Expanding Frontiers in a Pandemic World, an online Sanfic Industry panel discussion held March 23, can likely be summed up by a Charles Dickens quote: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….”
Moderated by Storyboard Media producer Gabriela Sandoval, co-founder of the Santiago, Chile-based Sanfic, the panelists included Guadalajara Film Festival head Estrella Araiza, Ventana Sur co-executive director Bernardo Bergeret and Mar del Plata executive producer Alejandro Puente, Juliana Ortiz of the Bogota Audiovisual Market (Bam) in Colombia, new Guadalajara Market head Ximena Urrutia and Ben Lopez, executive director of U.S.-based Latino producers’ org, Nalip.
Here are five takeaways from the lively 90-minute discussion:
Last year was chaotic
An understatement for everyone. For Guadalajara, the lockdown in Mexico began on March 20, the day the festival was supposed to kick off. “It was our 35th anniversary and there was no way we could cancel,” said...
Moderated by Storyboard Media producer Gabriela Sandoval, co-founder of the Santiago, Chile-based Sanfic, the panelists included Guadalajara Film Festival head Estrella Araiza, Ventana Sur co-executive director Bernardo Bergeret and Mar del Plata executive producer Alejandro Puente, Juliana Ortiz of the Bogota Audiovisual Market (Bam) in Colombia, new Guadalajara Market head Ximena Urrutia and Ben Lopez, executive director of U.S.-based Latino producers’ org, Nalip.
Here are five takeaways from the lively 90-minute discussion:
Last year was chaotic
An understatement for everyone. For Guadalajara, the lockdown in Mexico began on March 20, the day the festival was supposed to kick off. “It was our 35th anniversary and there was no way we could cancel,” said...
- 3/24/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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