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HARVEST 2019During the last months, the most serious and prestigious film festivals in the world have come to realize the youthful vitality and the creative force that emerges from multiple areas of the Spanish cinema: from the realms of new generations and from the circles of the most independent cinema, but also from the undisputed talent of already consolidated authors with a long projection abroad.
The opening of that window is not the result of chance. The access to those essen-tial industrial and cultural showcases is a consequence of a reality and a collective impulse that is clearly visible indoors (in Spanish film festivals, cultural circuits and screens), but which also raises the interest of critics, programmers and festivals from all around the world.
The first months of 2019 account for that growing visibility. It became already evident at the demanding appointment of Rotterdam, in whose Tiger Competition was included the newest movie by Carlos Marques-Marcet (Els dies que vindran / The Days to Come), while in parallel sections were Lluís Miñarro with Love Me Not (selected in the Moscow Festival immediately after this), Andrés Duque (Carelia. Internacional con monumento) and Isaki Lacuesta, whose Entre dos aguas (Between two Waters; winner of the Golden Shell in San Sebastián) was picked for the occa-sion, while at the same time the Spanish-Uruguayan coproduction Belmonte, directed by Federico Veiroj, also found a place at the Dutch event.
Immediately after, the great encounter of the Berlinale opened a space for Isabel Coixet’s Elisa y Marcela (Elisa & Marcela) to compete in its International Competition, which also picked two short films: Irene Moray’s Suc de síndria and Ion de Sosa & Chema García Ibarra’s Leyenda dorada. At the same time, another woman (Neus Ballús, with Staff Only) was greeted in the Panorama section, while Culinary Cinema screens hosted Y en cada lenteja un dios (A God in Each Lentil), by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, whose next work (Sumendia) is already in post-production. Meanwhile, overseas, the prestigious indie event South by Southwest (Austin; USA) summoned 7 razones para huir (7 Reasons to Run Away), by Gerard Quinto, Esteve Soler and David Torras.
Finally, Spanish cinema comes back this year with honors and with a triple presence to the big festival in Cannes, with a movie selected at the competitive Official Section (Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, Dolor y gloria / Pain and Glory, critically acclaimed in Spain) and two more within the frame of Un Certain Regard: Albert Serra’s Liberté and Oliver Laxe’s O que arde (Fire Will Come). Spanish cinema will also be present at the Director’s Fortnight, with the short film Je te tiens, by Sergio Caballero, and one coproduction with Perú: Canción sin nombre (Song Without a Name), by Melina León.
The path cannot be wider: Spanish cinema has been present at the official selec-tion of the three biggest festivals of the first semester (Rotterdam, Berlin, Cannes) and the list of filmmakers summoned to their most important sections (Carlos Marques-Marcet, Lluís Miñarro, Andrés Duque, Isaki Lacuesta, Isabel Coixet, Neus Ballús, Irene Moray, Ion de Sosa, Chema García Ibarra, Pedro Almodóvar, Albert Serra, Oliver Laxe...) allows us to see an invigorating generational range in which experience and youth, international prestige and hope for the future, avant-garde aesthetics search and splendid creative maturity that goes hand in hand within an enviable diversity.
Promises and realities in the great harvest of 2019.
Pain and Glory. Pedro Almodóvar
liberté. Albert Serra
Fire Will Come. Oliver Laxe
Je te tiens. Sergio Caballero
sonG Without a name. Melina León
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pain and Glory
Synopsis. Pain and Glory tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the 80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense, writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable, the early discovery of cinema, and the infinite void that creates the incapacity to keep on making films. Pain and Glory talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation.
