The January meeting
At the end of last year, Mr Rodrigo Saiz García, member of Círculo Foundation, based in Burgos, introduced me to Laura Sebastián Vega, general director of this institution. In January this year we arranged an appointment to talk about our association in general, and in particular, about our documentary ETERNO and the project about monasteries we have been developing for the last four years.
We have got along since the beginning of the conversation, and we soon agreed to present ETERNO in Burgos on March 17. At that time this date seemed a bit distant. But as always, time flies, and the set day came. Laura took care of the documentary’s presentation, and the truth is that we had never heard such nice things about our association before as what she said that afternoon.
Laura Sebastián presentando el acto
Pilar Martínez Arce, y Laura Sebastián
The March event
On the very day of the event, the weather suddenly changed from sunny to rainy, which we found rather upsetting. We started asking ourselves if this weather would prevent people from attending our screening.
The documentary creators, Pablo Beorlegui and Miguel Arguibide, were thrilled to project the film in such a big venue. On the other hand, they were afraid that few people would come to the cinema because of the weather.
In the meantime, Guillermo and David, who are part of the venue’s technical team, joined us for the rehearsals. In this photo, you can see the creators with Guillermo.
En las pruebas de imagen y sonido
When 7:00 p.m. struck and the venue started to fill up, we couldn´t believe our eyes. About 200 hundred people were already in the venue.
After the screening, there was also a nice discussion between Pablo and Miguel, the creators, and our special guests, Bernardo Pajares from the Prado Museum, and Pablo Ramos Aguado, our association’s representative delegated for the region of Castilla and Leon, to which Burgos belongs.
Bernardo Pajares y Pablo Ramos durante el coloquio
Vista general de la mesa del coloquio
One of the attendees, Silvia Arribas asked our guests about how heritage has to be promoted. It’s a pity we didn’t have enough time to discuss another important issue, which is related to the prejudices and lack of communication regarding heritage.
Pablo Beorlegui con Silvia Arribas
In particular, it would be worth mentioning that this lack of interest in monasteries means a substantial loss of important material and immaterial cultural heritage. Why do we make great investments in rehabilitation of these places (for example, The La Oliva Monastery) if in the end only the locals or the elderly know about the existence of these places?
Nevertheless, we had a great day in Burgos and we had the opportunity to meet lovely people such as Anastasia Velasco, mother of one of our graphic artists, Tasio Ranz.
Pablo , Miguel y Pilar con Anastasia