The Paris-based United Nations Academic, Scientific and Cultural Group (UNESCO) stated on Dec. 17 that the 18th version of Nuevas Miradas concluded with eight Caribbean movie tasks receiving awards and help, because of UNESCO and the European Union (EU).
UNESCO stated the competition was a “nice success for the Caribbean filmmakers of the ‘Incubando’ part, who participated on this movie manufacturing and networking occasion because of the help of the UNESCO program Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union by means of Tradition and Creativity, funded by the European Union.”
Twelve younger administrators and producers from Cuba, Guyana, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and St. Kitts and Nevis, representing eight fiction and documentary movie tasks, acquired awards and incentives to develop their work, UNESCO stated.
It stated this version has launched non-Hispanic Caribbean tasks because of the Transcultura program.
“The awards acquired replicate not solely their creative high quality but in addition the potential of Caribbean cinema on the worldwide stage,” UNESCO stated.
Yamila Marrero, common coordinator of Nuevas Miradas, stated the six days of masterclasses, workshops and mentorship classes, with over 20 movie trade professionals from Latin America and Europe, “culminated in a pitching session.”
“Following this, producers, gross sales brokers, distributors and representatives of labs, festivals, markets and funding our bodies determined who to award and help,” she stated.
UNESCO stated areas like Nuevas Miradas are “very important for showcasing and internationalizing tasks from their early improvement phases.
“A program like Transcultura, which permits rising filmmakers to take part in main labs and occasions like Nuevas Miradas, is important for creating our native cinema, but in addition for connecting with different Caribbean international locations, as we share related tales and contexts,” it added.
Wendy Desert, a producer from Haiti, stated “the occasion not solely advances the featured tasks but in addition serves as a platform to spice up the movie careers of its individuals, aligning with the objectives of the Transcultura program.”
Organized by the Manufacturing Chair of the Worldwide Movie and Tv Faculty of San Antonio de los Baños, UNESCO stated Nuevas Miradas is without doubt one of the oldest and most prestigious movie labs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
“It leverages the presence of movie trade representatives on the Havana Worldwide Movie Pageant to attach them with rising filmmakers from the area, thus supporting the range of voices and tales in cinema,” it stated.
