The film was positively reviewed in The Hollywood Reporter as operating " at the more accessible end of the arthouse spectrum , wrapping up an essentially tough , even bleak narrative within a lively , soccer-themed evocation of childhood " . The film won the Golden Pheasant Award for the Best Film at the sixteenth International Film Festival of Kerala , held in Thiruvananthapuram . It was selected as the Colombian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards in 2011 , but it did not make the final shortlist
International Film Festival of Kerala
International Film Festival of Kerala
The Colors of the Mountain