The Costa Rica International Film Festival (CRFIC- Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine) will take place in Nicoya from August 20 to 22 with workshops and film presentations for Guanacastecans. The events will be held as part of the ninth annual festival’s roadshow phase, which tries to highlight the need to offer more access to cinema in places outside the Greater Metropolitan Area (GMA).
Nicoya is one of eight communities around the country— and the only one in Guanacaste— that the festival will visit during its roadshow. The project organizers chose the colonial canton for two main reasons: people there don’t have access to movie theaters in the area and they say that Nicoyans showed great interest in participating in more film showings.
The festival is organized by the Costa Rican Center for Cinematographic Production of the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ- Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud). The first phase was focused on presenting films in areas with movie theaters, like Liberia.
The project’s artistic director, Fernando Chaves, explained that the new activities try to build enthusiasm among people who live far from the capital and have little physical access to the arts, so that they watch more films and can better analyze the pieces.
We are excited to be able to share this type of art with people. We want to share these subject matters that generate conversation and emotions,” he said.
That’s why they’ll not only show mostly national short and feature films, but will also give two film appreciation workshops.
In 2018, the developer Serviglobal, in charge of the administration of Plaza Amara in Nicoya, announced that they were interested in having a movie theater in their shopping center’s facilities. However, a year later, the idea was discarded after disagreements with the interested movie theater chain.
At that time, through a market study, Serviglobal discovered that Nicoya was a good place to set up a movie theater since it would also attract people from other communities such as Hojancha, Santa Cruz and Nandayure.
The Film Center discovered the same thing in a study it conducted to choose the areas where it would present the film series.
We did preliminary research for two months and we believe that Nicoya is an interesting area with many opportunities to do film presentations like the ones we bring,” said Chaves.
In addition to Nicoya, the festival will visit Upala, Turrialba, Pococi, Bribri, San Cristobal (Cartago) and La Palma in Puerto Jimenez.
Admission will be totally free for everyone. However, to attend any of the scheduled events, you need to make reservations in advance via WhatsApp: +506 7098-4455.
All of the events will have the necessary health measures, such as distancing and disinfection for each film session. The festival organizers would like to remind you that if you feel flu-like symptoms, it would be better to not attend.
What can you see at the CRFIC in Nicoya?
AUGUST 20, 2021
Activity: Film Appreciation Workshop
Venue: Casa de la Cultura (House of Culture) in Nicoya
Time: 9 a.m.
Activity: Screening of short films
Venue: Casa de la Cultura in Nicoya
Time: 10 a.m.
Short films to be presented:
Distantes (Distant Ones)
Esta no es mi piel (This Is Not My Skin)
Más tarde es futuro (Later Is Future)
Se asoman despedidas (Farewells Appear)
Umbra Viventis Lucis
Activity: Short films from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE)
Venue: Casa de la Cultura in Nicoya
Time: 6 p.m.
Short films to be presented:
De cómo los niños pueden volar (On How Children Can Fly)
Defectuosos (Defective Ones)
El armadillo fronterizo (The Border Armadillo)
El relato de Sam Brennan (Sam Brennan’s Tale)
El sueño de Galileo (Galileo’s Dream)
El trompetista (The Trumpet Player)
Eskimal
Las tardes de Tintico (Tintico’s Afternoons)
Lluvia en los ojos (Rain in the Eyes)
Los ases del corral (The Corral’s Ace)
Monarca (Monarch)
Moyana
Olas del cielo (Waves of the Sky)
AUGUST 21, 2021
Activity: Film Appreciation Workshop
Venue: Casa de la Cultura in Nicoya
Time: 9 a.m.
Activity: Screening of national short films
Venue: Colonial Church of San Blas
Time: 2 p.m.
Short films to be presented:
Carmen
El rostro del sueño (The Face from the Dream)
En cada casa vacía (In Each Empty House)
Extraño estar en la panza de mi mamá (I Miss Being in My Mom’s Belly)
Háblame Los Cacos (Talk to me, Los Cacos)
Activity: Feature film screening
Venue: Casa de la Cultura
Time: 6 p.m.
Film to be presented:
Objetos rebeldes (Rebellious Objects)
AUGUST 22, 2021
Activity: Film Appreciation Workshop
Venue: Casa de la Cultura in Nicoya
Time: 9 a.m.
Activity: Screening of short films from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography
Venue: Casa de la Cultura in Nicoya
Time: 10 a.m.
Short films to be presented:
De cómo los niños pueden volar (On How Children Can Fly)
Defectuosos (Defective Ones)
El armadillo fronterizo (The Border Armadillo)
El relato de Sam Brennan (Sam Brennan’s Tale)
El sueño de Galileo (Galileo’s Dream)
El trompetista (The Trumpet Player)
Eskimal
Las tardes de Tintico (Tintico’s Afternoons)
Lluvia en los ojos (Rain in the Eyes)
Los ases del corral (The Corral’s Ace)
Monarca (Monarch)
Moyana
Olas del cielo (Waves of the Sky)
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