{"id":607328,"date":"2026-08-28T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/607328\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T14:38:12","slug":"venice-2026-meteorite-film-trailer-shows-women-at-amusement-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/607328\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice 2026: ‘Meteorite’ Film Trailer Shows Women at Amusement Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMeteorite (Meteorito), Colombian visual artist and filmmaker\u00a0Sebasti\u00e1n M\u00fanera\u2019s feature directorial debut, promises to be a rollercoaster ride when it world-premieres in the competition lineup of the Venice Critics\u2019 Week<\/a> on Sept. 8. Just hear me out!<\/p>\n

\n\tTefa and Nia live in a small town near the Magdalena River, where they raise Nia\u2019s young nephew. Nia then persuades Tefa to join her in smuggling cell phones into the regional prison. Their journey leads them through \u2013 here it comes! \u2013 an amusement park built on the grounds of a drug lord\u2019s former estate. That\u2019s where water slides and concrete dinosaurs and the croc (check out the main image of this article!) come in. <\/p>\n

\n\tBut don\u2019t expect popcorn, ice cream and laughter! \u201cIn a landscape where violence lingers beneath every surface, Tefa is drawn toward an inevitable encounter,\u201d warns a synopsis. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDuring my childhood, I often passed through this place known as N\u00e1poles, located in central Colombia. Situated between Bogot\u00e1 and Medell\u00edn, it was a frequent stop on family trips,\u201d M\u00fanera explains in press notes for Meteorite. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Meteorite,\u2019 courtesy of Venice Critics\u2019 Week <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of MoreThan Films<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBack then \u2013 in the late 1980s and early 1990s \u2013\u00a0there was a zoo there, perhaps Colombia\u2019s first safari-style zoo,\u201d he adds. \u201cI have many memories of those visits from my childhood. Years later, I began an academic research project on animality and cinema. During that research period \u2013\u00a0by then working as a visual artist \u2013\u00a0I started visiting zoos, and naturally, I returned to the one from my childhood, the site of those early, hazy memories.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat did he find? \u201cThe zoo had been transformed into a theme park, while right next door, the government had built a maximum-security prison. Staying at a nearby hotel, I realized that the guests included both families preparing for a sunny day at the park and women and children on their way to visit relatives in the prison.\u201d So much for an inspiration!<\/p>\n

\n\tMeteorite stars \u00c1ngela Cano, Luna Gaviria, Esteban Madrigal, Jes\u00fas Gutierrez and Jaime Casta\u00f1o.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector M\u00fanera wrote the script for Meteorite with Martha M\u00e1rquez. The film features cinematography by Arlene Muller and editing by Rodrigo Ramos Estrada. The producers of Meteorite are Sebastian Martinez and Mauricio S. Burckhardt for Haus Kino, Valeria Mejia and Sebasti\u00e1n M\u00fanera for Entre Acto, Abel Villa Romero and Deimer Quintero Vertel for Archipi\u00e9lago Sonoro, as well as Rodrigo Ramos of Pos[T] La Casa. MoreThan Films is handling international<\/a> sales.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Meteorite\u2019 <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of MoreThan Films<\/p>\n

\n\tTHR can now exclusively premiere the trailer for Meteorite. Watch it right here \u2013 if you are ready for a ride, that is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meteorite (Meteorito), Colombian visual artist and filmmaker\u00a0Sebasti\u00e1n M\u00fanera\u2019s feature directorial debut, promises to be a rollercoaster ride when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,1042,60,270,237624,802],"class_list":["post-607328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-international","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-venice-2026","tag-venice-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}