Participate in the festival long and short films produced in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay and Ecuador, as well as co-productions with countries outside South America.
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The aesthetic and thematic diversity of contemporary South American cinema
mark the third edition of the CineSur Festival. Held in the city of Bonito (MS), this year’s edition brings together films from nine countries in South America, consolidating the event as a meeting place between cultures and languages of this vast territory.
Participate in the festival, long and short films produced in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay and Ecuador, as well as co-productions with countries outside South America. According to the festival organizers, the works reflect the diversity present in the territory and address social, environmental reflections and remarkable visual experiences.
– It is a festival that aims to present a set of new films each year, in two competitive South American showcases, one of which exclusively features films dealing with environmental issues. In addition to the films, it brings together actresses, actors, directors, as well as other professionals who make up the film production chain to discuss the production and visibility of films within our own continent and other markets,” said Nilson Rodrigues, creator and director of the festival.
In an interview with
Brazil Agency
, he emphasized the importance of an event like this, even though it is taking place in a city where there are still no movie theaters.
– It is necessary to know the richness of the audiovisual production in South America and create conditions for the circulation of productions among the countries of the continent. There is a large market to be explored, there are many countries, many people and great economic potential,” he stated. “The festival takes place in two auditoriums with capacity for 260 seats, which are adapted to provide the best cinematic projection and allow the viewer to have the experience and feeling of being in a cinema room.”
Walk of Fame
To further value this cinematic culture, this year the Walk of Fame will be created, inspired by the one in the United States, but with a Brazilian touch. “We will make a plaque with ten names of Pantanal animals and ten names of important South American cinema artists who will be at the festival. This plaque is called ‘Footprints of South American Cinema Memory’ and will be updated every edition of the festival,” explained the CineSur director.
– Next to an animal’s paw, the artist will print his own hand, conveying the message: “we walk together with other living beings of the planet.” These plates will be displayed in the city square and later transferred to the cinema that will be built in Bonito,” he added.
The first actress to appear on this walk of fame is Paraguayan Ana Brun, who will be honored in this year’s edition. The handprint of Ana Brun, who has already won the Silver Bear for Best Female Performance at the Berlin Film Festival for her performance in
As Heiresses
, it will be placed next to the paw of a painted jaguar.
Movies
Among the long films participating in this year’s selection is
Brasiliana – The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
, by Joel Zito Araújo, an award-winning documentary that conducts in-depth archival research to reconstruct the career of a revue theater show that traveled through more than 90 countries during its two and a half decades of activity, but in Brazil, ended up experiencing historical erasure.
The Ecuadorian also participates in the exhibition
Chuzalongo
; a coproduction
Bitter Dawn
, carried out between Chile, Uruguay and Germany; the Argentinean
Quinography
; and the Peruvian
Redemption
, among others.
Environmental theme
Environmental themes are one of the pillars of the festival. In this axis, films such as
Karuara: The People of the River
, a Peruvian production; and Brazilian films
Kopenawa: Dreaming the Forest-World,
Fisherman Street No. 6
e
Symphony of Survival
.
– “Bonito is a very successful experience of responsible and sustainable ecotourism, and that is why we hold an environmental film show during the festival, where the most important themes related to the major challenges of preserving the planet are present,” said Rodrigues.
In addition to including this environmental reflection and promoting itself as a sustainable event, the festival always seeks to expand dialogue with the community, fostering local creative economy and offering various educational actions, such as the new Cinesur Educa program.
Another highlight is that the festival presents this year a selection of six films produced in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, such as
The Last Gate,
Eleonora,
Enigmas in the Rolê,
Stone Garden – Life and Death of Glauce Rocha,
Koi
and the River
e
Ochre Storm
.
– The city is involved both in the workforce that produces the festival and in the experiences that audiovisual allows through intersection with the community, with workshops for students and residents, where they express themselves through films that will be shown during the festival. We also operate with carbon compensation, where gas emissions are measured and, at the end of the event, everything that was emitted will be neutralized by compensatory actions,” said the festival director.
All activities promoted by CineSur are free, whether they take place in the screening rooms or in public squares. More information about the festival, which will be held from July 25 to August 2 at the Bonito Convention Center, can be obtained at
site
from the event
.
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