Caribe Atómico Film Festival is a festival that celebrates Caribbean and Latin American cinema.

From the 11th to the 17th of December with screenings, poetry readings, concerts, talks, workshops and much more.

Our aim is to de-gentrify and reconquer spaces, moving through Caracas from east to west with as many audiences as possible, activating collaborations with cultural organizations working in the territory.

10 years ago we made La Guarimba Film Festival, our first festival in Southern Italy. From then on, we became a cultural organization recognized all over the world. It took us a decade, but we have finally returned to our country with everything we have learned and with a great desire to continue learning.

In this first edition, we wanted to bring together old and new friends in a project that celebrates the Caribbean and Latin America through its cinema.

The competitive programme is divided into three sections: From this side, which shows the national talents that continues to work in the country; From that side, which gives space to Venezuelan filmmakers who emigrated and continue to tell our stories from abroad; and The other side, which builds a bridge between us and all the brother countries that make up this beautiful continent.

Thanks to the team of volunteers who have joined this project, to the cultural managers of Venezuela and to the sponsors who have believed in this idea and are helping us to make it a reality.

ATOMIC PROGRAM

11TH DECEMBER

14:00 | CASA DE LA CULTURA DE BARUTA
ANIMATION CINEMA WORKSHOP FOR KIDS – DAY 1

A week-long workshop dedicated to children to learn how to make stop-motion, in which they will develop empathy skills while writing stories, making plasticine characters and cardboard scenery, filming, editing and screening their own work.

The tutors are Valeria Weerasinghe (Italy) and Gabriele Tangerini (Italy).

Activity in collaboration with BARUTA CULTURAL

12TH DECEMBER

14:00 | CASA DE LA CULTURA DE BARUTA
ANIMATION CINEMA WORKSHOP FOR KIDS – DAY 2

The second day of the workshop is dedicated to CREATING CHARACTERS.

Activity in collaboration with BARUTA CULTURAL

13TH DECEMBER

14:00 | CASA DE LA CULTURA DE BARUTA
ANIMATION CINEMA WORKSHOP FOR KIDS – DAY 3

The third day of the workshops is dedicated to FILMING THE SHORTS

Activity in collaboration with BARUTA CULTURAL

19:00 – 22:00 | EL MARCHANTE (Av. Alameda, San Bernardino)
SCREENING AND WELCOME PARTY 

Screening of the Cuban documentary «LA TUMBA MAMBI» (28min).
Followed by the festival welcome party.
DJ: EL MARCHANTE CREW

Activity in collaboration with EL MARCHANTE

14TH DECEMBER

14:00 | CASA DE LA CULTURA DE BARUTA
ANIMATION CINEMA WORKSHOP FOR KIDS – DAY 4

The fourth day of the workshop is dedicated to EDITING AND SOUND.

Activity in collaboration with BARUTA CULTURAL

19:00 | ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA (Av. San Juan Bosco)
¡ITALIA ANIMADA!
Duration: 90min 

Screening of contemporary Italian animated short films with the aim of bringing the Venezuelan community closer to Italy’s new cinematographic visions.
Presented by Italian animator Valeria Weerasinghe.

Activity in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Caracas

15TH DECEMBER

14:00 | CASA DE LA CULTURA DE BARUTA
ANIMATION CINEMA WORKSHOP FOR KIDS – DAY 5

The fifth day of the workshop is dedicated to the PROJECTION OF THE WORKS THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE WORKSHOP. Parents and representatives are invited to the activity.

Activity in collaboration with BARUTA CULTURAL

19:00 | LAS MINAS DE BARUTA (Final del Rosario, Las Minas de Baruta)
SCREENING OF SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION 1
Total Duration: 94min

DORLIS (Martinique) by Enricka MH
PUNCH OF LIFE (Venezuela) by Luis & Andrés Rodríguez
PUZZLE (Venezuela in Mexico) by Ricardo Muñoz Senior
STICK IS LIFE (Trinidad and Tobago) by Miquel Galofre
ANOTHER ORANGE (Dominican Republic) by Johnattan Báez
OUR FLESH (Venezuela) by Luis José Glod

Here you can find the catalogue with the Official Selection

Activity in collaboration with BARUTA CULTURAL

16TH DECEMBER

10:00 | ESCUELA DE TEATRO MUSICAL DE PETARE (Centro Histórico de Petare, calle Lino de Clemente, casa #14)
TALK “CREATIVITY TO CHANGE THE WORLD” 
Total duration: 90min

Can Creativity improve the world? What does it mean to be creative? Join this conversation in which, among other things, we will learn about the high social impact work that is happening in Petare through theatre.

Activity in collaboration with ESCUELA DE TEATRO MUSICAL DE PETARE and MOLESKINE FOUNDATION

19:00 | OJO DE AGUA (Cancha La Arenera)
SCREENING OF SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION 2
Total duration: 94min

PARIBA (Aruba) by Aramis García González
FINDING HOME (Brazil) by Maria Stanisheva
UNINTENDED COUNTRY (Venezuela in United States) by Alfredo Hueck
GOD’S FLESH (Argentina) by Patricio Plaza
CHICHO (Venezuela in Canada) by Arlen Aguayo Stewart
DANCING IN THE MUD (Venezuela) by Omar Arteaga
RETURN (Venezuela) by Gerardo Arias

Here you can find the catalogue with the Official Selection

Activity in Collaboration with BARUTA CULTURAL

17TH DECEMBER

19:00 | Barrio SANTA CRUZ (Parque “La Unión” Santa Cruz del Este, calle Unión)
SCREENING OF SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION 3
Duration: 90min

LA ÚLTIMA ASCENSIÓN (Curaçao) by Kevin Osepa
BESTIA (Chile) by Hubo Covarrubias
WE HAVE HOMELAND (Venezuela in Spain) by Mikel Garrido
RETROSPECTIVE OF A HOME (Venezuela in United States) by Sebastián Marcano-Pérez
STREET PHOTOGRAPHER (Venezuela) by Zoum Domínguez Blanco
LA NUBE (Venezuela) by Andrea Fabiani Estrella

Here you can find the catalogue with the Official Selection

Activity in collaboration with BARUTA CULTURAL

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