Atahualpa Lichy: The Mystery of Lagoons

I met – on skype – Atahualpa and Diana Lichy last week for a conversation about ”Memorias de un Tiempo Eterno” that is selected, as one of four, for the Rough Cut Pitch at the upcoming DocsBarcelona, taking place May 28. Lichy – I knew his name from when he was running a documentary festival in Lille in France, where he has also worked at the Quantaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes. His filmography is long including the wonderful visual poem ”The Mystery of Lagoons” that has been shown at numerous festivals. Atahualpa Lichy has generously offered the film free of charge – Until June 15. Here is the link for a film full of music, small intro from th edirector: … “The Mystery of the Lagoons, Andean Fragments” (Venezuela) directed by Atahualpa Lichy, selected in more than 50 important international festivals. Great Venezuelan singers sing the commentary. In these moments of anxiety, a little bit of poetry and optimism, it’s good. Film for all audiences. From 3 to 103 years old… and there is actually a fine old man of 103 and an energetic child of 21/2 ,to be precise:

“El Misterio de las Lagunas. Fragmentos Andinos” est libre sur Vimeo, jusqu’au 15 juin:

With English subtitles : https://vimeo.com/181958877

Avec sous titres en français: https://vimeo.com/182328861

 

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Tue Steen Müller
Tue Steen Müller

Müller, Tue Steen
Documentary Consultant and Critic, DENMARK

Worked with documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish Film Board, as press officer, festival representative and film consultant/commissioner. Co-founder of Balticum Film and TV Festival, Filmkontakt Nord, Documentary of the EU and EDN (European Documentary Network).
Awards: 2004 the Danish Roos Prize for his contribution to the Danish and European documentary culture. 2006 an award for promoting Portuguese documentaries. 2014 he received the EDN Award “for an outstanding contribution to the development of the European documentary culture”. 2016 The Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. 2019 a Big Stamp at the 15th edition of ZagrebDox. 2021 receipt of the highest state decoration, Order of the Three Stars, Fourth Class, for the significant contribution to the development and promotion of Latvian documentary cinema outside Latvia. In 2022 he received an honorary award at DocsBarcelona’s 25th edition having served as organizer and programmer since the start of the festival.
From 1996 until 2005 he was the first director of EDN (European Documentary Network). From 2006 a freelance consultant and teacher in workshops like Ex Oriente, DocsBarcelona, Archidoc, Documentary Campus, Storydoc, Baltic Sea Forum, Black Sea DocStories, Caucadoc, CinéDOC Tbilisi, Docudays Kiev, Dealing With the Past Sarajevo FF as well as programme consultant for the festivals Magnificent7 in Belgrade, DOCSBarcelona, Verzio Budapest, Message2Man in St. Petersburg and DOKLeipzig. Teaches at the Zelig Documentary School in Bolzano Italy.

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