From the Universidad Industrial de Santander we present our congratulatory greetings to the civil engineer and filmmaker IVÁN DAVID GAONA, a graduate of our institution, who has won the Special Jury Prize of the Competition Division at the prestigious Tokyo Film Festival 2024 with his film Goodbye Friend.
It is a source of great joy and satisfaction for our university community to see how one of our talents shines on an international stage. This new achievement adds to his outstanding career and reflects his dedication, passion and commitment to film production and the search for a language and a look that, starting from the local, is received and applauded with admiration beyond our borders.
As a university, we are deeply proud of the success and projection that Iván David has achieved, representing the ingenuity, perseverance and capacity of the people of Santander. His hard-working and judicious career is an example for all our students and for society in general.
We extend our warmest congratulations to his production colleagues for this well-deserved recognition and wish Iván David many more successes in his professional career, may his talent and creativity continue to shine!
Warm and affectionate greetings,
Hernán Porras Díaz
Rector UIS
