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Creature of the Estuary Selected for Festival in Bogotá

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Delighted to annouce that Creature of the Estuary has been selected for the 15th edition of the Bogotá Short Film Festival. The festival received almost 4000 short films from 109 countries around the world and Creature of the Estuary will be the only UK film to screen in the International Fiction Programme. It is a pleasure to have been invited to present the work in Colombia, with it's great tradition of magic realism and the home of the mighty Gabriel García Márquez. The festival runs from 5th - 12th December, 2017.

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