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Drive-in cinema at the Las Alturas International Film Festival

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Within the framework of the second day of the Las Alturas International Film Festival that takes place in Jujuy, the first screening was held at the drive-in.

The film chosen for its opening was the success of Juan José Campanella, "The tale of the weasels", with a balance that yielded all sold-out tickets. The success continued on Sunday night with "El Patalarga" by Mercedes Moreira.

In that context, were 120 vehicles on site, parked on the premises of the Native Forest Classroom "Professor Oscar Marín". It should be noted that this was the first face-to-face activity of the Festival.

Spectators entered the premises complying with biosecurity measures, where health workers took their temperature.

On the other hand, Online interviews were also held on the Festival's social networks, the meetings began with Miguel Mato, director of the documentary “Apurimac, the God who speaks ”who related how the filming process was: “It took us more than 2 years to finish the film, It has not been easy to shoot in the heights of Peru and we are fascinated with the final result, also about the Festival added: “Estos festivales sin dudas permiten que las producciones locales y nacionales puedan verse en el territorio mucho más”.

The interviews continued with the directors Oscar Salazar and Franco Traverso of the Bolivian production “Fuertes” who commented: “El Festival de Cine en las Alturas de Jujuy es muy importante en Argentina y los países limítrofes. Is in a key place, cerca de nuestra cordillera donde se filmó la película”. Closing with these encounters, Lucía Sant interviewed Rory Barrionuevo director of the documentary "El Guru" who spoke about his documentary filmed in southern Chile about Carlos "Guru Guru" Ruiz in the months prior to contesting the boxing "Super Medium Latino Title".

On the other hand, Academic activities also began with the discussion “Fiscal Incentives, cash rebate and its economic impact on the territories ”with Silvia Echeverri Botero, Director of the Filming Commission of Colombia and Silvana Espinosa, director of Jujuy Film Commission. This talk deepened on the laws and strategies implemented in Colombia to promote that country as a scene for filming.

At the same time, Sunday also had extensive online activity, with the talk on social networks about "The Post Pandemic Cinema", a continental meeting attended by directors from the different Andean countries.

In this meeting the different topics that reflect the current state of our cinema and the opinion of these filmmakers about the present and the future were addressed. It had the participation of Miguel Ferrari (Venezuelan Director / Producer), Vanessa Ragone (Producer, Haddock Films de Argentina) Jhonny Hendrix (Director / Producer, Antorcha Films de Colombia), Antonella Estévez (Journalist / Historian, Director of Femcine de Chile) and Mariana Rondón (Film director, Screenwriter, Venezuelan Plastic Artist and Producer).

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