Curaçao, 11 April, 2025 – Memoria Ancestral, e potente documentario Arubiano explorando e herencia di sclavitud y colonialismo, tabatin su estreno oficial ayera nochi na Curaçao International Film Festival, ricibiendo un respuesta positivo di e publico durante su proyeccion y sesion di pregunta y contesta despues di e pelicula.
E pelicula a wordo presenta como parti di e programa Caribbean Focus 4, cu tabata centra riba e tema di identidad. E vitrina tematiko aki a conta cu cuater pelicula di e region, unda cu cada un tawata tin nan conexion cultural y historico.
Cas di Cultura su Director Vicky Arens y Head of Programming Lotte van den Heuvel actualmente ta asistiendo na e festival na Curaçao y tabata presente pa e estreno.
Na encargo di Cas di Cultura y crea pa Natusha Croes, Layzima Emerencia, y Darwin Winklaar, Memoria Ancestral ta un produccion multidisciplinario traha den colaboracion cu academiconan, institucionnan, y expertonan di experiencia di Aruba. E ta rebishita e sclavitud Afro-Indigena y influencianan colonial profundamente ankra den pasado di Aruba.
E inclusion di e documental den e festival prestigioso aki, cu ta tuma luga di 9–13 di April 2025, ta un momentu di orguyo no solamente pa e creadornan y e comunidad di Aruba pero tambe pa e region di Caribe mas amplio segun cu e ta sigui comparti su historia compleho y rico cu mundo.
Memoria Ancestral a bira posibel door di sosten di Mondriaan Fonds y DNB Fonds Caribisch Deel.
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Memoria Ancestral Receives Warm Reception at Curaçao International Film Festival
Curaçao, 11 April 2025 – Memoria Ancestral, the powerful Aruban documentary exploring the legacy of slavery and colonialism, had its official festival premiere last night at the Curaçao International Film Festival, receiving an overwhelmingly positive response from the audience during its screening and post-film Q&A session.
The film was presented as part of the Caribbean Focus 4 program, which centered on the theme of identity. This thematic showcase featured four films from the region, each weaving together stories with intersecting or shared elements, highlighting the deep cultural and historical connections across the Caribbean.Cas di Cultura’s Director Vicky Arens and Head of Programming Lotte van den Heuvel are currently attending the festival in Curaçao and were present for the premiere.
Commissioned by Cas di Cultura and created by Natusha Croes, Layzima Emerencia, and Darwin Winklaar, Memoria Ancestral is a multidisciplinary production made in collaboration with Aruban scholars, institutions, and experience experts. It revisits the Afro-Indigenous enslavement and colonial influences deeply rooted in Aruba’s past.
The documentary’s inclusion in this prestigious festival, running from April 9–13, 2025, is a moment of pride not only for the creators and the Aruban community but also for the broader Caribbean region as it continues to share its complex and rich history with the world.
Memoria Ancestral was made possible by the support of Mondriaan Fonds and DNB Fonds Caribisch Deel.
