In the context of the 40th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the celebration of the 20 years since Commander Hugo Chávez first arrived in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2001), the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, through the Venezuelan Institute of Culture and Cooperation (IVCC) Hugo Chávez Frías in collaboration with the Ministry of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of People’s Power for Communication and Information, Villa del Cine, Amazonia Films and the Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC) will organize the 3rd Edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival “See what we are”, which constitutes a linguistic and cultural event to promote Venezuelan cultural identity from Venezuelan film production as a vanguard in audiovisual content in our America.
In this regard, Francisco Pérez Santana, Head of the Venezuelan diplomatic mission in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in a television program broadcasted by VC3TV explained that “the 3rd edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival was created as an audiovisual space that shows social issues that weave the notion of Venezuelan identity as a reference for the cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean.
This edition invites us to See what we are from a reality told in its dialectical relationship between audiovisual language and daily practice”. The diplomat also mentioned that the Venezuelan Institute has held two previous editions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; the first in 2018 and the second in 2019 on an itinerant basis, “we move around with our screen, the video projector, the films and the desire to promote our art in every corner of the island, in schools, communities and in prisons”.
The Academic Coordinator of the IVCC in SVG, Prof. Andreina Bermúdez Di Lorenzo pointed out that due to the Covid-19 situation, the 3rd edition of the Venezuelan International Film Festival See what we are will be broadcasted by the television channel VC3 of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for approximately two months, «The Embassy of Venezuela and its Institute, are aware of the importance of promoting the cultural values of the Caribbean; to develop this edition in an open and massive way and the opportunity to massify Venezuelan cinema at SVG will guarantee that a larger number of Vincentians will have the opportunity to enjoy this Venezuelan film festival for free, as part of the cultural policy of the Bolivarian Revolution to share our high-quality cinematographic experiences and deep social impact”, said Bermúdez .
In recent decades, after the arrival of the Bolivarian Revolution, the Venezuelan film industry has increased the number of its production by a large percentage, obtaining important prizes and awards on national and international stages. Among the films that will be presented at the 3rd Edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are: Haiti the Hidden Face, Sugar Soul of a Princess, Insolent Plant, Zamora Land and Free Men, Bolívar the Man of Difficulties , Miranda returns, Central Park, the Pure Lie, Blue as the sky, Touch and fight, Mission H2O, a Look at the sea, the blue Apple tree, Short stories of the spider, the Blackberry and the firefly.
