The Hague (June 1/21). Within the framework of the Plan to Promote Colombia Abroad, on June 1, the Embassy of Colombia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands presented a virtual conversation with the Director of the documentary Unexpected Neighbors and afterward the screening of the movie.

Director Mauricio Vélez-Domínguez -who studied film and engineering science at Harvard University and is the director and founder of Explora Films, an international independent film production company - described his experience in producing, directing and editing this documentary, which exhibits the biodiversity of the city of Bogotá and tells the story of the life of the plants and animals that inhabit the capital of Colombia.

Ambassador Fernando Antonio Grillo Rubiano greeted the public, highlighted the importance of the creative and cultural industries, for their ability to promote innovation and provide opportunities, benefits, and empowerment for all, as well as, for their virtue of involving economic activities based on knowledge and technology with cultural or artistic values, cultural heritage, and other individual or collective creative expressions.

The audience invited to this activity were Dutch companies from the audiovisual sector and members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited in The Hague. Congratulations were received from the public, who highlighted the ability to offer an informative and interactive presentation, which achieved an attractive link between art and the promotion of Colombia.

The Embassy of Colombia in the Kingdom of the Netherlands invites you to see the repetition of the conversation through the following link Unexpected Neighbors, under the menu Agenda, submenu “Filming a Nature Documentary: A conversation about the film Unexpected Neighbors”.

The Plan to Promote Colombia Abroad is the cultural diplomacy strategy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, whose purpose is to support the achievement of the Colombian State's foreign policy objectives.