ABOUT
X CINEPHAGUS MEETING
Festival de Cine – Arte en la Frontera
The tenth edition of the Cinephagus Meeting, born in 2011 from the conjunction of the Andes University Cinema Club and Bordes, an independent organization dedicated to study and promote arts and humanities in Venezuela, will be held for the first time in two cities: Cúcuta (Colombia) and San Cristóbal (Venezuela), from September 21sth through 26th, 2020 (The original date in August was changed due to pandemic situation).
This bi-national cooperation is possible thanks to the support in Co-Production of Paracinéfagos (video producers), Vivecúcuta, Bordes Galería-Café and Cinetuúr Cinemaclub.
Experimental films are more than welcome: our festival encourages innovation and transgressing of format, genres, political and aesthetic borders. We are especially receptive of video-art and dance films, as well as animation and documentaries, considering it necessary for artists to have adequate spaces for the exhibition and critique of their work, outside commercial circuits and other formal demands that may limit creative exploration of contemporary languages.
We are also interested in films exploring the subject of frontiers. Táchira is located in the border of Venezuela with Colombia, and this has traditionally been the most active geo political limit in Latin America, but in the last five years activity has been more than unusual, deserving many different views to be displayed. The story of this and other borders from around the world may be valuable contributions to our festival, which encourages reflective discussion as well as aesthetic enjoyment of all works presented.
