{"id":231426,"date":"2020-12-09T07:32:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=231426"},"modified":"2020-12-09T07:32:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:32:36","slug":"varentierra-coworking-in-wajiros-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/cinema\/varentierra-coworking-in-wajiros-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Varentierra coworking: in Wajiros code"},"content":{"rendered":"

Varentierra: it is said in Cuba of a rustic construction made from the royal palm, typical of rural areas, with one room, a gabled roof that reaches the ground and only a front wall with its door, used by farmers to store provisions, materials, farming tools and even their crops, and also <\/span>as a shelter during storms and cyclones<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But for <\/span>Cuban cinema<\/span><\/a>, since this weekend\u2015or actually a little before, since its call was launched in early November\u2015Varentierra is much more. It is a network still in the making of audiovisual support and collaboration, but already with its first and promising results, in which independent producers and state entities, young filmmakers and renowned figures of the seventh art converge, and whose main organizer and promoter is, not coincidentally, WajirosFilms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guajiro: it is said in Cuba of the farmer, of the rural man and woman. But if instead of \u201cG\u201d it is written with \u201cW,\u201d then its meaning expands to other dimensions within the extensive universe of Cuban audiovisuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt Wajiros we defend the traditional, but from the contemporary, that\u2019s the reason for the \u2018W\u2019,\u201d explains to <\/span>OnCuba<\/b> Carlos G\u00f3mez, director and journalist, leader of this audiovisual group, legally legitimized thanks to the recent Decree-Law 373 of the independent creator, which already has an important work despite its having only three years of creation as a project. Added to this is the fact that in its genesis is the concept of a Cuba that far exceeds the cosmopolitan borders of Havana; that most of its members, although they now reside in the capital, come from other provinces.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why, Carlos affirms, WajirosFilms is interested in showing in its work \u201ca vision of the island that is not just that of Havana.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Carlos G\u00f3mez, leader of the audiovisual WajirosFilms group, organizer of the Varentierra coworking and audiovisual network for young filmmakers from all over the country. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOur dream is that in Cuba films can be made throughout the country, that new filmmakers have the visibility and opportunities they deserve, even from outside the capital, and that there are access mechanisms for them. That is why we created Varentierra. We realized that currently there is a lack of spaces for training, for exchange and for the strengthening of the projects of these filmmakers, particularly those from other provinces. So we decided to make a first call, a first selection and spend two days exchanging with them, debating their works, giving them lectures and consultancies,\u201d he explains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those two days were on December 4 and 5, when the first audiovisual Varentierra coworking meeting was held at the WajirosFilms headquarters, on Calle C in El Vedado in Havana, in the context of the International New Latin American Film Festival. The creators of the 11 selected projects arrived there\u2015from about 40 that answered the call, both in documentary and fiction\u2015many of them born outside the capital, and also specialists such as Tania Delgado, Daniel Alem\u00e1n, Claudia Calvi\u00f1o and Mayte Madruga, among others in charge of the theoretical sessions and workshops, and luxury advisers such as director <\/span>Fernando P\u00e9rez<\/span><\/a>, director of photography Ra\u00fal P\u00e9rez Ureta, actor Luis Alberto Garc\u00eda and screenwriter Am\u00edlcar Salatti. And even gastronomic ventures and musicians like Frank Delgado and the <\/span>duo Iris<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

And although Wajiros took was responsible for a large part of the organization and financing of the meeting\u2015taken from its income as an audiovisual producer\u2015, it did not do it alone.<\/span><\/p>\n