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"In the Cards " Selected to Host a Fantasy Film Workshop

November 10, 2023
Mariana Gesto's audiovisual project was one of three selected to participate in the Fantastic Film workshop organized by the Uruguayan Film and Audiovisual Agency (ACAU) and the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF).

Mariana Gesto holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of the Republic and is currently a senior in the Audiovisual Production Technician program at ORT.

Each educational institution was allowed to submit up to three screenplay proposals for a short film in the fantasy genre or a related genre. On October 26, 2023, the selection of three projects in total was announced, submitted by Universidad ORT Uruguay, the Uruguayan Film School (ECU), and UTU-LATU.

In the first phase, we will work with the directors of each of the selected screenplays, addressing the pre-production of the short film through online mentoring sessions with a guest director to develop the shooting schedule. Subsequently, a 10-day in-person workshop will be held, in which teams composed of students from the same educational institution will also participate. As a result of the workshop, one participant will be selected to travel to BIFFF 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.