Ika Santamaria

“I believed that I stared learning about characters and creating stories since I was five while working with my father, he tough me the art of selling headstones He wisely explain to me about how the buyer’s behavior was determine or affected by their dead ones and our goal with every person that arrive to the shop was to find the most sensitive memory in their relationship and from that point were ready to sale. It was a fascinating process digging and poking so many kind of people that show up at the shop until I left home. A great lesson of humanity is learned when talking about the people that is not here anymore. Dead and being alive are very close to me and I do not see it as an scary thing like must of people. Dead fascinate me because it’s a reminder that fatality can come any time and we must give all we have every second to question love and hate, peace and war in our lives. Feelings and secrets must come to light All this plays an important part in my stories.”

The name by which the Arauacos Colombian Indians are best known in ethnological literature is Ika, a word that in their own language means “people.

Esta chica has received awards given by the Women’s International Film Festival, LDUB Film Festival, Miami Life Awards; Ika won a competition at the Sundance Screenwriters Intensive, Miami 2015. She received the Achievement Award for Best Film Director at the Women in The Arts 2013 & was named the WITA 2013 Filmmaker of the Year as well. Awarded Best Actor at Miami Indie Film Club and Ika wrote, directed, and edited “Flea Market Finish Line” which was accepted at the Cannes Film Festival and won awards in many International Film Festivals.