Pedro AlmodóvAr“Quite unintentionally, Pain and Glory is the third part of a spontaneously created trilogy that has taken thirty two years to complete. The first two parts are Law of Desire and Bad Education. In the three films, the protagonists are male characters who are film directors, and in the three desire and cinematic fiction are the pillars of the story, but the way in which fiction is glimpsed alongside reality differs in each one of them. Fiction and life are two sides of the one coin, and life always includes pain and desire. (…) If you write about a director (and your work consists of directing films), it’s impossible not to think of yourself and not take your experience as a reference (…). I remember that during rehearsals I said to Antonio: If you think that in any sequence it’ll help if you imitate me, you can do it. Antonio said no, that it wasn’t necessary. And he was right, his character wasn’t me, but it was inside me”.(Excerpt from Pedro Almodóvar’s text in the movie’s pressbook)
original Title: Dolor y gloria directed by: Pedro AlmodóvarScreenwriter: Pedro Almodóvardirector of Photography: José Luis Alcaineeditor: Teresa FontCast: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandía, Penélope Cruz, Nora Navas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Julieta Serranooriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishrunning Time: 112’release in Spain: March 22nd, 2019
Production: El Primer Deseo-AIE, El Deseo D.A. S.L.U. (Spain)Contact: El Primer Deseo-AIEC/Francisco Navacerrada, 24Madrid (Spain)+34 917 248 199International Sales: Filmnation
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Fiction
Fiction
Synopsis. 1774, before the French Revolution. Madame de Dumeval, the Duc de Tesis and the Duc de Wand, libertines expelled from the puritanical court of Louis XVI, seek the support of the legendary Duc de Walchen. Their mission is to export libertinage, a philosophy of enlightenment founded on the rejection of moral boundaries and authorities, but moreover to find a safe place to pursue their errant games.
Synopsis. The road trip of a mother and her daughter through strange worlds. The daughter wants to kill herself and the mother will try to talk her out of it.
Original Title: Liberté Directed by: Albert SerraScreenwriter: Albert SerraDirector of Photography: Artur TortEditor: A. Serra, A. Ribas & A. TortCast: Helmut Berger, Marc Susini, Iliana Zabeth, Laura PoulvetOriginal language: French, German, ItalianSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 131’Estimated Release: May, 2019 (Cannes)
Production: Pierre-Olivier Bardet (Idéale Audience; France), Joaquim Sapinho (Rosa Filmes; Portugal), Montse Triola & Albert Serra (Andergraun Films; Spain)Associate Producer: Felix Von Boehm (Lupa Film; Germany) Contact: Andergraun [email protected] [email protected] +34 931 84 34 27International Sales: Films BoutiqueLouis Balsan [email protected]
Original Title: Je te tiens Directed by: Sergio CaballeroScreenwriter: Sergio CaballeroDirector of Photography: Claudia MallartEditor: Bernat VilaplanaCast: Ángela Molina, Virginia Rousse, Sosaku MiyazakiOriginal language: Spanish, FrenchSubtitles: English, Spanish, FrenchRunning Time: 22’Estimated Release: May, 2019
Production: Advanced Music S. L. (Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 933 20 81 63International Sales: [email protected] +34 933 20 81 63
liberté
Je te tiens
AlbERT SERRAWe are in Louis XV’s France, in the eighteenth century. A group of libertines have been expelled from the royal court, they are lost somewhere in Europe, they don’t know what to do or where to go. In a mysterious space, desire arouses while they are watched. There are many things in the story close to Marquis de Sade, such as the opposition between passion and will, rules and arbitrarity, desire and reason. Licentiousness becomes something somber. The movie begins as a historical fiction, but ends up projecting something very dark that defines our current society.I couldn’t tell if I’ve made a movie against political correctness or if it is about the unease of the contemporary world. I tend to think it’s the latter. There is something very strange and disquieting in our societies, that appears at the end of the movie (…). There are things that connect with Story of my Death or with the exhibition Singularity, but here everything is darker, as our present.(Excerpt from the interview with Àngel Quintana; Caimán Cuadernos de Cine, nº 82/133; May, 2019)
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Fiction
Fiction
Synopsis. Amador Coro has been condemned for having provoked a fire. When he gets out of prison, nobody is waiting for him. He returns to his home town, a small village hidden in the mountains of rural Galicia, to live with his mother, Benedicta, and their three cows. Life goes by slowly, following the rhythm of nature. Until one night when a fire starts to devastate the region.
Synopsis. Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a journalist who takes on the investigation. Based on a true story.
