As every year, we hope that the theaters will be full and that the public will enjoy the exhibitions of high-quality works reflecting the identity of this region,, she told Prensa Latina, who is also the director and producer of this artistic manifestation.
Marquez expressed her excitement that from the 14th to the 23rd of this month, the people of La Paz will engage with high-quality artistic works.
Additionally, the Venezuelan ambassador to Bolivia, Cesar Trompiz, shared with this news agency that the XX Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival generates enthusiasm among the public in La Paz due to its impressive quality.
As president pro tempore of the Latin American and Caribbean Culture Group in Bolivia, Trompiz informed 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 his confidence that this proposal will be well attended, as in previous years,
Referring to the Venezuelan offer, programmed for November 23, he informed me that it is the film Especial, which deals with Down syndrome.
About Bolivia, he indicated that it will present works of great cultural value.
He stressed that each night the show 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.
A significant recent work by the renowned Latin American and world cinema master Jorge Sanjinés is “Los Viejos Soldados” (“The Old Soldiers”). In this film, he explores the Chaco War through the lens of friendship.
In the context of the event, the photographic exhibition entitled Nuestra gente, nuestra cultura (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 follow 24 hours later with the screening of Los Viejos Soldados, by Sanjines.
Colombia will be represented on the 16th with Cuando las aguas se juntan: una historia de Mujeres y Paz, directed by Margarita Martínez.
The Cuban film El Ojo del Canario (The Eye of the Canary) will be screened on November 17 by director Fernando Perez.
As guest country, Spain will present the film Segundo Premio on the 18th.
The program includes Chris Kummerfeld’s Hungting Party (Guatemala); Arráncame la vida (Mexico), by director Roberto Sneider; Mi Mundial (Uruguay), by Carlos Morell; and the closing film, Especial, on November 23.
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