by the El Reportero news service
Different homages are being organized for the Cuban national hero Jose Marti, on the occasion of his 162nd birthday anniversary, on January 28.
There will be an exhibition of works by Venezuelan fine artists that were inspired by the poetry of the renowned writer and journalist, at the House Our Americas Jose Marti, in Caracas.
A large and varied program of activities is being prepared in Argentina to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of the Cuban hero.
Chilean filmmakers aspire to be awarded at German Film Festival
Chilean filmmakers Patricio Guzmán and Pablo Larraín aspire to be granted an award at the 65th edition of the Berlin Film Festival, organizers of the event announced today.
US director Darren Aronofsky will chair the jury of the festival, which will begin next 5 February with the screening of the latest film by the Spanish Isabel Coixet, Nobody wants the night, starring Juliette Binoche, Rinko Kikuchi and Gabriel Byrne.
The official section of Berlinale-2015 has 19 contenders to the Golden Bear, the iconic figure of this prize, and among the competitors there will be a Chilean-Spanish-French documentary directed by Guzman, El botón de nácar, and other by Larraín, El Club.
Guatemala will debut in this section with “Ixacanul”, which the debut feature of Jayro Bustamente.
The latest Latin American film to win a Golden Bear (the most prestigious award given at the Festival) was La teta asustada, by Claudia Llosa of Peru, in 2009, and four years later Sebastián Lelio film, Gloria, gave actress Paulina García the Silver Bear.
The films in competition at the 65th edition include Knight of coups, by Terrence Malick, and Eisenstein in Guanajuato, a film shot in Mexico by Peter Greenaway.
Meanwhile, Andreas Dresen, a regular participant at the festival, will represent Germany with Als wir tr umen, and Sebastian Schiper will do so with Victoria.
Filmmakers from Iran, France, Japan, Vietnam and China will complete the selection of this event that will feature attractive stars of the big screen such as Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, and Cate Blanchett.
UNESCO denounces trafficking of cultural items in Guatemala
During an official visit to Guatemala concluding today, Irina Bokova, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), described the trafficking of cultural items as a crime.
“We see a very negative trend in the world. We see that organized crime, which deals with arms, drug and human trafficking, is also involved in the illicit trafficking of cultural items”, said Bokova during a tour across Antigua Guatemala, 40 kilometers southwest of the capital city.
Bokova, held a meeting yesterday in the aforementioned colonial city with Dwight Pezzarossi, Minister of Culture and Sports, and Rosa Maria Chan, Deputy Minister of Cultural and Natural Heritage of that ministry.
During the meeting Chan told Bokova the details about the robbery in last February of six paintings of the 18th century from the church El Calvario, located in Antigua Guatemala.
In this regard, Bokova said that cooperation with Guatemala will continue, to strengthen the work of institutions and help to eliminate the illicit trafficking of cultural items.
