This event is organized by the Venezuelan Embassy in the Asian country, in articulation with Satyajit Ray Films Television Institute and the Forum for Films Studies and Allied Arts, and the collaboration of the Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía and the Distribuidora Nacional Amazonia Films.
In the current edition, which started last Monday, six films by important Venezuelan directors who are a reference of national cinema were presented in retrospective, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published in Telegram.
The films shown were Postales de Leningrado (2007), by Mariana Rondón; Azu (2013), by Luis Alberto Lamata; Blindado (2019), by Carlos Malavé; Brecha en el silencio (2013), by Luis and Andrés Rodríguez; Muerte en Berruecos (2017), by Capopolican Ovalles and Días de Poder (2011), by Román Chalbaud.
The second edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival in Calcutta was framed within the actions to encourage “the encounter and cultural exchange” between Caracas and New Delhi in the area of cinema, the source indicated.
Capaya Rodríguez, Venezuelan ambassador to India, pointed out that the exhibition provides an overview of the richness of the Bolivarian Republic’s film production, by showing the aesthetic treatments and discourses of the national cinema.
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