{"id":205,"date":"2026-03-07T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/?p=205"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:46:10","slug":"fait-vivir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/fait-vivir\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIT VIVIR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-206 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/LINK-Fait-Vivir.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/LINK-Fait-Vivir.jpg 600w, https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/LINK-Fait-Vivir-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FAIT VIVIR is a documentary film made over a six-year period by Colombian filmmaker Oscar Ruiz Navia. Through the eyes and voice of Manuk, a five-year-old boy, the film tells the myth and dreams that fuel the Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, a Montreal-based group created by GIROVAGO.<\/p>\n<p>GKO is an adventurous and extraordinary collective that propels a movement of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The narrator\u2019s imaginative\u2014and at times even fantastical\u2014perspective allowed the director to subtly interweave documentary footage from GKO\u2019s tour in Colombia (2014) with the staging of a performance created specifically for the film, as well as various moments from the artists\u2019 everyday lives.<br \/>\n\u201cI wanted to make this film,\u201d says director Oscar Ruiz Navia, \u201cbecause since I first met the group several years ago, I understood that translating their sonic and visual performance to the cinema would be a deeply moving and enriching experience for audiences\u2014an opportunity to grasp its essence. (\u2026) I admire their talent, their passion, and above all their daily sacrifice. (\u2026) I am deeply moved by the way they have held on to their art, in an act of resilience, in order to flourish within a new society.\u201d<br \/>\nFAIT VIVIR was part of the official selection of the documentary competition at the Biarritz Latin America Festival (France, 2019). It was also showcased at the Bogot\u00e1 International Film Festival \u2013 BIFF, Colombia Viva (Colombia, 2019), the Bogot\u00e1 International Documentary Exhibition \u2013 MIDBO (Colombia, 2019), and the Cali International Film Festival \u2013 FICCALI, where it won the Audience Award \u201cCali, Open City\u201d (Colombia, 2019). The film was also selected for the Transcinema International Film Festival in the \u201cResistencia\u201d competition (Peru, 2019) and the UNAM International Film Festival \u2013 FICUNAM, \u201cAtlas\u201d Section (Mexico, 2020).<\/p><div id=\"linit-373676154\" class=\"linit-dans-le-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"1055921646\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2022, the film was screened in Montreal at the Latin American Film Festival at Cin\u00e9ma du Parc.<br \/>\n\u201c&#8230;Dancing, singing and partying was once forbidden in a lost tropical town&#8230;\u201d This is how the show MAKONDO begins. Makondo was created by GKO, an original company of musicians, dancers, actors and circus artistes based in Montreal. Fait Vivir tells us the myth of this, out of the ordinary band, through the eyes of Manuk, a five-year-old boy. His imaginative and poetic perspective interlaces documentary material of the band touring through various villages and cities of Colombia, with the staging of the