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Set in Colombia’s “post-conflict” landscape, Until the Sun Dies centers on two social justice leaders whose lives illuminate the ongoing struggles for justice and self-determination among the country’s marginalized communities: human rights activist Luz Marina Bernal and Indigenous Nasa leader and environmental activist Albeiro Camayo.
Against the backdrop of Colombia’s fragile peace, the film interrogates the paradoxes of the so-called “post-conflict” condition, where structural and interpersonal violence endures beneath the official rhetoric of reconciliation. Following their parallel yet interconnected paths, Until the Sun Dies portrays how both leaders continually resist and reimagine life under the enduring shadow of conflict. Their stories articulate the persistent suffering, resilience, and pursuit of peace and dignity that define Colombia’s marginalized communities.
With Until the Sun Dies, filmmaker Jonas Brander offers a tribute to the victims—the thousands of lives lost in a war that was not theirs—and a meditation on territory, identity, pain, and community, and honors those whose pursuit of justice persists in the face of impunity. The title, drawn from an ancestral Nasa saying, evokes a vision of endurance and moral clarity: an uncompromising struggle for a world where life triumphs over death, equality over inequality, and the voice of the people prevails over imposed silence.
This independent production marks Jonas Brander’s debut feature film.