The 12th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, a competition designed to showcase the best of Latino and indigenous cinema, has recognized University of Texas at Austin MFA student Marianela Vega Oroza.
Her film Conversation II won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Short.
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The film offers an intimate look at the female universe; a journey in time through evocative images and the testimonies of women from the same family. Through the personal search of a daughter into the lives of her mother and grandmother, the film explores the evolution of the female role in a Latin American society and how the views of marriage and motherhood have changed with each generation, as well as the view that women have of themselves.
Also recognized at the festival was UT RTF recent graduate Gabriela Yepes. Her film, Danzak was awarded Best Narrative Short.
A sample of Yepes’ documentary work can be seen here.
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