show. The fantasy of the narrator also allows us to know closely the daily life of the creators and the dream that feeds this adventurous project that propels movement and freedom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1153596539?h=864e9e62e1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CREDITS :<br \/>\nWith<br \/>\nMANUK AUKAN MEJ\u00cdA RUIZ<br \/>\nANINA IXCHEL MEJ\u00cdA RUIZ<br \/>\nCARMEN RUIZ NAVIA<br \/>\nJUAN SEBASTI\u00c1N MEJ\u00cdA AKA Perditi<br \/>\nFeaturing<br \/>\nGYPSY KUMBIA ORCHESTRA<br \/>\nCarmen Ruiz Navia: Direcci\u00f3n General<br \/>\nJuan Sebasti\u00e1n Mej\u00eda AKA Perditi: Direcci\u00f3n Art\u00edstica, Percusi\u00f3n, Voz<br \/>\nAnit Ghosh: Direcci\u00f3n Musical, Viol\u00edn<br \/>\nAur\u00e9lien Tomasi: Direcci\u00f3n Musical, Clarinete, Saxof\u00f3n, Gaita<br \/>\nZilien Biret: Clarinete, Gaita, Voz<br \/>\nZeneli Codel: Viol\u00edn<br \/>\nBlaise Margail: Tromb\u00f3n, Beat Boxing<br \/>\nEli Camilo: Tromb\u00f3n<br \/>\nChantale Urbain: Acorde\u00f3n<br \/>\nLaurence Sabourin: Acorde\u00f3n<br \/>\nIvan Bamford: Percusi\u00f3n (Tambora)<br \/>\nMaxime Ethier: Percusi\u00f3n (Alegre)<br \/>\nSergio Barrenechea: Percusi\u00f3n (Alegre, Redoblante)<br \/>\nDorianne Fabreg AKA Doba: Voz, Percusi\u00f3n (Llamador)<br \/>\nOmar D\u00edaz: Percusi\u00f3n (Llamador)<br \/>\nRachel Th\u00e9rrien: Trompeta<br \/>\nGuillaume Garant: Trompeta<br \/>\nBertrand Margelidon: Trompeta<br \/>\nJulie Richards: Tuba<br \/>\nChristian Leclerc: Tuba<br \/>\nSonia Bustos: Danza<br \/>\nAndrea Ni\u00f1o: Danza<br \/>\nCatherine D\u00edas Barrera: Artista Circo<br \/>\nJavier Andr\u00e9s Nosa Hern\u00e1ndez: Marionetista<br \/>\nS\u00e9verine Sandrine Elsa Berthias AKA Pichotte: Marionetista<br \/>\nJaiya Oliver Fabreg: Adolescente<br \/>\nJuan Salvador Jamirez D\u00edaz: Ni\u00f1o<br \/>\nJoy Richard Gerhard: Ni\u00f1a<br \/>\nKarine Lachance: Acompa\u00f1ante<br \/>\nMarcelo Arroyave: Cronista<br \/>\nAdelaida Pardo: Fotofija<br \/>\nAnnie B\u00e9liveau: Apoyo t\u00e9cnico<br \/>\nAparici\u00f3n especial<br \/>\nTo\u00f1o Garc\u00eda Gaitero<br \/>\nProfe de percusi\u00f3n de Cartagena<br \/>\nFran\u00e7ois Laundry<br \/>\nN\u00e9mo Venba Babin<br \/>\nC\u00e9line Chevrier<br \/>\nJulie Houle<br \/>\nAlvaro Cabrera<br \/>\nRemberto Z\u00fa\u00f1iga<br \/>\nUna producci\u00f3n de<br \/>\nCONTRAV\u00cdA FILMS<br \/>\nEn coproducci\u00f3n con<br \/>\nTELEPACIFICO &amp; PRODUCTIONS GIROVAGO<br \/>\nDirecci\u00f3n<br \/>\nOscar Ruiz Navia<br \/>\nAsistentes de Direcci\u00f3n<br \/>\nMar\u00eda Alejandra Briganti<br \/>\nLony Welter<br \/>\nProducci\u00f3n Ejecutiva<br \/>\nOscar Ruiz Navia<br \/>\nAna Mar\u00eda Ruiz Navia<br \/>\nCarmen Ruiz Navia<br \/>\nNatalia Rend\u00f3n Rodr\u00edguez<br \/>\nAsistente de Producci\u00f3n Ejecutiva<br \/>\nGladys Cecilia Navia<br \/>\nProductores Asociados<br \/>\nWilliam Vega<br \/>\nAndrea Estrada Guti\u00e9rrez<br \/>\nSof\u00eda Guzm\u00e1n<br \/>\nCatalina Torres<br \/>\nCoordinadora de Producci\u00f3n<br \/>\n\u00c1ngela Trejos Collazos<br \/>\nAsistente Coordinadora de Producci\u00f3n<br \/>\nJuan Gaviria<\/p>\n<div id=\"linit-3505907788\" class=\"linit-apres-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"1055921646\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAIT VIVIR is a documentary film made over a six-year period by Colombian filmmaker Oscar Ruiz Navia. 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