Como el Viento
2026 · 5m · Colombia
Directed by Alejandro Giraldo
Genres: coming-of-age, drama, family
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, tender
A family drama about a young man confronting his own desires, passions, and identity against the fear of disappointing his parents.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Family drama about identity crisis—sounds like every other Sundance submission until you realize Giraldo isn't interested in catharsis, just the weight of wanting something your parents can't understand. It's a film that refuses to resolve anything, which is either brave or infuriating depending on your patience for ambiguity.
Giraldo situates himself within the Latin American coming-of-age tradition while resisting the redemptive arc—there's a formal restraint here, a commitment to contemplative space over plot momentum, that recalls the deliberate pacing of Reygadas or early Fukunaga.
The entire film hinges on Giraldo's decision to let silence do the emotional work instead of dialogue or score; that single choice—trusting the audience to sit with discomfort—transforms what could've been a familiar domestic conflict into something genuinely unsettling and alive.