Original Title: CanCión sin nombre Directed by: Melina LeónScreenwriter: Melina León & Michael J. White Director of Photography: Inti BrionesEditor: Manuel Bauer & Melina LeónCast: Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Maykol HernándezOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: Spanish / Running Time: 97’Estimated Release: May, 2019 (Cannes)
Production: La Vida Misma FilmsCo-Produced by: MGC (Spain), La Mula Producciones & Bord Cadre FilmsContact: Leslie Semichon (LUXBOX)International Sales: LUXBOX [email protected]+ 33 171 37 99 34
Original Title: o que arde Directed by: Oliver LaxeScreenwriter: Oliver Laxe & Santiago FillolDirector of Photography: Mauro HerceEditor: Cristóbal FernándezCast: Amador Coro, Benedicta SánchezOriginal language: GalicianSubtitles: Spanish, French, EnglishRunning Time: 86’Estimated Release: December, 2019
Production: Andrea Vázquez, Xavi Font (Miramemira; Spain)Andrea Queralt. Mani Mortazavi (4A4 Productions; France)Co-Produced by: Koldo Zuazua (Kowalski Films; Spain),Elise André, Donato Rotunno (Tarantula Luxembourg; Luxembourg)Contact: [email protected] +34 667 755 484International Sales: [email protected] +33 142 96 02 [email protected]
fire Will come
song Without a name
OlIvER lAxEO que arde is a little rural Galician tale. I wanted to make a portrait of all the people who survive the rural holocaust through the tale of a mother and her single son, who live in a lost little village in Galicia’s mountains, in Os Ancares, with three cows and an old dog. My first intention in making the movie was to return home, to the village where my mother was born and which is now deserted, surrounded by my family (my mother and some of my cousins and uncles appear in the film). I wanted to recover somehow that place with which I have a very deep connection through personal memories. But, at the same time, I was interested in working about a figure reviled by society, demonized. Hence the presence of the alleged arsonist and the fire. And at this point, I tried to make the film polysemic, ambiguous, mysterious, femenine... That’s why we do not know with certainty if he is an incendiary or not and, above all, this is not a film about fire, but fire is instead a background element, a kind of mirror in which all the characters in the film look at themselves.(Excerpt from the interview with Jara Yáñez; Caimán Cuadernos de Cine, nº 82/133; May, 2019)
director’s fortnight - features
First Feature
un certain regard
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ArimA The AugusT VirginFiction Fiction
Synopsis. Arima is something you glimpse through the mist, something you can sense but still fail to see clearly. It is the story of four women and a girl whose existence is disrupted by the sudden arrival of two strangers. One of them is fleeing from the other, sneaking around town like a ghostly presence. The other one (an injured man carrying a gun) will disrupt the women’s way of life in different ways. The plot takes place on the fine line between reality and imagination, between dreams and nightmares, within a story shrouded in mystery.
Synopsis. Eva has turned her decision to spend August in Madrid into a leap of faith; a vital necessity, joyful yet mysterious. She has just moved to an apartment in the city center and yearns to experience things from a new perspective, as if she were a foreigner. An intimate and extraordinary journey of days and nights, Eva will meet a series of people whom she´ll try to help, without realizing she´s really helping herself; and with a bit of luck she´ll discover, in the midst of her sleepless nights and wandering, that she still has time, that she can still give herself a second chance.
Original Title: ArimA Directed by: Jaione Camborda Screenwriter: Jaione Camborda Director of Photography: Alberte Branco Editor: Marcos Flórez Cast: Melania Cruz, Nagore Arias, Rosa Puga Original language: Galician Subtitles: Spanish and English Running Time: 77’Estimated Release: May, 2019
Production: Esnatu Zinema (Spain) Contact: Esnatu Zinema [email protected] +34 636 57 15 08 ) International Sales: Open Reel [email protected] +39 340 49 40 351
Original Title: LA virgen de Agosto Directed by: Jonás Trueba Screenwriter: Jonás Trueba & Itsaso AranaDirector of Photography: Santiago RacajEditor: Marta VelascoCast: Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz, Isabelle StoffelOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 125’Estimated Release: August 15th, 2019
Production: Javier Lafuente (La virgen de agosto-AIE; Spain)Co-Produced by: Los ilusos films SL (Spain)Contact: Javier Lafuente. La virgen de agosto AIE & Los ilusos films [email protected] +34 606 81 88 18
First Feature
Alex’s sTrip ArdArA Fiction Fiction
Synopsis. Alexandra, a teenager, is reunited with her father after a long separation. He is a merchant who has spent several years in prison wrongly accused of terrorism. Once released, he regains custody of his daughter and takes her to India on a business trip. After a rough time trying to get along with each other, a horrific blast threatens to break their incipient relationship.
Synopsis. Macià decides to visit Ireland. He follows the trail of a journey made by his parents. Bruna and Maria are looking for a quiet place. Their journeys will cross paths in the town of Ardara. We follow the journey of these young people through the tales of those who witnessed their travels. But the film is also a portrait of the people who observe and describe them. It’s a story that reflects on the very act of storytelling, the only way for human beings to understand and organize the world.
Original Title: LA cintA de ALexDirected by: Irene Zoe AlamedaScreenwriter: Irene Zoe AlamedaDirector of Photography: Richard LópezEditor: Irene Zoe Alameda & Brian FeeneyCast: Fernando Gil, Rocío Yanguas, Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Amit Shukla Original language: Spanish, English, HindiSubtitles: English / Running Time: 115´Estimated Release: September, 2019
Production: Irene Zoe Alameda (Storylines Projects; Spain); Charly Granados (Storylines Projects; Spain); Jimmie L.Ward (Barbarella Productions; USA),Fronteras de Papel-AIE (Spain) Co-Produced by: iUris Productions (India), Paper Lantern (USA)Contact: Storylines Projects [email protected] Sales: Inside Content [email protected]+ 34 92 831 33 56
Original Title: ArdArA Directed by: Xavier Puig & Raimon Fransoy Screenwriter: Raimon Fransoy Director of Photography: Xavier Puig Editor: Xavier Puig & Raimon Fransoy Cast: Bruna Cusí, Macià Florit, María García Vera, Don Byrne Original language: English, Catalan, Spanish Subtitles: English Running Time: 120’ Estimated Release: May, 2019
Production: Mayca Sanz (Elsabeth Produccions; Spain), Xavier Puig (Elsabeth Produccions; Spain), Raimon Fransoy (Elsabeth Produccions; Spain) Co-Produced by: La Perifèrica produccions (Spain) Contact: Elsabeth Produccions [email protected] +34 629 91 61 87
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cArdboArd clouds eye for An eyeFiction Fiction
Synopsis. Miguel is a beggar isolated from society, who survives on the streets, after the death of his mother. Her little sister Irene is the only thing she has left, but she hates him for all the mistakes she made,in a dark past wrapped in violence, alcohol and drugs. Miguel fights against his illness and the obstacles of his sad and lonely life, so that his sisterforgive him before it is too late, but a fateful and surprising discovery will change everything.
Synopsis. Mario is a charming nurse about to have a child. Antonio Padín is an older known drug dealer whose illness is making him totally dependent. His sons take control of the ‘business’ to undertake a risky drug operation. When their paths cross, everyone chooses the same exit: revenge. A story of betrayal, drugs, family drama and violence. An eye for an eye.
Original Title: nubes de cArtónDirected by: Sergio Hernández SanzScreenwriter: Sergio Hernández SanzDirector of Photography: Ángel RodríguezEditor: Sergio Hernández SanzCast: Juan De Dios Ledesma, Yazmina Guerra, Alexandra ProkhorovaOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 104’Estimated Release: TBC
Production: Sergio Hernández Sanz Contact: [email protected] +34 685 30 62 80 International Sales: [email protected] +34 660 81 71 61
Original Title: Quien A hierro mAtA Directed by: Paco PlazaScreenwriter: Juan Galiñanes & Jorge GuerricaechevarríaDirector of Photography: Pablo RossoEditor: David GallartCast: Luis Tosar, Xan Cejudo, Ismael Martínez, Enric Auquer Original language: SpanishSubtitles: English / Running Time: 107’Estimated Release: August 30th, 2019
Production: Emma Lustres, Borja Pena, Mercedes Gamero, Mikel Lejarza – Vaca Films, Atresmedia Cine, Quien a hierro mata AIE-Spain Co-Produced by: Playtime - FranceContact: [email protected] +34 881 917 566International Sales: [email protected] +33 1 53 10 33 99
First Feature
The hero myThDocumentary
Synopsis. The legacy of an enigmatic instrument maker who seduced musicians, music lovers and even a film crew with his unconventional ways and unique multi-stringed violins. This unscripted musical road movie takes you from Catalonia across to Switzerland, Hungary and India to discover the extraordinary music that the owners of these violins play. But as the musicians reflect on friendship, life, death and their art, some unexpected details emerge that call our charismatic hero into question.
