HIP HOP CINEFEST “BBOY FOR LIFE”

BBOY FOR LIFE: The struggle on the Guatemalan streets 
Date: Aug. 15th, 2025
Starts: at 20:30*
Location: Cypher Three
By: C. Deeb
Duration: 80 min

TALK: TEN YEARS AFTER: The talk is with the protagonist Bboy Gato.

The film is a true story documenting the breakdancing subculture of Guatemala City. Surrounded by overwhelming gang violence, three lives are brought together through the struggles and wins of dance and life outside the gun in the roughest ghettos of Central America. The danger is real, the fear is real, but to dance is to hope.
Watch the trailer here:  https://youtu.be/VgeEbLBtZaA?si=W7gNrOtzP2vKLkM4

More on Hip Hop Cinefest and its founder:
Hip Hop Cinefest is an international festival that valorizes and promotes documentaries, fiction films, music videos, and experimental works created by artists deeply connected to Hip Hop culture, offering them a platform for networking, dialogue and divulgation.

With a “glocal” approach, the festival connects its global vision with local realities. Through spin-offs and curations, as with IBE, it adapts to various territories, promoting intergenerational dialogue, creating opportunities, and supporting urban artistic experimentation. This model builds international bridges, making the celebration of Hip Hop cinema an authentically participatory phenomenon.

Giulia Chimp 
Founder and art director of Hip Hop Cinefest, is Giulia Chimp. She is a polyhedric figure active in the Italian independent movie industry. As a member of Wild Up Crew, she has always been active in the hip hop community. She organized many international Hip Hop youth exchanges, and events, such as the B-boy Event for 3 years, The Funky Afternoon and many hip hop parties and events in clubs and social centers. She directed two hip hop documentaries “1 world under a groove” and “Break the siege” and the experimental projects “The antisexist manifesto in the Italian rap” and “Sobreviviente”. She is one of the founders of Baburka Production, an independent production based in Rome.