Film Project Aims to Grow Guatemalan Cinema
This month’s issue of Revue Magazine is featuring a young Guatemalan film crew that wants to instigate a new wave of Guatemalan cinematic success:
Growing the Industry
By Laura McNamara
A Guatemalan film crew shares a universal story to highlight their country’s unique virtues in film making.
This is a movie crew with a vision: Cru Código wants to train the spotlight on Guatemala, demonstrating to the international community that the “Country of Contrasts” is both a desirable and capable location for high-quality, professional film making. “We are demonstrating that not only do we have an industry that is operating in Guatemala, but we have an industry that is growing,” says Edgar Pinzón, director of photography on the movie set of Sol. It’s the brainchild of Director Rafael Tres—a popular DJ who recently began devoting more time to revitalizing the Guatemalan film industry—he explains about the film: it recounts the story of a young Chapina who struggles with her parents and her culture to realize her dream of becoming a professional soccer player. For Tres, this film could be the chance to attract international interest and support for Guatemalan films. Recalling movies such as Bend it like Beckham and She’s the Man, this story is not a novel narrative, nor is it meant to be one. “We don’t want to change the world, nor do we want to suggest that we want to become millionaires,” Tres said. “We just want to say: ‘Look at what we did.’”
Read the entire article by clicking here: Growing the Industry
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