Colombians are a passionate group of people and their artistic talent is exploding on the film scene. The Colombian Film Festival in New York City aims to be a platform to showcase amazing Colombian talent here and abroad.

"With more than 5,000 attendants and dozens of powerful films and documentaries, last year's Colombian Film Festival held in New York City was a big success, bridging Colombians from all over the U.S. to those from their home country and celebrating the talent and creativity from the South American actors and directors," according to Fox News Latino.

This past week on MY Lifestyle Extra, Adriana Aristizábal, co-founder and president of the Colombian Film Festival gave a sneak peak for the 2014 Colombian Film Festival. Aristizábal has an impressive resume as a former war correspondent and author; she has also previously served with the Consul of Colombia as well.

She tells independent film aficionados and aspiring filmmakers what to expect in this year's festival, which will run from Mar. 25-30, including the dish on the 90 shorts, full-length films and documentaries that will be featured.

"We just closed our submissions with more than 3,000 films from Colombians from around the world. We are going to have amazing surprises because we are going to have films from Latin America," Aristizábal said. "So we are expanding right now. We are pioneers; we are the first ever Colombian film festival, abroad of our country and now we are expanding because we want to make it a Latino film festival in New York."

Not only is Colombian talent in New York and New Jersey showcased, as mentioned, but the festival also highlights Colombian talent from Colombia as well, giving it an even more varied and authentic experience.

"Basically, we want to do is to be a platform for the new talents, and for the filmmakers in our country. Colombian experiences have grown in the film industry and also in our economy. In addition, we are very passionate Colombians who love our country and want to be ambassadors of Colombians in the United States."

Aristizábal went on to explain that The Colombian Film Festival highlights the character, the food, tourist attractions, etc.

"It's an amazing platform," she said. "We want to promote the good image ... to expose our country in the best way."

"The festival of 2014 will open a space for filmic retrospective from different jewels of the Colombian cinema," according to the fim festival's official website. "Besides, there will also be an exposition of Colombian feature films from 1925 to 2012's posters, restored and compiled by Fundacion Patrimonio Filmico Colombiano, and which will be held in the Gallery of the Consulate General Central of Colombia in New York."

Check out this past year's submissions for The Colombian Film Festival 2013: