A new film festival is launching against the stunning backdrop of Bolivia ’s renowned Salar de Uyuni salt flats with Bolivian filmmaker Rodrigo Bellott ( “Tu Me Manques,” “Sexual Dependency”), tapped for the position of artistic director.

The inaugural Salar International Film Festival (SalarFF) kicks off May 28-31, staged entirely on the 3,861 square mile expanse of pure white salt where rains transform the surface into a massive mirror reflecting the sky. Aside from its famed “world’s largest mirror” effect, its other highlights include the cactus-studded Isla Incahuasi and the haunting Train Cemetery.…