29 Apr 2011

Rapa Nui film festival opens on Easter Island

1:48 pm on 29 April 2011

The third annual Rapa Nui Film Festival has opened on Easter Island.

The festival features 10 acclaimed films from the Spanish-language cinematic world.

Among the competitors will be several of the year's most acclaimed films from the Chilean cinema.

The five-day event will also feature workshops, among them one designed to instruct residents of the island on how to get funding for audiovisual projects.