The Night of the Beast
(orig. La noche de la bestia)
Dir. Mauricio Leiva Cock
Synopsis
Two young metal-heads coast through Bogota's alleys on the day of Iron Maiden's first ever concert in Colombia. However, their day is wrecked when hoodlums steal their most valued possessions: the tickets to see their favorite band.
Starring
Esteban Galindo, Daniel Esteban Reyes, Verónica Mosquera, Edna Paredes, Inés Correa, Miguel González, Jairo Vargas
Written
Mauricio Leiva Cock & Benjamín Figueroa García
DP
Carlos Andres Lopez
Production Companies
Fidelio Films, Región 4
Year
2020
Producer
Juan Diego Villegas, David Figueroa García
Executive Producers
Mauro Mueller, Lina Rizo, Alvaro Jose Villegas
“I always wanted to make a very Bogotan film about subcultures that are almost never explored in Colombian cinema. So I decided to make a film about metalheads.”
- Mauricio Leiva Cock
Festivals
2022 Seeyousound Music Film Festival (Italy)
2022 San Diego Latino Film Festival (USA)
2022 Jakarta Film Week (Indonesia)
2021 TIFF Next Wave Film Festival (Canada)
2021 Stockholm Film Festival – Junior (Sweden)
2021 Cleveland International Film Festival (USA)
2021 Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (South Korea)
2021 Tromsø International Film Festival (Norway)
2021 Transilvania International Film Festival (Romania)
2021 Kiev “Molodist” International Film Festival (Ukraine)
2021 Cinemagic Dublin Film Festival (Ireland)
2021 Burgas International Film Festival (Bulgaria)
2021 Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival (USA)
2021 Cheltenham International Film Festival (UK)
2021 Roffa Mon Amour Film Festival (Netherlands)
2021 Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (USA)
2021 St. Augustine Film Festival (USA)
2020 St. Louis International Film Festival (USA)
2020 Festival Internacional de Cine de Mérida y Yucatán (Mexico)
2020 Pantalla Latina: Latin American Film Festival (Switzerland)
2020 Schlingel – International Children’s & Youth Film Festival (Germany)
2020 exground Filmfest (Germany)
2020 Chicago Latino Film Festival (USA)
2020 Gijón International Film Festival (Spain)
2020 Athens International Film + Video Festival (USA)
2020 Nashville Film Festival (USA)
2020 Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (Mexico)
2020 Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico)
Awards & Recognitions
2020 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (USA) – Spirit of Independence Award
2018 Málaga Work in Progress (MAFIZ) – Post‑Production Award*(Winner)