BUSCANDO UN BURRO

After posting a satirical video featuring a donkey as Venezuela’s president, two Andean firefighters were imprisoned. While locals remain silent about the incident, rumors swirl about the donkey’s mysterious fate in this mountain town.

Juan Vicente Manrique

Venezuelan filmmaker based in Mexico City. His first approach to audiovisuals was making skate videos. Later he studied Social Communication-Audiovisual Arts at the Andrés Bello University. His short documentary Don’t worry (2021) premiered at IDFA and was nominated for best Mexican documentary short film at the 65th Edition of the Ariel Award. In 2020, he started Función cine, a production company based in Mexico City. He is in the post-production of his first feature film Stray bullet.