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Its makers forced exile from their native Nicaragua has inspired ‘Pantasma’s’ animation techniques which mark the project apart. 

LOCARNO — Costa Rica’s Juli Films has boarded Nicaraguan Gloria Carrión’s “Pantasma,” building production partner backing for one of the most ambitious titles at a talent packed Locarno’s Open Doors Projects Hub. A stop motion doc-feature, the film will narrate how the Sandinista-Contra War of 1982-1989 in Nicaragua forced Félix, a 17-year-old revolutionary, to become …

'Mother Vera' is co-directed by Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson.

CaribbeanTales International Film Festival, (CTFF) founded by award winning filmmaker and Academy member Frances-Anne Solomon, will celebrate its 18th year, September 6th – 22nd in Toronto and online. The festival will kick off with a media launch on August 8, at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, located at 506 Bloor…

Louie Palu. Louie Palu is a photographer and filmmaker whose work has examined social political issues, such as human rights and conflict for 30-years. His work has been selected for a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, Arnold Newman Prize and World Press Photo Award. His work has examined topics such as the drug war in Mexico, conflicts in Afghanistan and Ukraine, Guantanamo Bay and changing geopolitics in the Arctic. Based in Washington D.C., he has been focused on an ongoing in-depth project since 2019 covering U.S. politics through the final year of the Trump presidency, pandemic...