SanSebastian

The Forum will run on September 19th, 20th and 21st in the framework of the San Sebastian Festival’s 64th edition

Sixteen projects, most of them never seen before at international co-production forums, have been selected from a total of 194 projects submitted from 28 countries. Additionally, in the framework of the Festival’s collaboration with the Ibermedia Programme, another project selected in the Workshop to develop film projects from Central America and the Caribbean will participate in the Co-Production Forum out of competition.

The final selection includes projects by directors and production companies of recognised track record alongside directorial debuts and production companies of recent creation.

Many of the directors and producers participating in this V Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum have already presented other films at the Festival, such as Diego Dubcovsky, Andrés Longares, Aly Muritiba, Alejandro Fernández Almendras and Celina Murga.

Projects presented at previous editions of the Forum have been selected for some of the most prestigious international festivals in 2016: El soñador / The Dreamer (formerly Donde sueñan los salvajes), by Adrián Saba was premiered in the Generation section at the Berlinale; Las Elegidas, by David Pablos, which participated in Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes in 2015 carried off five Ariel Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), and selected for the Locarno Festival are La idea de un lago (formerly Pozo de Aire) by Milagros Mumenthaler in the Official Competition and El Auge del Humano / The Human Surge by Eduardo Williams in Cineasti del Presente. Finally, Jesús (formerly Niño Nadie) by Fernando Guzzoni will compete in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival.

Awards:

The Award for Best Project at the 2016 V Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, with €10,000.

The ARTE International Prize presented by Arte France Cinéma, consisting of €5,000 for one of the selected projects.

Complementing the San Sebastian Forum and thanks to collaboration with the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes and the I.N.C.A.A. (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts) in Argentina, some of these projects will have the opportunity to continue on their international journey by participating in the Ventana Sur market and in the coming edition of Producers Network - Festival de Cannes. This itinerary will also contribute to lending their international projection a decisive boost.

The Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum is promoted by the Basque Government Department of Economic Development and Competitiveness.

SELECTED PROJECTS:

1. 7:35am

Director: Javier Van de Couter
Production company: Varsovia Film SRL.

Argentina

2. A dos grados del otoño / Two Degrees from Autumn

Director: Patricio Suarez Quiroga

Production company: El Dedo en el Ojo

Spain- Argentina

3. Azor

Director: Andreas Fontana
Production company: Alina Film

Switzerland - Argentina

4. Barba ensopada de sangue / Blood-Drenched Beard

Director: Aly Muritiba
Production company: RT Features

Brazil

5. Estrada para livramento / Road to Livramento

Director: Giuliana Monteiro
Production company: Elefanti Films

Brazil

6. Hogar

Director: Maura Delpero
Production company: Dispàrte

Italy - Argentina

7. Iniciales SG / Initials SG

Directors: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia
Production company: Frutacine

Argentina

8. Irene    

Director: Celina Murga
Production company: Cepa Audiovisual
Argentina

9. La civil

Director: Teodora Ana Mihai
Production company: One for the Road BVBA

Belgium - Mexico - Rumania

10. La mami

Director: Laura Herrero Garvín
Production company: Cacerola Films S.A.

Mexico

11. Los días según ellos (LDSE)

Director: Juan Pablo Felix
Production company: Bikini Films

Argentina - Spain - France

12. Panza de burro

Directors: Rosario García-Montero, Daniel Vega, Diego Vega, Joanna Lombardi, Gianfranco Quatrinni, Javier Fuentes-León
Production company: Maretazo Cine

Peru

13. Perro negro / Black Dog

Director: George Walker Torres
Production company: Cine Cercano C.A.

Venezuela - France - Brazil

14. Suicidios telefónicos / Telephone Suicides

Director: sandra Gugliotta
Production company: Ojoblindado SRL.

Argentina

15. Una periodista

Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Production company: Parox S.A.

Chile

16. Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos

Director: José Luis Torres Leiva
Production company: Globo Rojo Producciones

Chile
 

Ibermedia Project (This film is not a competitor for the Awards)

17. Las hijas de Alonso

Director: Kattia González Zúñiga
Production company: Ceibita Films

Costa Rica - Chile - Panama