Carlos Medina

Carlos Medina

Birth : 1981-06-21, Bogotá, DC, Colombia

History

Carlos Medina "Fagua" was born in Bogotá on June 21, 1981. He is an audiovisual director from the School of Film and Television of the National University of Colombia; with emphasis in directing, directing actors, coaching and acting preparation for professional actors or people with no experience. He is founder and director of Fagüa Casting, a casting company for feature films and an acting training school.

Profile

Carlos Medina

Movies

Fortitude
Carlos
To escape the crisis in Venezuela, and his alcoholism, Roque retreats into the Amazon jungle to renovate a cabin he built during happier times. He struggles with feverish visions caused by alcohol abstinence, and his desire for redemption becomes distorted when he joins old friends to work in an illegal gold mine controlled by Colombian guerrillas. The violence required to work in the mine plunges Roque into a cycle of self-destruction that devours his interior. He will need the fortitude to get out and start anew.
Wandering Girl
Casting
Teenager Ángela meets her three adult step-sisters for the first time when their father dies. Fearing that Ángela will end up in state custody, the sisters embark on a 900-mile journey across Colombia to leave the young girl with an aunt she doesn't even know. During this journey, Ángela will discover what it means to be a woman.
The Silences
Casting
Nuria, 12, Fabio, 9, and their mother arrive on a small island in the middle of the Amazon, bordering Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They fled the Colombian armed conflict, in which their father disappeared. One day, he mysteriously reappears in their new home.
Dust on the Tongue
Casting
A grandfather, in the final stage of his existence, asks two of his grandchildren to kill him because he wants to die by the hand of someone who bears his own blood. However, the young children discover a truth that will make them take the opposite decision.
Gente de bien
Casting
Eric moves in with his father, a man he barely knows, and they have trouble bonding until Maria takes Eric under her wing.