Sleeping Giant / Gigante Dormido

Director: Markus Schröder

Producers: Moritz Flick

USA Premiere

Country of Production: Germany & Colombia

Date of Completion: 2023

Duration of Film: 84 Minutes

Two ex-commanders of the FARC rebel group re-enter a hostile Colombian society after 50 years of civil war. They soon learn that symbolic football tournaments against former enemies cannot heal the scars of conflict. When the new president derails the peace process, their names appear on paramilitary hit lists, plunging their lives into a struggle for survival.