Bolivia ready for XX Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival

La Paz, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Film Library Foundation is ready today to host the XX Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival, a true celebration of the seventh art, said the director of this institution, Mela Márquez.
“As every year, we hope that the theaters are full and that the public enjoys the exhibitions of high-quality works that reflect the identity of this region of the world,” the director and producer of this artistic event told Prensa Latina.

Márquez expressed joy because between the 14th and the 23rd of this month, the public of La Paz will come into direct contact with high-quality works.

For his part, the Venezuelan ambassador to Bolivia, César Trómpiz, declared to this news agency that, due to its quality, the XX Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival excites the public of La Paz.

As the pro tempore president of the Latin American and Caribbean Culture Group in Bolivia, Trómpiz reported that the show will include “10 exhibitions of the best of the seventh art in our region and Spain, with free access for the public.”

The diplomat expressed confidence that, as in previous years, this proposal will have a wide attendance.

Referring to the Venezuelan proposal scheduled for November 23, he reported that it is the film Especial, which deals with Down syndrome.

“It is about a young man with these special characteristics in transition to adulthood and who faces the conditions of his family; he lives with his father, a frustrated percussionist,” he anticipated. He described that the filmmakers approach the subject with a very interesting focus on the incorporation of this young man with special characteristics into society and regarding the treatment that this entails in the context of a family.

In reference to Bolivia, he indicated that he will present works of great cultural value.

He stressed that each night the function will begin with the exhibition of a short film made by the Museum of Ethnography and Folklore on traditions and legends of the native peoples, which will allow us to learn more about the ethnography of the Plurinational State.

Something relevant will be the most recent work of the master of Latin American and world cinema Jorge Sanjinés, Los Viejos Soldados, he announced, in which he recreates the Chaco War from the perspective of a friendship.

“For us, the presence of Sanjinés in this exhibition is very important, he is indispensable when talking about the history of cinema in our America and I would say that of the whole world,” said the ambassador.

In the context of the exhibition, the photographic exhibition entitled Our People, Our Culture will remain open.

The day begins on November 14 with the Brazilian film Los Ojos de Ernesto, directed by Ana Luiza Acevedo, and a special moment will correspond 24 hours later with the screening of Los Viejos Soldados, by Sanjinés.

Colombia will be represented on the 16th with Cuando las aguas se juntan: una historia de Mujeres y Paz, directed by Margarita Martínez.

From director Fernando Pérez, the Cuban film El Ojo del Canario will be screened on November 17.

As a guest country, Spain will participate on the 18th with the film Segundo Premio.

The program includes Hungting Party (Guatemala), by Chris Kummerfeld, Arráncame la vida (Mexico), by director Roberto Sneider; Mi Mundial (Uruguay), by Carlos Morell and, closing on November 23, Especial.
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