Tijuana, BC, December 10, 2020.- From January 18 to 24, 2021, the FilminLatino website will show a cycle of short films created by the finalists of the Baja California Makes Shorts From Home contest, as reported by Mario Escobedo Carignan, Head of the Secretary of Sustainable Economy and Tourism (SEST). These short films were made to fulfill the call launched in April 2020 which received 35 projects.
The goal of this cycle organized by the Baja California Film Commission and the platform is to provide the creators of the state with an exhibition window for their work. FilminLatino has more than 260 thousand users and depends on the Mexican Institute of Cinematography. There will be 9 short films, including “A salvo” by Omar Yñigo, “Deseos” by Luis Ceceña, “La Proyección” by Mauricio Ortega, “Little Devil's Hell” by Olga Miranda, “Nostos” by Fausto Celis, “Pequeñas Cosas” by Enrique Aguirre, "Un Día Fabuloso y Productivo en Cuarentena" by Juan Gibok An Mesa, as well as the winners of the audience award, "Atípica" by Roberto Ledesma, and the jury award, "El Blog" by Esteban García.
The contest's qualifying jury was integrated by producer Luisa Gómez de Silva, who recently produced the web series “Selena” for Netflix; producer, director and screenwriter René Bueno, known for the films “Lo más sencillo es complicarlo todo” and “Recién cazado”; and producer, director and actor Óscar López of the series “El Desconocido” and “Ingobernable”.
This will be the second programmed cycle in FilminLatino with Baja California creators, after “EMERGENTE BC”, with an anthology of short films called “Desayuno Continental: Vol. 1: Generaciones” (“Continental Breakfast Vol. 1: Generations”), as indicated by Javier Espinoza, Baja Film Commissioner.