SYNOPSIS

Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry has brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings some light to his days. But dragging her into the world of poets may not be the way.

Original Title: Un Poeta Countries: Colombia, Germany, Sweden Year: 2025 Genre: Drama Resolution: Super 16mm. / 4K Sound format: 5.1 Length: 120 min Language: Spanish

BIOGRAPHY

Simón Mesa Soto is a Colombian director, screenwriter and producer. He studied Audiovisual Communication at the University of Antioquia and later pursued a Master's degree at the London Film School. His thesis film, Leidi, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2014. With his next short film, Mother, he was again selected in the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival 2016. Both short films were widely screened at festivals around the world. Amparo, his first feature film, premiered at the Cannes Critics' Week 2021, where she won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award. The film has toured more than fifty film festivals around the world and has won awards in Havana, Chicago, Lima and Punta del Este, among other festivals. Amparo was the big winner of the Colombian Film Academy's Macondo Awards 2022, winning seven awards including Best Director and Best Film. Un Poeta is his second feature film.

Filmography

A Poet - 2025

Amparo - 2021 - First feature film - Semaine de la Critique

Mother - 2016 - Short film

Leidi - 2014 - Short film - Cannes Film Festival - Short film Palme d’Or

CREW

Director: Simón Mesa Soto Screenwriter: Simón Mesa Soto DOP: Juan Sarmiento G., ADFC, BVK Art director: Camila Agudelo Editor: Ricardo Saravia Sound: Eloisa Arcila, Ted Krotkiewski Music: Matti Bye, Trio Ramberget Producers: Juan Sarmiento G., Manuel Ruiz Montealegre, Simón Mesa Soto Production: Ocúltimo (Colombia), Medio de Contención Producciones (Colombia) Coproducers: Katharina Bergfels, David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Heino Deckert, Kristina Börjeson Corproduction: Majade Fiction (Germany), Momento Film (Sweden), Film i Väst (Sweden), ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel (Germany), ARTE ( Germany) World Sales: Luxbox

CAST

Ubeimar Rios, Rebeca Andrade, Guillermo Cardona, Allison Correa, Margarita Soto, Humberto Restrepo

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard - 2025

SIMÓN MESA SOTO

Director-Screenwriter