CNAC announced that the Learning By Doing program will benefit more than 100 students in the country

This new edition of “Learning by doing” provides a unique opportunity to more than 100 students from different universities
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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

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