In the context of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the celebration of 20 years since Commander Hugo Chávez first arrived on the Caribbean island in 2001; the Venezuelan Embassy, through the Institute of Culture and Cooperation (IVCC), organize the 3rd edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival.
Under the slogan “See what we are” it constitutes a linguistic and cultural event to promote Venezuelan identity from the production of Venezuelan cinema as a vanguard in audiovisual content in Our America, this event will be held in collaboration with the Ministries of Popular Power for Foreign Relations and of Communication and Information; in addition to the Villa del Cine, Amazonia Films and the Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC).
In this regard, Francisco Pérez Santana, head of the Venezuelan diplomatic mission in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, explained that the 3rd edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival was created as an audiovisual space that shows social issues that weave the notion of Venezuelan identity as a reference of the cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean, reviews the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Relations on its web portal.
The diplomat also mentioned that the Venezuelan Institute has held two previous editions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; the first in 2018 and the second in 2019 on an itinerant basis. “We move with our screen, the video projector, the films and the desire to promote our art in every corner of the island, in schools, communities and in prisons,” he explained.
In recent decades, after the arrival of the Bolivarian Revolution, the Venezuelan film industry has increased the number of its production by a large percentage, obtaining important prizes and awards on national and international stages.
Among the films that will be presented at the 3rd Edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival are: Haiti the Hidden Face, Sugar Soul of a Princess, the Insolent Plant, Zamora land and free men, Bolívar the man of difficulties, Miranda returns, Central Park , the Pure Lie, Blue as the sky, Touch and fight, H2O Mission, a Look at the sea, the blue Apple tree, Short stories of the spider, the Blackberry and the Cocuyo. LAV / CP
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