TTVNews celebrates its first 20 years, inviting friends and industry colleagues to share their personal experiences over the past two decades. Manuel Siles, General Manager of La Luna Pintada Producciones, answers, “Where were you 20 years ago?”

This 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of TTVNews, a big reason to celebrate for the group. It is consolidating itself as one of the go-to media platforms in the audiovisual industry in Latin America.

To mark the occasion, we’ve invited friends and colleagues to share their experiences, challenges, and lessons learned over the last twenty years in this industry.

This time, Manuel Siles, General Manager of La Luna Pintada Producciones, answers, “Where were you 20 years ago?”

Where were you 20 years ago?

I want to say how happy I am to celebrate 20 years of TTVNews. I remember that 20 years ago, I was just entering this extraordinary and magical world of cinema, not directing my films but working for other directors in my beloved country, Peru. Likewise, I was working as a production assistant, making sandwiches, carrying the coffee, setting up the stands and the lights, and carrying the cables.

That’s what I was doing. If someone had told me that I would be celebrating 20 years of TTVNews, a film director with five finished films, working overtime, and working in an international market, I would not have believed them; I would have said they were crazy.

What was your first industry event?

The first market I attended was the American Film Market in Santa Monica, USA, about 15 years ago.