We recently connected with Luis Gerardo LoGar and have shared our conversation below.

Luis Gerardo , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

I think every project I’ve made has had a meaningful impact on me. I don’t mean to be cheesy but the thing about filmmaking is that it’s HARD. And it’s also expensive. So getting to finish a project from idea to completion is something that leaves a mark, whether you like it or not.

For example, right now I’m presenting my latest short film called “Cassette Sandía” or “Watermelon Cassette” in english, as part of the Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today 2023. This short was shot a year ago and filmed with the idea of making an accurate portray of what having siblings feels like. I have 3 brothers, and in my opinion, I don’t feel as connected with anyone as I feel connected to them. During our arguments, our fights, our laughs, and our funniest times. Being able to translate the experience on screen whilst making a very extravagant short where, at one point, even watermelon heads come to play has been a very meaningful experience as an artist.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Yes, of course. I’m Luis Gerardo LoGar, a writer/director based in Mexico City and LA.

My career has been on the go since I turned 21 years old. Up until now, I’ve written, produced, and directed 4 short films that have premiered in international film festivals such as BFI, Cinequest, London Short Film Fest, San Diego Latino, and many others. After dropping out of film school, I went right into action by managing to make a short that slowly nudged my career the right direction. I think that if you want to succeed in the filmmaker’s path, you have to be very consistent and determined. To keep on going in spite of being constantly rejected. I mean, I’m not even kidding, I’ve been rejected from festivals, grants, and whatever else there is like two thousand times.

But because I kept on going, now I’ve directed a successful Live Sessions Series called Bodega Bang!, I co-directed a Stand Up Comedy Special for “La Cotorrisa” and I’m on my way to make my first feature film.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

I think we need to trust the younger generation of artists. As an up and coming filmmaker, I feel that the opportunities lack when you’re twenty-something. And even though I think that you can always get better at your craft and that experience is important, I also think that people are not being offered what’s new.

Big companies have this obsession with understanding the younger audience and predicting what they want to watch. But since the people in charge of selecting, developing, and producing are way older, the generation gap stops them from really connecting with the audience they’re trying to reach.

We need filmmakers and artist who can make exactly what the new generations want. And we need a chance to show how reliable we are when faced with a big production. Companies need to stop trying to secure all of what they do. They need a radical change in order to get to the audience that they want. And to be honest… we are here, and we are a lot. And we have ideas, and they’re good.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

Yes, and I’ll be brief.

MAKING SPECTACULAR FILMS.

I wake up, work, lose my mind, try to write something, come up with a budget, get into meetings, survive the challenge of making a movie, and all of it, all of it, just so that you can have a life changing experience once you enter that theater.

Contact Info:

• Website: anamorfika.com
• Instagram: @lglogar
• Twitter: @lglogar
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