Casa Bukowski »CHRONICLE OF AN UNFORGETTABLE CENTRAL AMERICAN FILM SHOW

Like everything that is worked on and cared for, the Central American Film Festival came out to order, an expression that we Spaniards use when we want to say “as we wish”.

The first day we had the presentation of the book Central American and Caribbean cinema XXI century edited by Extravertida. A nice and entertaining talk that they starred in, Maria Lourdes Cortés of Costa Rican origin [investigadora infatigable del cine de la región]; Javier Payeras, Guatemalan narrator, essayist and poet, Sergio Valdes Pedroni Guatemalan critical thinker and filmmaker and Servio Tulio Mateo Ponce Honduran producer as well as a university professor. A meeting where topics as suggestive as they were difficult were discussed, those dealing with abortion, infanticide, the disappeared after war conflicts, the problem of gangs, the difficulties of producing …

The film exhibition began with the short film by Julio Hernández Cordón Undergrowth and two Costa Rican movies, Medea from Alexandra Latishev and The fire bird from Cesar Caro.

The second day began with the first of the conversation tables, it was expected to be hard and controversial, After the wars the long road to impunity. A Antonio Peláez , Spanish journalist specialized in cinematographic subjects and investigator of everything that happened in world film festivals, moderated from Canada where he was following the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) delighting the audience with interviews with Marcela zamora Salvadoran director, one of the most intelligent, emotional and courageous glances in Central American documentary cinema that has the best human and technical quality in the isthmus, whom some scholar labeled her three emblematic films: The offended, the room of the bones and Maria in no man’s land as “the horror trilogy.” Accompanied by Aaron Acuna A promise of incipient Attic cinema that was lucid and successful in his comments on the subject of historical memory in Central America, a study in which it is used with strength and dedication at the moment. The half-length film was broadcast Lady Marshall of the Nicaraguans Martha Clarissa Hernández and María José Álvarez Sacasa next to The ghosts from Sebastian Lojo and a first feature film by Julio Hernández Cordón, Howls are heard.

On the third day there was no discussion table, a short film by the Salvadoran was broadcast Brenda vanegas The little port, the aforementioned documentary by Marcela zamora, The offended and The Marimbas from Hell from Julio Hernández Cordón.

The fourth stage that promised them great played a trick on us on the global internet. The hecatomb that claimed a large number of cyberspace victims served to remind us that these new ways of spreading the culture dependent on digital universes are erupting volcanoes that when they fail go to smoke. When we returned to the era of digital communication, we knew that we were moving the day to Saturday 9 and everyone was happy with the bet.

With the hangover of the previous day, the new and fifth day was faced, which allowed us to see the work of I am black from the Honduran Laura Bermúdez, The sound of things from the attic Ariel escalante and a new title of Julio Hernández Cordón Even the sun has spots.

The Sample in its sixth part had two peculiarities, the projection of Cachada from the Salvadoran director – Spanish Marlen Viñayo It was not seen in Spain as it did not have the transfer of exhibition rights for it, although it did in other countries. Julio Hernández Cordón he proposed his film to us Dust. As we had relaxed, the conversation table around indigenous and Afro-descendants could not be held due to internet problems with Guatemala and Honduras. A stoic Gabriel Serra, Nicaraguan director of whom we have been able to see The white myth During our journey, he was patiently waiting to enter the colloquium like someone “waiting for Godot” and we thank him from here.

On the seventh day, we did not rest, although the Bible indicates it, a “cult” film was waiting for us from the director of our retrospective, I promise you anarchy very well accompanied by Selva of the ticos Sofí Quirós and Dirty river Gustavo Fallas.

The eighth day was the day of the meeting with Julio Hernández Cordón, moderated by Maria Lourdes Cortés, an unequaled connoisseur of the director’s work, was accompanied by Martha Clarissa Hernández and Luis Aceituno Guatemalan journalist. The director made his interventions through the event chat. Giving way to the emission of the short film of the Guatemalan Elvis Caj White flower and Navel of water from the Nicaraguan Laura Baumeister. Along with the documentaries of Maria Jose ALvarez Sacassa Carl Rigby’s Antojologia and Queens of the Panamanian Ana Endara.

To finish, we extended our Film Festival one more day to repair computer errors and the short film by the Guatemalan woman was broadcast. Camila Urrutia The carnage of the south together with the documentary of Gabriel Serra The White myth and the Costa Rican production of Julio Hernández Cordón Behind there is lightning. Previously, the table around Women take the camera that moderated Laura Bermudez and that was accompanied by Ishtar Yasin and Brenda Vanegas.

It is worth this small text to thank all the people for their collaboration and enthusiasm that are evident not only in the videos that can be viewed in deferred through https://www.youtube.com/c/BukowskiTelevision and to remember that there is a book Central American and Caribbean Cinema XXI century wishing to be bought and read for the enjoyment of moviegoers. [Amazon Kindle y https://extravertida.es/?s=cine+centroamericano]