10 · 20 · 23 First Development Film Lab for Indigenous Filmmakers of Latin America Kicks Off at FICM 2023 Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard As part of the 21st Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), the first session of the Development Film Lab for Indigenous Filmmakers of Latin America was held at the Cultural Center of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo on Thursday. Filmmakers from Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia and Mexico gathered at 10 a.m. to officially open the Lab, which aims to support the development of film projects by providing tools and allowing reflection on issues ranging from production to distribution and promotion. Maria Inés Roque, Executive Coordinator of the project, welcomed the advisors and filmmakers participating in this first project with a heartfelt thank you, and then gave a brief overview of the agenda, thus inaugurating the discussions and workshops of this first Lab. The projects participating in the Lab, which seeks to contribute to the professionalization and training of fifteen filmmakers from different ethnicities and nationalities of the great Latin American community, are: Akcha Sapi, by Joshi Espinosa Anguaya (kichwa otavalo), Ecuador El arte de limpiar, by Blanca Martínez Castillo (yuku noo/mixteca), Mexico De aspecto indígena, by Xun Sero (maya tsotsil), Mexico Estoy buscando a mi familia, by Viviana Mamani Cori (aymara), Bolivia Grietas, by Alberto Flores Vilca (quechua), Peru Hiñaru Duna (Mujer Agua), by Elvis Rigoberto Caj Cojoc (maya poqomchi), Guatemala Mub ́u o sobre poner el corazón en el lugar correcto, by Alfredo Guzmán Cayetano (mazahua), Mexico Mudubina, by Naila Paulina Cruz López (binnizá/zapoteca), Mexico Nasakopajk, by Néstor Abel Jiménez Díaz (maya tseltal y tsotsil), Mexico Pawa, by Marbel Ina Vanegas Jusayu (wayuu), Colombia Prepori Porongyta - la historia de Prepori Kaiabi, by Kujãesage Kaiabi (kaiabi), Brazil Q'aq, by Tirza Yanira Ixmucané Saloj Oroxom (maya k'iche' - kaqchikel), Guatemala Se escucha el viento, by Damián Dositelo Martínez Vásquez (ayüüjk/mixe), Mexico Sueños que migran, by Xun Pérez Pérez (maya tsotsil), Mexico El viaje mítico de Sain y el Duende Akalakui, by Elizabeth Pirela González (wayuu), Colombia Renowned professionals in the field will participate as advisors, including lawyer Adrián Ojeda; cinematographer and post-producer Alexis Rodil; producer and distributor Ana Alice de Morais; filmmaker and screenwriter Ángeles Cruz; distributor and curator Carlos Gutiérrez; filmmaker and researcher Christiane Burkhard; professor and filmmaker María Inés Roqué; professor and producer Martha Orozco; producer Pablo Baksht; filmmaker and cinematographer Roberto Olivares; and film activist and promoter Sofia Arroyo. In addition, filmmakers Nicolas Philibert and Reneé Nader will attend as special guests and consultants. The first Development Film Lab for Indigenous Filmmakers of Latin America is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Ibermedia Program, the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), the American Film Showcase Program through the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (USC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the independent organization Cultural Survival, and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, and will take place in the city of Morelia, Mexico, from October 18 to 23, 2023.
