VOICES OF EL ALTO (12+)
Finland, South Africa, 2013, colour, 49 min.
Director: Benjamin Oroza
Director: Benjamin Oroza
Bolivia, El Alto. In a city over 4000 meters above sea level, a Storytent is set up in a marketplace to collect stories from random by-passers without any thematic limitations imposed by the film makers. Thus something unexpected happened: the tent became an intimate confession room and a magic stage where stories, songs and poems of love and anger became a Story within a story, of a rebellious city, Voices of El Alto.
AWARDS
Planete + Doc Film Festival 2014 Competition: Honorable Mention
Benjamin Oroza
Benjamin Oroza
was born in 1959 in Finland. Benjamin has directed several documentaries and radio features for the Finnish Broadcasting company. He has also directed several music videos and factual, educational, industrial programs for various institutions. Since 2008 Benjamin has been the film director of the StoryTent cross media project. Recently he has finished a documentary film based on stories collected in Bolivia, Voices of El Alto. Currently he is sharing the StoryTent cross media concept and techniques with African filmmakers.
FILMOGRAPHY
"Mine", 1991; "Cocaine", 1993; 'Camargo Amargo", 1999; "Kiss of fire", 2002; "Aale Lindgrén – an aria for the oboe", 2004; "Voices of El Alto", 2013.
Finland, South Africa, 2013, colour, 49 min.
Director: Benjamin Oroza
Director: Benjamin Oroza
Bolivia, El Alto. In a city over 4000 meters above sea level, a Storytent is set up in a marketplace to collect stories from random by-passers without any thematic limitations imposed by the film makers. Thus something unexpected happened: the tent became an intimate confession room and a magic stage where stories, songs and poems of love and anger became a Story within a story, of a rebellious city, Voices of El Alto.
AWARDS
Planete + Doc Film Festival 2014 Competition: Honorable Mention