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On Tuesday, two Latin American Revolution films won an award at the Locarno Open Door prize ceremony. These two films showed the altered mindset of cineasts as they questioned wisdom among new inventions. Pantasma, directed by Gloria Carrión and produced by Leonor Zuñiga, won the biggest cash prize of CHF25,000
Leandro Grillo’s ‘Desidia,’ Carlos Zerpa’s ‘LOA. Kill Your Masters’ also in the prize mix.
Dominican project Tres balas (Three Bullets) has dominated the awards handed out by Open Doors, Locarno Pro’s talent development program for artists from underrepresented communities. The pic, directed by Génesis Valenzuela and produced by Wendy Espinal, picked up three awards, including a CHF 20,000 ($22,000) Open Doors cash grant alongside a €8,000 development grand handed …
The film tells the story of Spain’s first official hate crime.
A star, or several, are born, perhaps. Playing early as part of Locarno’s Open Doors Screenings, framing new features and shorts from Latin America and the Caribbean, “Rimana Wasi: Home of Stories” received a rapturous reception, establishing directors Ximena Málaga Sabogal, Piotr Turlej as talents to track. “Angelo,” and “La Distancia Del Tiempo” have good word …