In this radio campaign for Cine Las Americas film festival, we took real events that actually happened inIn this radio campaign for Cine Las Americas film festival, we took real events that actually happened in Latin America and put them in a first world context.Under the theme "If this is our reality, imagine our films", we wanted to prove how ridiculous and twisted Latin American reality is if you look at it from a different perspective. Latin America and put them in a first world context. Under the theme “If this is our reality, imagine our films”, we wanted to prove how ridiculous and twisted Latin America reality is if you look at it from a different perspective.

MUSIC: NEWS STINGNEWS ANCHOR: Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered an eloquent speech yesterday, live on German television, and talked for five minutes about her physiological needs: more specifically, about the attack of diarrhea she suffered during a recent opening event.The Chancellor declared, quote "I had diarrhea, I had the sweats and had to walk while clinching down there", end quote.For over five minutes, Merkel said she felt like she needed to give birth, and tried to stay still so that nothing would sneak out.MUSICVO: The German Chancellor could never have said what you just heard. She would have been under psychiatric treatment at a nut house.But the President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez said exactly that, live on TV, on August 3rd of 2008.

WE HEAR THE SPEECH BY CHAVEZVO: He remains president of Venezuela today.If this is our Latin-American reality, imagine our films.Cine Las Americas Latin-American Film Festival. From the 21st to the 28th of April. Austin, Texas.