Original Title: the hero myth Directed by: Guillermo AsensioScreenwriter: Guillermo AsensioDirector of Photography: Guillermo AsensioEditor: Guillermo AsensioCast: Paul Giger, L. Subramaniam, Zoltán Lantos, Ernesto Briceño Original language: Mainly English (but also Spanish, Catalan, German, Hungarian)Subtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 102’Estimated Release: April, 2019
Production: Guillermo Asensio Alegre (Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 647 587 390
First Feature
The innocenceFiction
Synopsis. Lis is a teenage girl who dreams of leaving her hometown and becoming a circus star. Aware as she is that her parents will strongly oppose her will, she won’t give up. It ‘s summertime and Lis is busy sharing her time with her friends and her boyfriend, a few years her senior. The lack of privacy in such a small town and the constant gossip of the neighbours forces Lis to keep her relationship a secret. Autumn comes and the idyllic summer ends. Lis finds out she is pregnant.
Original Title: LA inocenciA Directed by: Lucía AlemanyScreenwriter: Laia Soler Aragonés & Lucía AlemanyDirector of Photography: Joan BorderaEditor: Juliana MontañésCast: Carmen Arrufat, Sergi López, Laia Marull, Joel Bosqued Original language: Spanish, CatalanSubtitles: English / Running Time: 90’Estimated Release: September 2019
Production: Lina Badenes (Turanga Films), Belén Sánchez (Un capricho de producciones) & Juan Gordon (Lagarto Films) Contact: Lina Badenes [email protected] / +34 691719141International Sales: Belén Sánchez [email protected] +34 627 018 858
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First Feature
dAs KApiTAlFiction
Synopsis. A film shoot, two individuals, one place. A suprasensory story that gravitates between domination and desire.
Original Title: dAs KApitAL Directed by: Adrián OncoScreenwriter: Adrián OncoDirector of Photography: Adrián OncoEditor: Adrián OncoCast: María LezaOriginal language: EnglishSubtitles: NoRunning Time: 64’Estimated Release: July, 2019
Production: Adrián Onco – Spain Contact: [email protected] +34 691 31 59 27
lópez Torres, pAinTer on The plAinDocumentary
Synopsis. A filmmaker returns to his village to investigate Antonio López Torres, unknown and remarkable Spanish painter who died thirty years ago. Between footage and current testimonials builds this warm puzzle, bathed with light of La Mancha´s plain.
Original Title: López torres, pintor en LA LLAnurA Directed by: Manuel Olmedo Redondo Screenwriter: Manuel Olmedo RedondoDirector of Photography: Manuel Olmedo RedondoEditor: Manuel Olmedo RedondoCast: Antonio López, Ezequiel Cano, Alejandro Villena, Nina Zarco Original language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 91’Estimated Release: June, 2019
Production: Manuel Olmedo Redondo (Spain) Contact: [email protected] +34 650 26 66 30
A Job And A filmFiction
Synopsis. In an abandoned warehouse, only one single presence remains alive: a security guard that has been told to do just the job he is assigned. His existence consists in observing the reality of the warehouse from collected solitude and intimacy. His nature, quiet and contemplative, places him at the boundaries of humanness. In this warehouse, a camera appears, the viewer’s gaze.
