AFF 2026 Bogotá edition: festival extension announced

Alternativa Film Festival: Bogotá Edition invites audiences in the Colombian capital to experience a powerful selection of impact-driven films from Latin America and Asia after the festival in Medellín concludes. The program features nine titles, with a strong focus on the Features Competition, and will be presented at the Cinemateca de Bogotá. It also includes Cadet — a horror film by Adilkhan Yerzhanov, which premiered in the Berlinale Forum and will be screened exclusively in Bogotá as part of the festival’s out-of-competition Impact Hits section. Tickets are already on sale.

The announcement of Bogotá Edition was made at the 65th Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (FICCI), during the open mic session “Alternativa Film Festival: Where Impact Cinema Takes the Floor”—a space that brought together audiences, industry professionals, and media to preview what this third edition of the festival has in store.

Speakers included Liza Surganova, Head of Alternativa Film Festival; actress Natalia Reyes, President of the AFF 2026 Features Jury; cinematographer and producer Juan Sarmiento G., also serving on the Features Jury; Colombian actress Camila Jurado, Ambassador of AFF 2026; and Claudia Triana, Director of Proimágenes Colombia—highlighting the festival’s growing connection with Colombia’s film community.