CNAC announced that the Learning By Doing program will benefit more than 100 students in the country
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Published at: 07/03/2025 01:30 PM
The National Autonomous
Cinematography Center (CNAC) announced the start of a new audiovisual
production cycle for its “Learning by Doing” program, which this year will shoot seven
new films.
According to information from the Ministry
for Culture, this time the program will benefit more than 100
students from various universities, who will learn about the seventh art from renowned filmmakers and technicians in
the country.
On this occasion, “Learning by Doing”
will feature the participation of prominent directors such as Álvaro Cáceres,
Alfredo Anzola, Sara Orozco, Jhon Petrizzelli, Luis Rodríguez, Efterpi
Charalambidis and Sergio Curiel, who will share their knowledge, techniques and visions of the seventh art with the students.
In this regard, students from five higher education
institutions will have the opportunity to apply their
knowledge and develop their skills in the realization of seven film
projects:
- “Romeo and Juliet” (fiction), directed by
Álvaro Cáceres, with students from the National Experimental University of the
Arts (Unearte), the School of Media and Audiovisual Production (EMPA) and the 100% San Agustín Foundation.
- “Confidential Multiservices” (fiction),
directed by Alfredo Anzola, with students from the National Film School
(ENC), the EMPA and the Audiovisual University of Venezuela (UAV).
- “The Fifth Man” (fiction), directed by
Sara Orozco, with students from the School of Art and Effects in Valencia.
- “Things from home” (docufiction), directed by
Jhon Petrizzelli, with students from Unearte.
- “Facing the Sea” (fiction), directed by
Luis Rodríguez, with students from Unearte.
- “Everything that shines” (fiction), directed
by Efterpi Charalambidis, with students from Unearte, UAV and the University of Los Andes (ULA).
- “Jacobo Penzo” (documentary), directed by
Sergio Curiel, with students from UAV and ULA.
- Jackson Gutierrez's “Caracas, the Two Faces of Life”
(fiction), is in completion mode.
In addition, the CNAC approved support for the
production company Guaguanco Films, chaired by Julio César Castro, for the
acquisition of equipment, which will make it possible to offer
low-cost equipment rental and training with more advanced and innovative technology to “Learning by doing” students.
MINCULTURA PRESS/Mazo News Team