They are cinematographic works from local universities and from Latin America. It is the first edition of the festival
The first edition of the Naranjal International Student Film Festival has been taking place since last Monday, December 27, online and in person in the Guayasense canton.
The festival was born in Ecuador with the purpose of displaying student work and strengthening Latin American cinema. “We aspire to become a point of debate and training so that these new visions of the world meet the public,” explains Luigi Rivera, Mayor of Naranjal.
The films are divided into two groups: Official Selection and Panorama, and the diversity of themes predominates. There are shorts of fantasy, comedy, horror, themes of genre, atmosphere and traditions.
They highlight ‘Vaivén’ (Nisha Platzer, 2020), which has been presented at the Raindance and Vancouver festivals; ‘Chigualo’ (Christian Rojas, 2020), classified in the official selection of several festivals; and two short films that Ecuadorian directors made in their university years: ‘Alert Naranja’ (1999), by Gabriela Calvache, and ‘Pía’ (2004), by Javier Andrade.
The participating universities are: Univ. De la Sabana (Colombia) Univ. De Antioquia in Medellín (Colombia), Univ. De La Plata (Argentina), Univ. De Buenos Aires (Argentina), Univ. De Columbia (United States), Univ. Del Desarrollo (Chile), EICTV San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba).
Films from the UDLA, INCINE, the Sucre Institute, the San Francisco de Quito University, the Catholic University of Guayaquil, ESPOL, the University of the Arts, the Sucre Institute and the University of Cuenca participate in Ecuador.
To see the films, you have to go to https://festivaldecine.naranjal.gob.ec/ (E)
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