Awards totaling 300,000 Bolivian bolivianos (Bs) were distributed among filmmakers to ensure that their projects would be brought to fruition. 

At the Mar del Plata Film Festival, documentary filmmaker Daniela Muttis premiered “Narcisa,” her tribute in film to Narcisa Hirsch, who pioneered experimental films in Argentina in the mid 60s and was rediscovered in the 90s. 

“El Codo del Diablo” (The Devil’s Elbow) reveals a troubling episode of Costa Rica’s post-civil war history by revisiting a crime that unfolded in Limón in 1948. 

Turarte S.A. celebrated its 55th birthday with a renewed commitment to highlight the Cuban style in their musical and dance performances. 

The Colombian government laments its inability to acquire Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez’s archives which include the papers and manuscripts of his life and work, including the manuscript for One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Curta Cinema 2014 concluded its 24th year on November 12 in Rio de Janeiro.

Valeria Puig knew that her passion was to make movies since the age of 15.  Now, already at 26 years old, she has several international experiences to her credit and has come home to reflect on them. 

Filmmaker Pablo Palacios focuses his most recent documentary “Los sonidos del tiempo” (The Sounds of Time) on capturing the loss of musical traditions in Ecuador.

Cinema in Central America is looking for new markets and, after years of reflecting mainly on the drama of war in the region, it is attempting to reach the public through other genres. 

“If you aspire to be a professional artist, you have to leave El Salvador.”  This is the advice that Laura Benítez, a ballet dancer from El Salvador, would give to other aspiring dancers from her home country.