By John Hopewell. Chief International Correspondent. Four takes on the line-up:. The Genre Revolution. Many younger Latin American filmmakers are embracing genre. Some are genre blending. Others are genre bending. In gender terms, at the Projects Hub, she remains an exception, however: Five of its eight titles are directed by men. Haltingly, women are becoming a production force in Latin America, at least in its arthouse and documentary sectors.
The Social Focus Remains. Both, however, have large social point. A Lighter Tone. Yet many titles are assuming a lighter tone. Projects Hub. Formally, one of the most ambitious of Open Doors titles and potentially one of the most popular. Talyssa, a vampire, having nearly killed her partner, pursues him from NYC to Caracas and then over its mountains to the Caribbean, as she debates between living sick, getting blood from syringes and killing wild animals, or living life to the full.
When a jaded trumpet professor reunites with his successful and privileged musician friend, their weathered bond is tested by resentment, drugs, and betrayal, the synopsis runs.
In a Jamaica summer, two estranged cousins converge and, after a petty theft, are cursed by a local shopkeeper. In advanced development, set in modern-day El Salvador as a nurse and former war combatant is forced to face her past when she receives some cassette tapes from an unknown octogenarian admitted to the hospital in coma.
Raul, a lonely orchid grower in the tropical mountains spreads the warning he received via an enigmatic UFO contact. A mining company and homophobia threaten his mission, however.
