'Colors' is Colombia Oscar entry

Colombia's fledgling 2-year-old Academy of Cinematographic Arts & Sciences has selected Carlos Cesar Arbelaez's helming debut, "Los colores p la montana" (The Shades in the Mountain), to represent the country inside the foreign-language film Oscar race. Colors" trounced 13 competitors from more seasoned helmers including Sebastian Cordero's "Rabia" (Rage), Carlos Moreno's "Todos tus muertos" (All Your Dead Ones) and Juan Felipe Orozco's "Saluda al diablo p mi parte" (Greetings for the Demon), starring Edgar Ramirez ("Carlos"). Set in the armed conflict between guerilla mma fighters as well as the military in Colombia, "Colors in the Mountain" tracks a 9-year-old who enlists his close buddies to help him retrieve his football in the minefield. Pic won the completely new Company company directors award in San Sebastian a year ago as well as the script within the 2011 LA Latino Film Festival. It first demonstrated in Colombia the 2009 spring. NY-based Film Movement released "Colors" on DVD inside the U.S. captured. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com