II.Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum at San Sebastian Festival

This second edition of the Forum will run for 3 days-23, 24 and 25 September- to coincide with Films in Progress, dates on which San Sebastian will celebrate an enormous coming together between members of the audiovisual industry.

16 projects in development from 15 countries will participate in the II Forum. The 16 projects have been selected from among the total of 160 submitted from 24 countries, mostly in Latin America. The Selection Committee made specific mention of the high standard of quality of the projects presented. The final selection includes projects by directors and producers with long-standing artistic and personal experience and other interesting works by new directors starting out on their careers in the world of feature films.

Another important new feature is the participation of a selected project in the Workshop to develop film projects from Central America and the Caribbean organized by the Ibermedia Programme. This initiative aims to consolidate the relationship already existing between the Festival and the aforementioned programme as indispensable support for audiovisual co-production between most countries in Latin America, Portugal and Spain.

The Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum Award 2013 to the Best Project, carrying EUR10,000 granted by Egeda, will also go to one of the projects presented.

As a continuation of the San Sebastian Forum and under its collaboration with the Marché du Film at the Festival de Cannes and with the I.N.C.A.A. (Argentine Film and Audiovisual Arts Institute), a number of these projects will be able to continue on their international way by participating in the Ventana Sur market and in the coming edition of the Cannes Producers Network as a decisive contribution to boosting their international projection.

For 3 days, the project heads will present their works to international industry professionals as they go about an intense agenda of meetings. The object of their presence at the Forum will be to contact potential co-producers and sales agents in order that they may join the projects to guarantee their production and international distribution.

Selected projects:

1. A la sombra de los árboles

Director: Matías Rojas Valencia
Production Company: Don Quijote Films
Country: Chile

2. Camino a la paz

Director: Francisco Varone
Production Company: Gema Films
Country: Argentina-Bolivia

3. Demonios tus ojos

Director: Pedro Aguilera Londaiz
Production Company: Pedro Aguilera P.C.
Country: Colombia-Spain

4. Do outro lado da lua

Director: André Gevaerd
Production Company: CineramaBC
Country: Argentina-Brazil

5. Donde sueñan los salvajes

Director: Adrián Saba
Production Company: Flamingo Films
Country: Peru

6. El acompañante

Director: Pavel Giroud
Production Company: Tu Vas Voir
Country: Cuba-France

7. La noche oscura del alma

Director: Augusto Sandino
Production Company: Altiplano Cinematográfica-Schweizen Media group S.A.S.
Country: Colombia

8. La puerta del amor

Director: Ana Díez
Production Company: Shangri-la PC S.L.
Country: Spain

9. La tierra y la sombra

Director: César Augusto Acevedo
Production Company: Burning Blue
Country: Colombia-France

10. Las toninas van al este

Directors: Gonzalo Delgado and Verónica Perrotta
Production Company: Gonzalo Delgado-Verónica Perrotta
Country: Argentina-Uruguay

11. Niño nadie

Director: Fernando Guzzoni
Production Company: Solita Producciones LTDA
Country: Chile-France

12. Operación Concha

Director: Antonio Cuadri
Production Company: Abra Prod, S.L.
Country: Spain

13. Pozo de aire

Director: Milagros Mumenthaler
Production Company: Ruda Cine
Country: Argentina-Switzerland

14. Sin muertos no hay carnaval

Director: Sebastián Cordero Espinosa
Production Company: Carnaval Cine
Country: Argentina-Ecuador

15. Virgen Exótica

Director: Mario Esteban Castaño Solano
Production Company: Castaño Producciones
Country: Colombia-Norway

IBERMEDIA PROJECT

16. Tamara y la Catarina (not eligible for the Award)

Director: Lucía Carreras
Production Company: Filmadora Producciones
Country: Guatemala-Mexico