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IMDb registers 100 press entries on film work including 5 magazine covers. The film festival in Mexico gathered over 2000 press mentions in 20 countries. New York Spin reviewed by Variety. Cuba 15 mentioned in The New York Times, press releases by MoMA, PBS, BBC, RTVE, Canal+. The World Says No To War secreened in MoMA and Whitney Biennial. I

 
 

New York Spin reviewed in Variety; presented in Spanish National Television press release, and 100+ media internationally. Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival featured in 200+ media in 20 countries. I Cuba 15 appeared on US media: NY Village Voice, LA Weekly, The New York Times, New York, The Independent, Miami Herald, Entertainment Weekly… I Academic sites: edX by MIT/Harvard Univesity, Stanford University, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, European Project by UC3M. I TV: POV/PBS, Bloomberg TV (US), BBC, BFI (UK), RTVE (Spain), Canal+ (France).

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Photo: Artist Talk on Penelope is Waiting with Eva Morales, director ARTSevilla International Contemporary Art Encounter & Exhibit, Spain

 

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IMDb registers 100 press entries on film work including 5 magazine covers. The film festival in Mexico gathered over 2000 press mentions in 20 countries.

—Photo: Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival, Mexico

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  • New York Spin reviewed in Variety; presented in Spanish National Television press release, and 100+ media internationally. 

  • Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival featured in 200+ media in 20 countries.

  • Cuba 15 appeared in US media in NY Village Voice, LA Weekly, The New York Times, New York, The Independent, Miami Herald, Entertainment Weekly, Bloomberg TV. International media El País, El Mundo... Press releases by PBS, BBC, Canal+, MoMA.

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  • edX MIT/Harvard University, Stanford University (US), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), Universidad de Beira Interior (Portugal).

    edX I Stanford University I UC3M I iArtes

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  • POV/PBS (US), BBC, BFI (UK), RTVE (Spain), Canal+ (France)

 
 

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New York Spin reviewed by Variety. Cuba 15 mentioned in The New York Times, press releases by MoMA, PBS, BBC, RTVE, Canal+. The World Says No To War secreened in MoMA and Whitney Biennial.

— New York Spin film still

The Days Before DDDIII by Robert Wilson at Lincoln Center was featured in The New York Times, El País, and other media in the US, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Japan.

The New York Times I "Several of the scenes are unqualified stunners, both exquisite and deeply disturbing." Ben Brantley. 

LA Times I "Still and documentary images are projected on elegant screens. God, for Wolsin, is in the details, and the details in The Days Before are stunning." Mark Swed

The Wall Street Journal I Snippets of history, mostly archival footage projected on traslucent screen." Debra Jo Immergu I Behance

THE NEW YORK TIMES

New York Spin by Pedro Valiente was featured in Variety, Spanish National Television (RTVE), and 100+ media internationally.

Variety I "Part experimental tone poem, part heartfelt elegy for 9/11 and part paean to the cultural richness of Gotham, Pedro Valiente's documentary focuses on six New Yorkers, each separately put in the spotlight in segments very differently conceived, shot and scored. As film's coda makes clear, shooting wrapped shortly before 9/11, and the scattershot insertion of references to the World Trade Center disaster, though perfectly understandable, tends to work against the carefully modulated internal rhythms of the film. Still, at 63 minutes, this engrossing, imagistic portrait of the city and its denizens should prove a welcome short addition to fest and arty cable lineups. […] DV lensing, editing, and music choices are strong." Ronnie Scheib I Variety

VARIETY

Cuba 15 by Elizabeth Schub, producer Pedro Valiente, was featured in The New York Times, NY Village Voice, LA Weekly, New York Magazine, The Independent, Miami Herald, Entertainment Weekly; and international media: El País, El Mundo, etc. Press releases including MoMA, PBS, BBC, and Canal+.

NY Village Voice I “Cuba 15 is a portrait of a young girl turning fifteen in a small town on the outskirts of Havana. It takes the form of a show-and-tell. The girl introduces us to her friends and her family, her home, and her hangouts. She loos straight at the camera. She talks, she dances, she horses around, she gets serious. She’s irresistible. We learn more from her in 15 minutes -about adolescent experience and aspirations and what life in Cuba is- than from a half-dozen feature documentaries.” Amy Taubin I Behance

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The Days Before DDDIII theater

New York Spin feature film

Cuba 15 short film

 
 
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PRESS

Cancun Riviera Maya International Film Festival was featured in 2000+ press notes in 200+ media in 20 countries. Pedro Valiente appeared on five featured interviews, and two magazine covers.

Reforma I "The Festival was presented in Tamayo Museum with the presence of Senator Carlos Sotelo and Jesús Ochoa. A Caribbean festival for Cancun that could mark a new era." Minerva Hernández

Premiere I “This Festival seems to be the most attractive in southern Mexico, and in the best international touristic reference in the country.” Antonio Ponce, head of information

The Festival was first presented in Museo Tamayo Mexico City. Opening Night in Xcaret (Years 1, 2) hosted by Andy García, online, and Hacienda Tres Ríos (Year 3) hosted by Danny Glover, Natalia Córdova, Ana Claudia Talancón, et al

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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OFFICIAL SPAIN SpainRed Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs I UK BFI British Film Institute UNIVERSITY MEDIA Interview edX I Interview UC3M I UC3M INFO edX I Stanford University I UC3M I iArtes ART ARTSevilla I Plymouth Art Festival UK I La Neomudéjar Museum I Ñaque Ed. Spain FILM IMDb I IMDb Press I Peliplat I Production Beast

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WORDS

Words from director Robert Wilson; film programmers Carole Dean and Deborah Cravey; professor José Ramón Pérez Ornia; and dean Jesús Meza, et al.

—El País publised this image visiting an art exhibition in Madrid

  • “Thank you for your work. Your images are greating.” [The Days Before DDDIII] Robert Wilson, New York

  • “New York Spin shows filmmaking talent." Carole Dean, director Roy W. Dean Foundation, New York

  • "I’m fascinated by this project, its concept, people, structure, everything intrigues me." [New York Spin] Deborah Cravey, acquisitions director Digital Media Center, Portland, US

  • "A very good film." [New York Spin] Francesca Garrigues, director Discovery Channel Ibérica, Madrid

  • “Pedro took his area to a different level thinking out of the box. It triggered the project in unexpected ways as participants immersed themselves in a unique experience in education, art, and life.” [Media work] Sonsoles Herreros Laviña, director European Arts Project/Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  • "I was extremely impressed in how quickly he was able to assimilate his previous experience into the role bringing new ideas and contributing positively to the program." [Managing work] Tony Smith, head of Media, Arts University Plymouth, UK

  • “The dissertation shows an integral scope, and it’s very well written. In Spain very few scholars could discuss the subject.” [Research work] José Ramón Pérez Ornia, PhD dissertation director, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  • “Pedro Valiente’s inquiring and curious nature always translated into initiative and interest. I must add the high level of dedication and hard work that characterized him as a scholar and as a professional.” [Lecturing work] Jesús Meza, regional dean Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City

 
 
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BEHIND SCENES

Artwork is teamwork. Behind scenes images including filming and rehearsals.

—Tarahumara Project behind scenes I Photo> Leo Mart’ineza Neomudéjar Museum