La Noche de la Bestia
TFI Suppport
TFI Network 2019
Logline
Two young metalheads coast aimlessly through Bogota’s alleys on the day of Iron Maiden’s first ever concert in Colombia. Their day is wrecked and their friendship is tested when hoodlums steal their most valued possession: the tickets to see their favorite band perform live.
Mauricio Leiva Cock
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Graduate of the MFA in film from Columbia University. His projects have participated in festivals such as Rome, Palm Springs, Morelia, Biarritz, Malaga, Cartagena, the Tribeca Film Institute and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, among others. He is creator of the upcoming coming of age series Capital Roar (Movistar Play), co-creator of Green Frontier (Netflix), head writer for Falco, (Amazon, Telemundo and TNT), story consultant for El Santo (in development for Amazon), story editor and writer of Wild District (Netflix) and participated in the writers room of Tijuana (Story House). His first feature, The Night of the Beast, is in post-production.
Juan Diego Villegas
Producer
Juan Diego Villegas is producer and partner at Fidelio and Jaguar Bite. Amongst other works, he produced the RCN TV series Comando Élite, directed by Jorge Alí Triana, the feature film Candelaria, by Jhonny Hendrix, winner of the Top Prize Award at Venice Days, The Night of the Beast by Mauricio Leiva-Cock and just produced Capital Roar series for Movistar Play. He previously worked in RCN Films as executive producer and then as a representative and commercial manager of RCN TV in Beijing, China. He is currently producing ‘The eyes of the damned’ directed by Fernando López Cardona in Cali, Colombia.
David Figueroa García
Producer
Originally from Mexico City, David Figueroa García holds a bachelor's degree from the City University of New York and a master's degree in film from Columbia University. RATITAS (2012) won best short film in Brooklyn and Monterrey and PERFIDIA (2013), won Best Mexican Short Film in Guanajuato.