The
boom in Latin American cinema is a
breathtaking phenomenon at the moment. In accordance with the trend, the last Oscar ceremony crowned the top tier of the Mexican film industry, by recognizing the latest work of
Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and
Alejandro González Iñárritu. This was a turning point in terms of media coverage, and had major repercussions internationally, with a knock-on effect for other renowned and well-established Spanish-speaking filmmakers.
Del Toro, Cuarón and González Iñárritu are three of the
twelve directors included in the
TCM documentary project exhibited by
ALCINE37 in
'Thousand Formats'. The section focuses on backing video-graphic media, conceived with less pressure and more freedom than a feature-length film. TCM has created a
series of half-hour documentaries devoted to analyzing the essential attributes of the twelve Latin American directors considered most talented at this moment in time.
The following directors join the two mentioned above in this initiative:
Fabián Bielinsky, Marcelo Piñeyro, Juan José Campanella, Adolfo Aristaráin, Fernando Meirelles, Andrés Wood, Héctor Babenco, Andrucha Waddington and Arturo Ripstein. Filmmakers from Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Brazil who personally guide the documentaries revealing details that often go unnoticed such as the script-writing process, or their relationship with actors, and describing their professional careers with images from each of their films.
Testimony is also included in the film from cinematic professionals along with unpublished material on each filmmaker, such as home-made films and photos. An
exhaustive portrait provided by this consignment of documentaries directed by Gabriel Alijo and Matías Jiménez, which takes a good look at the unique models of industries that are gaining the respect of the upper echelons of world cinema.
