Costa Rican filmmaker Patricia Velásquez Guzmán, whose drama “The Skin of the Water” world premiered at Locarno last year, is gearing up to shoot a new project titled “Where Do Birds Go When It Rains?

Velásquez, right, with a community leader at the Tepishi Talatshi school in 2023.Courtesy Wayuu Taya There is a special sort of disdain reserved for celebrities’ charitable activities. Often scorned ...