The Vertigo Magazine published a short national survey in which nine filmmakers reflect on this format, on the occasion of the IX edition of the National Short Film Festival Manuel Trujillo Durán.
On Monday 14 January Maracaibo activities started in the IX Festival National Short Film Manuel Trujillo Durán, the more extensive experience in the country. The inauguration took place on Friday 25 at 7:00 pm at the Art Center Lia Bermudez, with nearly 90 films in competition.
Manuel Trujillo Durán Festival occurs this year under circumstances that have been particularly favorable for Venezuelan cinema as far as regards feature films: 11 Venezuelan films were shown in theaters in 2006 and 9 in 2007 - to which add 2 co-CNAC.
2008 also seems to be started to implement on a regular display of both national as a prelude to the long-range two foreign films scheduled this way in January, "and last year was tested for the first time for more than two decades, the meeting 2 medium length to form a commercial close in duration to 1 long in Neither so long ... or as short Hector Palma, and there are 2 similar projects in the Villa del Cine in production.
All this raises a renewed interest in the future of the format in the country: will the shorts the players in the following chapter of the boom that has been generated with the entry into force of the Law on Cinema?
To investigate this and other issues, Vertigo made a survey of directors and filmmakers who responded nine Venezuelan filmmakers.
managers who participated in the survey were:
Liris Acevedo, director of Procopio honorable life Gómez (2006)
Carlos Caridad Montero , director of strategy of random (1996), males Afternoon (2002) and Night (2003)
Juan Fermín , director of Matchbox (2007)
Mariana Fuentes, director of the short Lupe Coffee (2007), dog lover (2004) and Breakfast (1995)
Hernán Jabes , director of the shorts panic 900 (2003) and The library (2005). Tuki
Jencquel , director of the short Yesterday starts tomorrow (2002) and Be on your feet (2005)
Garroz Harold López, director of Athena and Aphrodite (2005)
Hector Palma
, director of Long Distance (2007) and More or less (2007)
Antonio Savinelli , director of Orange Juice (2005) and As water (2007)
* Headings are for reference only. They are not complete filmographies
The questions were:
1. Venezuelan cinema, as far as regards feature films and documentaries too long, through a good time since 2006, following the entry into force of the Cinema Law. Regardless of the difficulties she has to exhibit the films, how you perceive the picture in the case of the shorts? Is it just as promising as regards to creativity?
See answers to question 1
2. Film Act makes it obligatory to display national short films in theaters. Have you taken action against the distributors to ensure that that is true in the case of his movies? Why? If the answer is yes, what were the results?
See answers to question 2
3. Do you think the CNAC is doing enough to ensure that it complies with the law for display national short film? Do you think it could be more?
See answers to Question 3
4. Hector Palma, not so long ... not so short, and the Villa del Cine, on two projects that are in production, begin to explore the formula of consolidating short or medium term program of regular a feature film. What do you think the alternative? Do you have plans in this regard?
See answers to question 4
5. What other alternatives are believed to exist or could exist for display or dissemination of the shorts?
See answers to Question 5
6. Due to constant developments and changes, technology has become a central concern for filmmakers today. What do you think are the ideal equipments at this time to make a short film in Venezuela?
Liris Acevedo, director of Procopio honorable life Gómez (2006)
Carlos Caridad Montero , director of strategy of random (1996), males Afternoon (2002) and Night (2003)
Juan Fermín , director of Matchbox (2007)
Mariana Fuentes, director of the short Lupe Coffee (2007), dog lover (2004) and Breakfast (1995)
Hernán Jabes , director of the shorts panic 900 (2003) and The library (2005). Tuki
Jencquel , director of the short Yesterday starts tomorrow (2002) and Be on your feet (2005)
Garroz Harold López, director of Athena and Aphrodite (2005)
Hector Palma
, director of Long Distance (2007) and More or less (2007)
Antonio Savinelli , director of Orange Juice (2005) and As water (2007)
* Headings are for reference only. They are not complete filmographies
The questions were:
1. Venezuelan cinema, as far as regards feature films and documentaries too long, through a good time since 2006, following the entry into force of the Cinema Law. Regardless of the difficulties she has to exhibit the films, how you perceive the picture in the case of the shorts? Is it just as promising as regards to creativity?
See answers to question 1
2. Film Act makes it obligatory to display national short films in theaters. Have you taken action against the distributors to ensure that that is true in the case of his movies? Why? If the answer is yes, what were the results?
See answers to question 2
3. Do you think the CNAC is doing enough to ensure that it complies with the law for display national short film? Do you think it could be more?
See answers to Question 3
4. Hector Palma, not so long ... not so short, and the Villa del Cine, on two projects that are in production, begin to explore the formula of consolidating short or medium term program of regular a feature film. What do you think the alternative? Do you have plans in this regard?
See answers to question 4
5. What other alternatives are believed to exist or could exist for display or dissemination of the shorts?
See answers to Question 5
6. Due to constant developments and changes, technology has become a central concern for filmmakers today. What do you think are the ideal equipments at this time to make a short film in Venezuela?
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