Life can only be understood by looking back, but it must be experienced by looking forward.
Flexibility, innovation, opportunity, challenge, as well as risk, difficulty, and fear, define the reality that COVID-19 has left to the audiovisual industry and in particular to documentary film; a reality that in the immediate aftermath proves devastating, but that in the future could become a great opportunity to reinvent the deepest roots.
In this round table we want to home in on the particularities of documentary at the hands of those who look after cultural policies, with a whole new set of eyes as is required by a novel situation like this one, but without forgetting the wisdom granted by history. Looking ahead, but having understood the past.
We want to analyze the current shake-up to see what opportunities may arise. Will we be able to stay flexible enough to adapt to the new situation without breaking down? How will reality cinema work with a reality that’s slipping away? Will we know how to maintain, care for, and grow audiences towards our beloved culture, the one that makes us transcend, and allows us to think in several different directions?
Language: Spanish
Valérie Delpierre created Inicia Films in 2006 with an eye to developing projects from up-and-coming...
Spanish born Lucia Recalde Langarica is Head of the unit "Audiovisual Industry and Media Suppor...
She holds a PhD in Film Analysis from the Complutense University; in 2003 she began collaborating wi...
