Juan Carlos Valdivia

After completing the two films that earned him a place in Latin American cinema, Juan Carlos was in the predicament of what to do next. In winter of 2008, aboard a cargo ship crossing the north Atlantic, he decided it was time to follow his muse in his native Bolivia. Three very personal films came about from the 10-year journey.In Zona Sur a bourgeois Bolivian family undergoes major turmoil in the face of political changes. It Premiered at The Tokyo International Film Festival and won writing and direction awards at Sundance 2010, before going on in impressive tour of 150 film festivals worldwide, including, Berlin, London, Guadalajara, Chicago, Moscow, to name a few. The Hollywood Reporter wrote: 'Stylistically innovative... the director has managed to get inside the very fabric of lives as they are unraveling.' And Screen Daily said: ... [the director's] themes are so accessible that [the film's] ruminations on generational divides and the challenges of raising a family transcend... [Details Intro]