Jayro Bustamante
Jayro Bustamante (* 1977 in Guatemala ) is a Guatemalan film director , screenwriter and producer . Bustamante, the son of a doctor, lived in the high plateaus of Guatemala until he was 14 years old.
Life
Bustamante first studied communication at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala in Guatemala City . He then worked for the international agency Ogilvy & Mather as a director for commercials. Bustamanta then studied directing at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français in Paris and screenwriting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
In 2009, Bustamante and Marina Peralta founded the production company La Casa de Producción in Panajachel , Guatemala, which has produced most of his films to date.
Bustamante's first international attention was primarily due to his short film Cuando sea grande (German translation: “When I'm grown up”), which was shown at the 2012 Alpinale , among other places .
Bustamante was represented in the competition at the 65th Berlinale with his latest film Ixcanul (2015) . This makes him the first Guatemalan director to be invited to the Berlinale competition. At the 65th Berlinale, Ixcanul was awarded the Alfred Bauer Prize 2015 as a "feature film that opens up new perspectives" . The film also received a nomination for the Amnesty Film Prize of the Berlinale.
Filmography (selection)
- 2006: Todo es cuestion de trapos (short film)
- 2009: Usted
- 2010: Au détour des murs, les visages d'une cité (documentary)
- 2011: Cuando sea grande (short film)
- 2014: El escuadron de la muerte (in production)
- 2015: Ixcanul
- 2019: Temblores
- 2019: La Llorona
Invitations to film festivals and fairs
- selection
- 2012: Alpinale ( Nenzing , Austria ) with Cuando sea grande
- 2014: Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián ( San Sebastián , Spain ) - Films in Progress Section with Ixcanul
- 2014: Cinergia ( San José , Costa Rica ) - Films in Progress Section with Ixcanul
- 2014: FLICC - Mercado Audiovisual Latinoamericano ( Mexico City , Mexico ) - Films in Progress Section with Ixcanul
- 2015: 65th Berlinale (Germany) - section competition with Ixcanul
- 2015: FICG - Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara ( Guadalajara , Mexico ) with Ixcanul
- 2015: FICCI - Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias ( Cartagena , Colombia ) with Ixcanul
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Cineuropa. Cineuropa.org, accessed February 12, 2015 .
- ↑ La Casa de Producción website, accessed on February 12, 2015
- ↑ Archive pages of the Alpinale, accessed on February 12, 2015 ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ixcanul film data sheet. Berlin International Film Festival, accessed on February 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Information on berlinale.de, accessed on February 19, 2015
- ↑ 16 Berlinale films nominated for Amnesty Film Prize. Amnesty International, accessed February 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Cinergia website (Spanish), accessed on February 12, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bustamante, Jayro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Guatemalan film director, screenwriter and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guatemala |