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The first full-length film produced and directed by Costa Ricans is El Retorno in 1930. [5]Historically, opportunities to create films in Costa Rica was limited. The prohibitive cost of equipment and materials for celluloid film-making combined with the lack of both private and governmental support meant that a national or regional film industry was difficult to realize. [3]
Costa Rica submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] for the first time in 2005. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. [3]
Costa Rica's distance from the capital of the captaincy in Guatemala, its legal prohibition under mercantilist Spanish law from trade with its southern neighbor Panama, then part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (i.e. Colombia), and lack of resources such as gold and silver, made Costa Rica into a poor, isolated, and sparsely-inhabited region ...
The Central Valley (Spanish: Valle Central) is a plateau and a geographic region of central Costa Rica.The land in the valley is a relative plain, despite being surrounded by several mountains and volcanoes, the latter part of the Central Range.
At the same time, travelers from outside of Costa Rica use the name "Coco Beach", when mentioning this locale. Playas del Coco is located approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the town of Liberia, Costa Rica, the largest town in the province of Guanacaste. The town experienced rapid growth due to the increasing number of international ...
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In July 2010, YouTube announced that it had launched a range of videos in 4K format, which allows a resolution of up to 4096×3072 pixels. [35] [36] In July 2010, support for 2160p UHD was added, with the videos playing at 3840 × 2160 pixels. [37]
Manuel Antonio National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio) is a small national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas, and 157 km (98 mi) from the national capital of San José. It was established in 1972, when the local community sought ...