Original Title: un trAbAjo y unA peLícuLA Directed by: Xavier Martínez Soler Screenwriter: Xavier Martínez Soler & Pablo RosalDirector of Photography: Javier RuedaEditor: Javier Rueda & Xavier MartínezCast: Pablo Rosal, Rosa Serra, Mari Pau Pigem, Oriol Genís, Xavier Pujolràs Original language: Spanish, FrenchSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 104’Estimated Release: TBC
Production: Aved Producciones (Spain) Co-Produced by: Esdeveniments Ludovit (Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 627 89 78 82
First Feature
Jordi’s leTTers
Synopsis. : This is the story of a man worried because God doesn’t talk to him anymore. The story of his journey searching for the lost faith. The story of a free man who is not able to move or talk.Original Title:
LAs LetrAs de jordiDirected by: Maider Fernández IriarteScreenwriter: Maider Fernández Iriarte & Virginia García del PinoDirector of Photography: Maider Fernández Iriarte & Carlos Muñoz Gómez-QuinteroEditor: Virginia García del PinoCast: Jordi Desquens Original language: Spanish, CatalanSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 72’Estimated Release: October, 2019
Production: Leire Apellaniz (Señor y Señora Films)Contact: [email protected]
Documentary
First Feature
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memenTo moriDocumentary
Synopsis. The testimony of relatives and survivors. Fathers, mothers, brothers of victims who relate from the deepest part of their heart their feelings with a clear objective: to prevent: That everything they have suffered does not happen to anyone else.Suicide is the main unnatural cause of mortality in Spain since 2008, when suicide first exceeded deaths from traffic accidents. Around 800.000 people take their lives each year. They do not include suicide attempts: 20 times more frequent than cases of completed suicide.
Original Title: memento mori Directed by: Richard Zubelzu Screenwriter: Magda CalabreseDirector of Photography: Edgar RoblesEditor: Richard ZubelzuCast: Carlos Soto, Olga Ramos, Raquel Muñoz, Daniel Lundh Original language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishEstimated Release: TBC
Production: Ricardo Zubelzu González (Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 696 93 22 83
ouTsideFiction
Synopsis. Joan is an alcoholic homeless who survives in Barcelona streets with his dog Tuc. After a mysterious phone call, Joan falls into a crazy drunkenness in which he ends up losing Tuc. Castaway in the city, he is soon brutally beaten. We rediscover him away from the city in a delirious journey that exceeds all his limits. At the end of the road, something that was once his home. And a deathbed.
Original Title: sense sostreDirected by: Pep Garrido & Xesc CabotScreenwriter: Pep Garrido & Xesc CabotDirector of Photography: Aitor EcheverríaEditor: Meritxell ColellCast: Enric Molina, Teresa Vallicrosa, Laia Manzanares Original language: Catalan, SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 98’Estimated Release: 2nd Semester, 2019
Production: Norbert Llaràs (Alhena Production; Spain)Co-Produced by: Pep Garrido, Xesc Cabot (Atiende Films; Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 629 51 78 66
First Feature
red moon Tide The WeAsels’ TAleFiction Fiction
Synopsis. A village in the Galician coast. Time seems to stand still. Everybody is paralysed in a reflexive posture while nature and animals move freely. However, we can still hear people talking and moving, as if they were in a parallel dimension. The feeling is like being in a limbo full of spectres. Three women show up, they seem to be able to move between those two dimensions. These women are trying to find Rubio, an experienced diver that has recently disappeared.
Synopsis. A beautiful star from the Cinema Golden Age, an actor in the twilight of his life, a witty scriptwriter and a cunning director live together in a mansion where they have created an unusual environment. The arrival of a young couple seeking to persuade the actress to sell the house, forces the other inhabitants to come together and conspire to prevent it.
Original Title: LúA vermeLLA Directed by: Lois PatiñoScreenwriter: Lois PatiñoDirector of Photography: Lois PatiñoEditor: Pablo Gil Rituerto, Óscar de Gispert, Lois PatiñoCast: Ana Marra, Carmen Martínez, Pilar Rodlos, Rubio de Camelle Original language: GalicianSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 84’Estimated Release: Summer, 2019
Production: Felipe Lage Coro (Zeitun Films; Spain)Co-Produced by: Iván Patiño (Amanita Films; Spain)Contact: Felipe Lage Coro (Zeitun Films) +34 662 04 64 54
Original Title: eL cuento de LAs comAdrejAs Directed by: Juan José CampanellaScreenwriter: Juan José Campanella & Darren KloomokDirector of Photography: Félix Chango MontiEditor: Juan José CampanellaCast: Graciela Borges, Oscar Martínez, Luis Brandoni, Clara LagoOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 129’Estimated Release: May 2019
Production: 100 Bares Producciones S.A (Argentina), Telefe / Viacom International Studios (Argentina), Jempsa S.A. (Argentina), Tornasol S.L. (España) International Sales: [email protected] +34 915 48 88 77
second Feature
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918 Nights
Courage
advaNtages of travelliNg by traiN
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Synopsis. In the minuscule cell of a police van, a woman that has spent many years in prison told me: “To be able to explain what prison is like, you need to have slept in one”. Nearly a decade ago, I spent 918 nights in prison. This film is about what it means to live in an isolated world without images.
