04 · 06 · 13 Interview with Natalia Beristain from the Curaçao IFFR Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Mexican filmmaker Natalia Beristain is in the second edition of the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam (CIFFR) as a nominee for the Yellow Robin Award. This award, destined to support the talent of young filmmakers from Mexico and the Caribbean was created by the Curaçao IFFR in collaboration with five allies from the region, including the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Natalia Beristain, whose opera prima No quiero dormir sola won the award for Best Mexican Feature Film at the 2012 FICM, was proposed by our festival to compete for the Yellow Robin Award. Here is an interview with the director where she shares her experience at the Curaçao IFFR and her future plans: ¿What has been the trajectory of No quiero dormir sola since it won Best Mexican Feature Film at the 2012 FICM? We have participated in many festivals: Venecia, Sao Paulo, Gijón, Cairo, Stockholm, Kustendorf, and now Curaçao. From here we are moving on to South Korea, then to a tour of ten important cities in Australia, and finally to Lima. In Mexico, the film will be showing at the Riviera Maya Film Festival and it will be released commercially in June. How has the audience reacted towards your film? What comments have you received? In general we have been welcomed by the audience. It has been great to discover that the film connects with people, no matter their gender, age, etcetera. What has you experience at the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam (CIFFR) been like? It has only brought good things. Having the opportunity to come to this part of Latin America, watching the cinema that is made in this part of the world, and sharing experiences about the difficulties of filmmaking is great. It has not only been rewarding, but it is also an opportunity to look back at home and reevaluate our panorama. Has any film or section of the festival particularly caught your attention? Why? I think the competition in which I’m in (for the Yellow Robin Award) is the one I’m most interested in. It includes five films, all of them – except mine – come from somewhere in the Caribbean and it is a type of cinema I almost never get the chance to see. What are you plans for a future project? I’m developing two scripts: one similar to No quiero dormir sola, and another more “masculine” script; both are meant to continue exploring working with actors. Lets see which one takes shape first.
