[1][2] Moreover, in the same decade, the Italian Carlos Crespi directed the major documentary Los Invisibles Shuaras del Alto Amazonas.
[4] During the next decade, the documentary genre was strengthened, and in 1977 the Asociación de Autores Cinematográficos del Ecuador was legalized.
Luzuriaga also directed Entre Marx y una Mujer Desnuda, a cinematic adaptation of 1809-1810: Mientras llega el día is a film by Jorge Enrique Adoum, which related the story of Quito independence.
Other major films in the rebirth of Ecuadorian cinema were Ratas, ratones y rateros (1999) and Crónicas (2004) by director Sebastián Cordero.
[5] Other productions that have made their way through festivals include the documentary El Comité by Mateo Herrera and Cuando me toque a mí by Víctor Arregui.