Eyes Wide Open-Exploring Today’s South America

Gonzalo Arijón
  • Uruguay, France
  • 2009
  • 110min
  • DigiBeta
  • Color
Latin America Now

Synopsis

Recently Latin America reached a turning point in its history: a series of new leader shave come to power. The come from outside the traditional political establishments, they were elected democratically by safe majorities, and they are hungry for change. Their plat form? To seek to answer the enormous challenges presented by in equality and social exclusion. How they meet these challenges will depend largely on the success of economic and political integration in the region.

Director

  • Gonzalo Arijón
    Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Gonzalo Arijon has been living in France since 1979 and is a citizen of both countries. He studied anthropology and film­making, and for the past 15years he has directed numerous documentaries. A master story teller, Arijon’s work has garnered multiple awards. His subject strange from the intensely personal as with (DOXA Closing Night 2008), the story of sur­vival of a plane crash in the Andean mountains, to the exploration of broader socio political issues.

Credits

  • Director  Gonzalo ARIJIÓN
  • Producer  Carole Fernandez
  • Writer  Gonzalo Arijón
  • Cinematographer  Gonzalo Arijón, Pablo Zubizarreta
  • Editor  Samuel Lajus
  • Music  Florencia Di Concilio
  • Sound  Fabián Oliver

Distributor/World Sales

  • Distributor/World Sales  AUTLOOK FILMS
  • Address  Trappelgasse 4/17 A-1040 Vienna Austria
  • Tel  43 720 346934
  • E-mail  festival@autlookfilms.com