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Wisny Dorce


WISNY DORCE

My real name, my birth name, is Wisner Dorcelus but everyone knows me by my stage name which is Wisny Dorce.

I was born in a city called Kenscoff, it is a city in Haiti that is located in the district of Port-au-Prince, in the western department of the country.

I have been living in Argentina for 10 years and naturalized by option, that is,

I am an Argentine citizen. Regarding my training, I studied at the CFP Cine-

matographic Institution (Centro de Formacio?n Profesional del SICAAPMA)

between 2013 and 2015 and I also had the opportunity to study film at one of

the most important film schools in Argentina called ENERC ( National

School of Cinematographic Experimentation and Realization) between the

years 2016 and 2018.

I am one of the few Afro-descendant filmmakers in Argentina with experien-

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ce in the field since 2013.

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In 2017, he created Black Existence Films, the first Afro audiovisual produc-

tion company in Argentina. From the production company we have made va-

rious short films, medium-length films, feature films and video clips.

My first feature film was '' El Afortunado '' whose plot takes place in the

midst of different conflicts that interact with each other, and topics related to

racism, social class, the power struggle and ethics, the Argentine socio-eco-

nomic crisis and the social segregation that foreignizes Afro-Argentines by

denying them their history. "El Afortunado" has participated in national and

international independent film festivals, having been awarded numerous pri-

zes and recognitions. He has won 7 awards and a special mention at the 2019

Venezuela International Film Festival, 1 award at the Indy Film Awards,

Amsterdam 2020, has been a finalist at the Canadian Cinematography

Awards and has been selected at the Kosice International Film Festival 2020

in Slovakia. , at the Lig-Off Global Network First Time Filmaker Sessions

2019 and at Festival Prisma de Roma 2020. At the end of 2020, I produced

and directed the short "Julia", based on an idea by Norman Briski (One of the

most important of Argentina). In February 2021, I premiered the short "My

loneliness", the story of an unrequited love, where the black and white ima-

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ges and the silent performance stand out.

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In July 2021 I premiered the miniseries The Afro brothers on three television

channels in Argentina and this same miniseries is available on two digital

platforms in Argentina. LOS HERMANOS AFRO is a funny miniseries with

a moral in a comic and psychological drama key, inspired by the absurd logic

of inclusion problems, so that through parody, metaphor and irony they can

account for the bitter and routine existence of some Afros, product of the in-

visibility of a modern system that violates, obscures, eliminates the existence

of the black ethnic group in the books of Argentine history. Leo and Mimi are

not alone, they count on the help of Afro-immigrant friends from different

countries.

And from this same material from the LHA miniseries I made a feature film

version. This feature film has already been distributed and is being distributed

at various independent film festivals. It has already been selected at the

AFRIKA FILM FOR IMPACT FESTIVAL OF NIGERIA, NOBLE INTER-

NACIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DE INDIA and also at the ALTER DO

CHA?O DE BRAZIL CINEMA FESTIVAL where the film LOS HERMA-

NOS AFRO will be premiering from November 18 to 23 of 2021.

And also on Friday, November 5, 2021, I had the opportunity to give a lecture

at the University of Virginia in the United States about the projects that I am

carrying out in the Afro-descendant community in Argentina whose mission

is to expose the exclusion policy of the Argentine system towards Afro peo-

ple.

Black Existence Films

Black Existence Films is the first Afro audiovisual production company in

Argentina, created in 2017 by Wisny Dorce, a professional filmmaker and in-

dependent producer with experience in the field since 2014.

At Black Existence Films we promote the socio-economic inclusion and cul-

ture of Afro-descendant immigrants in Argentine society, providing job op-

portunities to Afro-Argentine actors, technicians and audiovisual personnel

and Afro-descendant immigrants and generating content to reach the commu-

nity, transmit messages and thus make visible the realities experienced. .

Since its inception, Black Existence has made various short films, medium-

length films, feature films and video clips. His first feature film ‘’ El Afortu-

nado ’’ has participated in national and international independent film festi-

vals, having been awarded numerous prizes and recognitions. The last project

of the production company was LOS HERMANOS AFRO, it was released in

July 2021 on three television channels and is currently available on two digi-

tal platforms in Argentina.

At Black Existence, we want to continue contributing to the Afro-descendant

community in achieving visibility and equal rights without differentiation,

segregation or discrimination of any kind.