Carlos César Arbeláez is a director from Antioquia (a State of Colombia). He holds a degree from the Communications Faculty of the University of Antioquia, has studied script-writing, drama and the history of cinema at the International School of Cinema at San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba) and at the ENERC (the National School of Cinematic Experimentation and Production) in Argentina.
Arbeláez has directed more than a dozen documentaries for television including three documentaries for the series Good Boys which won an India Catalina prize for Best Documentary Series for Television at the International Festival of Film and Television in Cartagena; Deep Black – Miner's Stories which gained a mention of honor at the International Film Festival in Bogotá; and How to Get to Heaven which gained a mention of honor from the competition "Para Verte Mejor", organized by Comfenalco - Antioquia.
His first storyline short, Ice Age, came second for the Sky Television National Cinema Prize at the Cinema and Television Festival at Cartagena in 2000 and was shown on this channel throughout Latin America. In 2005 he won the prize "Ciudad de Medellín" (Medellín City) for Best Unpublished Storyline Script.
His second short, The Serendade, won the competition organized by the Culture Ministry's Cinema Development Fund in 2005. In 2007 he won a scholarship from City of Medellín to develop The Eyes of the Dove fiction feature film.
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