Ruizpalacios discussed coping with loss, the need for 'more Trojan horses' and the perils of AI at his Bogotá Audiovisual Market Masterclass, presented by Mediapro
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Credit: Anylu Hinojosa- Peña / Berlin Film Festival His masterclass started an hour late after Colombia’s FIFA World Cup clash with Switzerland went to penalties, leaving the opening-day crowd at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) visibly deflated over its eventual loss. Taking the stage before the subdued audience, Mexico’s Alonso Ruizpalacios acknowledged the collective disappointment by turning to Elizabeth Butcher’s poem One Art.
“I found refuge in it when Mexico lost, too. I’ll read it and see if it speaks to you the way it does to me,” he said, before reciting the poem in full, which begins:
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