Global South and see the communication on (the needs of) so-called 'developing' nations and peoples by government, industry, NGOs and the media in the Global North as part of the problem of (the failure of) international cooperation and humanitarian aid and worldwide issues of poverty, inequality and injustice. In other words, they do not consider humanitarian communication as a means to an end, but as part and parcel of the end itself. ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ organizes awareness events, notably the Humanitarian Communication Awards and the Humanitarian Communication Thesis Prize, and provide international cooperation and humanitarian aid organizations with solicited and unsolicited advice on how to do their humanitarian communication (strategies) better, meaning, more ethical, inclusive and equitable. In addition, they organize, host and participate in various workshops and other events throughout the year, including this exciting event in Cologne. For more information, visit humanitariancommunication.org.
