Carlos Contra La Roya

A fourth-generation coffee grower plays cat and mouse with an intelligent tropical disease known as “the rust”.


Carlos Contra La Roya | 2025 | Colombia

Carlos, a fourth generation coffee grower and agricultural engineer in Colombia’s coffee axis, spends his day playing cat and mouse with the rust, an intelligent tropical disease endangering global coffee production. To win, Carlos must turn to ancestral wisdom to fight back against the tenacity and intelligence of the rust.

This genre bending short documentary film employs sci-fi tropes to explore complex relationships between a human and non-human character.

Short Documentary
In Production


Directed by Bryan Angarita
Produced by Sahar Yousefi
Edited by Damir Sancevic