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Costa Rica Hosts its Version of the 2008 Icaro Film Festival
Its Cannes in a much smaller and humbler proportion, the Icaro Film Festival gathers documentaries, short films and reports from all Central America and presents them to the Costa Rican people.
For the 2008 Costa Rican Icaro Film Festival, the organizers will give movie buffs the opportunity to see all 17 nominated films as well as the winners of each category from the Central American Icaro Video and Film Festival held in Guatemala last year. Film categories range from reports, to documentaries and short films.
During the festival’s closure, Costa Rican filmmakers will present their new proposals to the judges for an opportunity to represent Costa Rica in the next Central American festival this coming November in Guatemala.
Issues such as cultural diversity, human rights and environmental threats are the main subject of the films which participate in the Icaro Film Festival. The festival was started by the Guatemalan production company Casa Comal, Arte y Cultura and is the first and only film festival of its type.
The Variedades Movie Theatre in downtown San Jose will be presenting last year’s films as well as this year’s Costa Rican artists’ proposals. Films by the Costa Rican artists will be judged by Brazilian producer Fernanda de Capua, Puerto Rican filmmaker Freddy Marrero Alfonso as well as Costa Rican filmmaker Antonio Iglesias.
