12/08/2024 – The new efforts by Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero, Natalia López Gallardo, and Santiago Loza stand out among the titles seeking new partners at the festival’s pitching session
Directors Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero, who have been selected with their project Rambler
Fourteen projects hailing from seven countries, selected from a total of 269 applicants, will be presented at the Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum, which will unspool from 23-24 September as an integral part of the industry activities at the 72nd San Sebastián Film Festival. The representatives of the chosen works will have the opportunity to introduce their projects to potential partners in order to top off their funding and enhance their access to international markets.
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Seven of the projects will be first or second works, as is the case for Solo el amor existe by Mexico’s Natalia López Gallardo, whose feature debut, Robe of Gems, scooped the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 2022 Berlinale and screened in Horizontes Latinos; Remanso by Paraguay’s Pablo Lamar, who has premiered his short films at Cannes and who won the Special Jury Prize at IFFR in 2016 with his first feature, The Last Land; Los dos paisajes by Argentina’s Francisco Lezama, who made off with the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale with An Odd Turn; Tropical Malaise by Colombia’s Jorge Cadena, whose shorts have snagged awards at the Berlinale, IFFR and SXSW; and Mar de Leva by another Colombian helmer, Mariana Saffon Ramírez, the winner of the Orizzonti Prize at Venice with her short film Between You and Milagros.
Some filmmakers will be returning to the festival: they include the duo made up of Mexico’s Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero (who won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance earlier this year with Sujo [+see also:
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As a new feature this year, the directors participating in this edition of the Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum or in Ikusmira Berriak will be able to compete for the Casa Wabi-Escine Prize, comprising a residency in one of the Casa Wabi bungalows in Puerto Escondido (Mexico). This prize is in addition to the Best Project Award, the DALE! Award and the ArteKino International Award.
Here is a list of the selected projects:
She, Crocodile – Gabriela Amaral Almeida (Brazil/Portugal)
Producer: South
The Spirit of Law – Natalia Meta (Argentina)
Producer: Picnic Producciones
Animales del desierto – Santiago Loza (Argentina/Brazil/Uruguay)
Producer: Murillo Cine
Hard-boiled School – Hernán Rosselli (Argentina/Austria/Uruguay/Brazil/Portugal/France)
Producer: Un Puma
Her Lightness – Rosa María Rodríguez Pupo (Cuba/Mexico/Colombia)
Producer: Gatorosafilms
The Strange Woman – Martín Boulocq (Bolivia/Uruguay)
Producer: CQ Films
Los dos paisajes – Francisco Lezama (Argentina/Brazil)
Producer: Pionera Films
The Hedgehogs – Victoria Galardi (Argentina/Uruguay)
Producer: Tarea Fina
Tropical Malaise – Jorge Cadena (Switzerland/France)
Producer: Goldeneggproduction
Mar de Leva – Mariana Saffon Ramírez (Colombia/France)
Producer: Evidencia Films
A Different Garden – Mariana Gil Ríos (Colombia/France)
Producer: Movimiento Films
Rambler – Fernanda Valadez, Astrid Rondero (Mexico)
Producer: Corpulenta
Remanso – Pablo Lamar (Paraguay/Uruguay/Brazil/France)
Producer: Sapukai Cine
Solo el amor existe – Natalia López Gallardo (Mexico/USA/France)
Producer: Lobo en medio de lobos S de RL
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