MAP OF LATIN AMERICAN DREAMS

MAPA DE SUEÑOS LATINOAMERICANOS

Between 1992 and 2013 the Argentine artist, Martín Weber, photographed people in Latin America and asked them to write their dreams with chalk on a wooden board.

Decades later, he wondered if any of those wishes had been fulfilled. This film is a new journey in the search for the same people to give testimony from their lives. For the last 8 years, Martín has filmed in Argentina, Peru, Nicaragua, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. During his trip, he witnessed the economic, political, social and military violence that mark the continent.

Martín shows the consequences of migration and the degradation of the social fabric. His experiences reveal the fractures and gaps in the dreams portrayed and the struggle between hope and despair, between emigration and remaining home.

FILM FESTIVALS & SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Best Documentary Feature Seattle Latino Film Festival

Best Documentary Toulouse Latin American Film Festival

Best Mexican Documentary Feature Guanajuato Int’l Film Festival

Jury Prize at Ismailia Film Festival

Special Mention Semana De Cine De Lugo

Best Int’l Documentary El Ícaro Festival Int’l de Cine en Centroamérica

Jury Prize Brasília International Film Festival

Winner Contemporary Contest Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano di Trieste

Cinelatino Recontes du Toulouse

The Bogota Independent Film Festival

Festival de Cinema Latino-Americano de São Paulo

Hong Kong International Documentary Film Festival

Festival FILMAR en América Latina

Oslo Films From The South Film Festival

Festival Film Dokumenter

The Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosur Film Festival and Forum

Philadelphia Latino Film Festival

Censurados Film Festival

Festival del Cinema Ibero-Latino Americano di Trieste

Santo Domingo Global Film Festival

Guayaquil International Film Festival

Wellington Film Festival

THE FILMMAKER

Martín Weber is a multimedia artist. "Map of Latin American Dreams", his first film has won in 2020 Prix Documentaire CINÉLATINO/Toulouse and Menção Honrosa/BIFF. The film also received the support of Emcine/Mexico, Sørfond/Norway and INCAA/Argentina. In 2019 Weber received the International Award in Photography by CRAF, in 2018 the Magnum Foundation Fund and in 2016 the Grand Prize on Installations and Alternative Media in Argentina. He also received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation (1998), Prince Claus (2004), Silver Eye Award (2008), No Strings Foundation (2005), Hasselblad (2001/99'), The Klemm Foundation (1999), Fondo Nacional de las Artes (2016/14/96) and Patronage (2019/17/16/15/14). He participated in artist residencies at MAC and D21 (Santiago, Chile-2014), CPW (Woodstock-004), Light Work (Syracuse-2002), IASPIS (Stockholm-1998). Widely exhibited, his work was featured in books like “Map of Latin American Dreams” (2018) and “Echoes from the Interior” (2011).

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MAP OF LATIN AMERICAN DREAMS

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