The in-demand director is currently editing a new project filmed in the La Guajira desert.
Director Ciro Guerra spoke to Screen about Birds Of Passage, his hotly anticipated follow-up to the Oscar-nominated Embrace Of The Serpent, as well as his upcoming adaptation of J.M Coetzee’s Waiting For The Barbarians.
Talking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Guerra said Birds Of Passage, which he co-directed with Cristina Gallego, was “definitely the toughest shoot I’ve ever had because of the extreme conditions”.
The film is shot in the La Guajira desert in northern Columbia and tells the story of an indigenous Wayúu family throughout the smuggling and cannabis boom of the 1970s.
He said: “[The La Guajira desert] is a place where very few films have been shot before, and definitely not a whole feature film.
“It was a major production, we had thousands of extras, a large crew. It’s an epic story. We have never...
Director Ciro Guerra spoke to Screen about Birds Of Passage, his hotly anticipated follow-up to the Oscar-nominated Embrace Of The Serpent, as well as his upcoming adaptation of J.M Coetzee’s Waiting For The Barbarians.
Talking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Guerra said Birds Of Passage, which he co-directed with Cristina Gallego, was “definitely the toughest shoot I’ve ever had because of the extreme conditions”.
The film is shot in the La Guajira desert in northern Columbia and tells the story of an indigenous Wayúu family throughout the smuggling and cannabis boom of the 1970s.
He said: “[The La Guajira desert] is a place where very few films have been shot before, and definitely not a whole feature film.
“It was a major production, we had thousands of extras, a large crew. It’s an epic story. We have never...
- 7/4/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
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