Cagliostro: The Film Poet
In 1927, The League for Better Motion Pictures of New York, awarded the Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro the sum of US$ 10,000 to adapt his novel-film “Cagliostro”, to a silent film. However, the project was overshadowed by the premiere of “The Jazz Singer”, the first talkie. The present documentary in development reconstructs the steps of Huidobro’s creative impulse as a filmmaker and relives the script of a film never made.
Director: Orlando Torres
Bio-Filmography: Director and producer. Partner of Astromelia Films. Filmography: Fixed Stars (2016), Caravane Sixty (2019), Asian Tarapacá (2019). Awards: Fixed Stars (2016) won the Indonesian Film Festival and the Directorate of Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile Grant to exhibit the film in the United States. Spain (Casa de América Madrid, University of Salamanca) and France (Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris). “Asian Tarapacá” selected in Mamalluca Chilean Film Festival 2019, New York. Studies: Film School of Chile and Documentary Workshop in La Fémis, Paris, France.