Young Costa Rican Filmmakers
Jul 5th, 2018 12:00 AM

Young Costa Rican Filmmakers

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The Embassy of Costa Rica presents you the first Young Costa Rican Filmmakers where you get to watch for FREE a number of movies in June & July, to register (RSVP) please send email with your name & mobile to embcr-id@rree.go.cr


Here are the movies to be screened (English subtitles are available):

Wednesday, Jun 27 at 7pm - OPENING NIGHT: WOMEN & POWER
- Yo Soy de Alla [I am from There] (2016, 18 mins)
When she was small, it took Yanory an hour to go to school from her house. Living with the Boruca ingenious people, she was having a lot of difficulties, such as limited access to health services, transportation, and communication. The place where she is studying now is 200km away. Being admitted to the University of Costa Rica has brought other challenges to her, as much as at academic and personal level. But with her feet set in San Jose and much experience to go forward, she always carries it in her heart to go back home one day.

    
- First Lady of the Revolution (2018, 71 mins)  
A remarkable story of Henrietta Boggs, who fell in love with a foreign land and the man destined to transform its identity. Her marriage to José ‘Don Pepe’ Figueres in 1941 led to a decade-long journey through activism, exile and political upheaval, and ultimately, lasting political reform.



Thursday, Jul 5 at 7pm - LOVE & LANDSCAPE
- Amor de Temporada [Love of the Season] (2015, 7 mins)
In Tamarindo, a boy from Guanacaste falls in love at first sight with a foreign girl, doing the impossible to win her. This story, captured by photographer Sergio Pucci in this short film, is not intended to be just a love story but also a portrait of Guanacaste.



- Norma [Norm] (2013, 29 mins)
A short film about Norma, a young woman still coming of age, who is completely alone in the world. She has lived a secluded life with her mother, away from everything and everybody. When her mother dies, she doesn't know what to do with her body and just leaves her there.

Her new found solitude and freedom sparks off her curiosity towards men, and her idea of a father, specifically. But this idea evolves into a delusion, making her embark on a journey to finally come to terms with a father that was never there, and now returns as a hallucination.



- Viaje [Voyage] (2015, 74 mins)
After meeting at a party, Luciana and Pedro spark up a spontaneous rendezvous. Eschewing the fraudulent nature of traditional relationships, the pair embarks on a spur of the moment journey together that takes them to the forest. As they explore the beauty in the nature that surrounds them, they camp out under the stars, go on hikes, indulge in the passions of their encounter, and discuss their personal beliefs surrounding love, obligations, and attraction. 



Thursday, Jul 12 at 7pm - COMING HOME
- Bitacora Abierta: Tortuguero (2017, 26 mins)
An educational & cultural documentary which brings values, identities, and meanings to the viewer the real-experience of travelling in Costa Rica by a young Biology professor who will guide and show natural beauty, multiculturalism, and biodiversity of the country.



- El Regreso [The Return] (2011, 95 mins)
After a decade abroad, Antonio returns to Costa Rica for a short visit. Unable to run away as usual, he is confronted with everything he has desperately struggled to put in the past: a broken family, an ailing father, a violent country and long lost friends.



Thursday, Jul 19 at 7pm - THE SOCIAL COMMENTARY
- Irene (2014, 27 mins)
Irene is a single mother that works in a photocopying business. She lives with Santiago, her seven year old son and her controlling mother Dinia. One day she meets Diego, they go out, she gets drunk and the failed date triggers in Irene a crisis concerning her sexuality, her motherhood and the relationship with her mother. 

- Presos (2015, 97 mins)
A young girl gets involved in a family drama when she starts a secret friendship with a prison inmate. All parts involved, inside and outside, will have to deal with the consequences of such kind of relationship and what's necessary to preserve it.


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