"Movie with Passion, as do your project" and "Direction and Cinebooks of the trade and discipline," were the themes of the contiquatoriums that the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) organized through the National Film Management, on 14 and 15 December, with the participation of audiovisual industry professionals, directors, producers and students, with the aim of making known the different phases of production of a feature film and contributing to training people and equipment with the skills necessary to face challenges of the film and audiovisual industry.
The guest directors Ana Angulo and Paco Castillo presented, leading and cinebooked themes and shared their experiences, anecdotes and short films projects undertaken as a whole, up to the process of how they filmed their first film.
The activity featured productions such as: Piedra paper or scissors, No of this world, Lessons for scoundrel, among other short films and films directed by his authors.
Paco Castillo, Mexican film director, emphasized that "much of the training is using the means and equipment that you have at hand, trying to inculcate that things work as long as you have a job, you have to be self-taught, read, know and educate."
The MiCultura national film management has been directly performing 7 workshops and training with the support of public and private agencies and has been preparing about 300 professionals and students in the area of film projects.
Sheila González, National Director of Cinema, expressed "that these dialogues aim from the dialogue about the artistic experiences of exhibitors and participants, to contribute to the training of future professionals from the film and audiovisual industry while at the same time enabling a space to think about challenges of how to make the cinema we built have its own identity."
From 18 to 22 December at the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture of Via Argentina will be held an international film diploma: Wokshop, Cinematographic direction: Office, look and language.