NYFA MFA Alumni Lucia (Chía) Flórez and José Miguel (Chémi) Pérez Compete within the Quick Movies Program
Matthew Modine with Chía Flórez
‘Shirampari: Legacies of the River’ Movie Poster
New York, NY, Jan. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Sundance Movie Pageant has formally chosen a brief documentary by two New York Movie Academy (NYFA) Grasp of Effective Arts diploma program alumni for its 2023 version. Shirampari: Legacies of the River will display in competitors as a part of the Documentary Quick Movies class. Each filmmakers are worldwide recipients of the distinguished U.S. Division of State’s Fulbright Program, the Matthew Modine Masters Scholarship (MMMS), 10 ARTS Basis funding, and a Nationwide Geographic Explorer grant.
Held in Park Metropolis, Utah, this yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant had greater than ten thousand quick movie submissions, leading to a remaining choice of solely sixty-four. The pageant, organized by the nonprofit Sundance Institute and based by legendary actor Robert Redford, showcases characteristic movies, documentaries, and quick movies in numerous languages. It should run from January 19-29, 2023.
Shirampari, directed and written by Lucia (Chía) Flórez and produced by José Miguel (Chémi) Pérez, takes place in a distant a part of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The movie is a coming-of-age story centered round Ricky, an eleven-year-old member of the Ashéninka tribe. To enter manhood, Ricky should overcome his concern of catching a large catfish utilizing solely a single hook.
In line with director Flórez, “Making this movie was transformational. Working in such a distant and pristine location was each a privilege and a duty. It’s needed to inform these tales since ecosystems and cultures like this one are underneath fixed risk.” You possibly can be taught extra about Flórez’s background and imaginative and prescient in her Sundance section of ‘Meet the Artist 2023.’
The quick documentary was filmed in a verité fashion within the native tongue of Ashéninka and shot in Yurúa, a well-preserved and distant a part of the Amazon rainforest. Manufacturing befell within the Native Group of Dulce Gloria in one of many greatest and best-preserved blocks in Peru, generally generally known as “Alto Purús.” Sadly, as a result of excessive calls for of development, the world faces the specter of deforestation.
Producer Pérez declared, “With this movie, we wish to give voice to the Ashéninka folks of Yurúa. Their land is about to be modified without end as a result of development of a freeway connecting the area with Brazil. Their cultural and environmental heritage has a transparent expiration date. This quick just isn’t solely a technique to introduce the Ashéninka values and legacies to the world but in addition a name to motion.”
In 2022, Shirampari discovered success on the pageant circuit, screening at Murcia Pageant Worldwide de Cine IBAFF in Spain, Shorts Mexico, DOKLeipzig in Germany, Suncine in Spain and Mexico Metropolis, Spektrum Movie Pageant in Poland, Chicago Worldwide Kids’s Movie Pageant, DOC NYC, Lima Alterna in Perú (awarded ‘greatest movie’), and Amazonia (Fi) Doc in Brazil (awarded ‘greatest movie’).
Each alumni obtained a Matthew Modine Masters Scholarship, which supplies monetary help to excellent candidates of NYFA’s Grasp of Effective Arts applications in choose disciplines. Golden Globe-winning actor and filmmaker Matthew Modine, who’s a member of the New York Movie Academy’s Board of Administrators in addition to the sponsor of the scholarship, said, “Chía and Chémi had been among the many first recipients of the Masters Scholarship. It’s thrilling to see how the scholarship has benefited their artwork and ambition. Chía and Chémi have delivered on the promise of their creative potential with Shirampari. Their documentary reveals gorgeous visuals whereas exploring its characters with nice thought and care, opening our eyes to a definite tradition and custom in addition to calling consideration to our shared humanity.”
Amongst their lengthy listing of accomplishments, Flórez and Pérez are Fulbright Students, and Pérez is an alum of The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences Gold Program, a extremely sought-after alternative for rising filmmakers to community and be taught their craft. The pair obtained funding from the 10 ARTS Basis and Nationwide Geographic Society to supply Shirampari (learn concerning the Nationwide Geographic Explorer grant right here). The ten ARTS Basis–a not too long ago launched U.S.-based nonprofit–funds, educates, and nurtures visible and performing artists from under-resourced communities.
Tony Harris, Chair of the ten ARTS Board of Trustees, exclaimed, “Shirampari is a narrative that touches on the criticality of environmental safety, human rights, conserving threatened cultures, and the deep love of a father and son. For the ten ARTS Basis to have added our help together with the Nationwide Geographic Society, The Fulbright Program, and New York Movie Academy’s Matthew Modine Masters Scholarship has been an honor. We’re dedicated to focusing our efforts on proficient storytellers worldwide. Collectively we hope to make a constructive affect via the enablement of a extra diversified perspective.”
For Sanora Bartels, NYFA’s Documentary Program Advisor, Flórez’s recognition at Sundance is essential. Bartels stated, “I am so completely happy Sundance is recognizing Lucia Flórez as a result of she has developed into the most effective sort of documentary filmmaker: an extremely proficient director with a cinematic eye for fantastically realized storytelling and, deeper than that, she feels a real duty to characterize her topics of their fact respectfully.”
Crickett Rumley, Senior Director of NYFA’s Movie Pageant Division, who consulted on the movie’s pageant technique, stated, “For rising filmmakers, screening at Sundance is absolutely the pinnacle. I’m so pleased with Chía and Chémi for making it to the highest with this treasure of a brief movie, constructing on a powerful assortment of laurels and awards from festivals within the U.S., Europe, and Latin America.”
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