Synopsis. A 74-year old actress with an eye disease that is leaving her legally blind fears she will lose her place at the theatre company she belongs to. This coincides with the arrival of her 50-year old son, who has come home in an attempt to recover from alcoholism. The personal crisis of each character leads them to find themselves as mother and son for the first time in their lives.
Synopsis. Do you want to know about my life? The young editor Helga Pato is tackled by this disconcerting question during a train travel. The man sitting next to her is Ángel Sanagustín, a psychiatrist expert in personality dysfunctions. Ángel tells Helga the most sordid and crazy story of the worst case he has ever faced: Martín Urales de Úbeda, a paranoid extremely dangerous man obsessed with garbage as a control instrument. This meeting will mark the future of Helga and the rest of the characters in this unpredictable plot that includes surprising changes.
Synopsis. An intimate look at the lives of a group of youths, from teenagers to early adulthood, from San Giovanni a Teduccio, a district of Naples controlled by the Camorra. A crucial point in their lives when they must choose whether to embrace a life of organized crime or seek out an alternative path. In Naples there is a veritable army made up of over 2,000 armed youths. Hired assassins and victims, ‘baby gangsters’, mere teenagers with only two different fates to choose from: end up as a corpse or become assassins. A cry of hope against a backdrop of humanism within a truly brutal story.
Original Title:918 gauDirected by: Arantza SantestebanScreenwriter: Arantza SantestebanDirector of Photography: Maddi BarberEditor: Mariona SoléOriginal language: BasqueSubtitles: English / Spanish / FrenchRunning Time: 60’Estimated Release: February, 2020
Production: Txintxua Films (Spain)Co-Produced by: Hiruki FilmakContact: [email protected] +34 659 49 36 47 [email protected] +34 622 67 11 60
Original Title:CorajeDirected by: Rubén Rojo AuraScreenwriter: Rubén Rojo Aura & César TejedaDirector of Photography: Gris JornadaCast: Marta Aura, Simón GuevaraOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: English / Running Time: 100’Estimated Release: 2020
Production: Raúl Berninches (Mago Production; Spain)Coproduction: Rubén Rojo Aura (Apapacho Films; México)Samanta Guillén (Cinema 226; México)Contact: Raúl Berninches (Mago Production) [email protected] +34 635 165 845 / +34 932 070 834 International Sales: Guillaume Kervern (Tentaculos Films) [email protected] + 33 686 659 971
Original Title: Ventajas de Viajar en trenDirected by: Aritz MorenoScreenwriter: Javier GullónDirector of Photography: Javier Aguirre ErausoEditor: Raul LópezCast: Luis Tosar, Pilar Castro, Ernesto Alterio, Quim Gutiérrez, Belén Cuesta Original language: SpanishSubtitles: English / Running Time: 100’Estimated Release: September, 2019
Production: Leire Apellaniz (Señor y Señora Films), Merry Colomer (Morena Films) and Juan Gordon (Morena Films). SpainCo-Produced by: Logical Pictures (France), Ventajas de Viajar en Tren A.I.E. (Spain)Contact: [email protected], [email protected] International Sales: Seville International [email protected]
Original Title: dio C’ÉDirected by: Fátima LianesScreenwriter: Fátima Lianes & Lluis ArcarazoDirector of Photography: Manuel ValcárcelEditor: Marc MitjaOriginal language: ItalianSubtitles: Spanish / EnglishRunning Time: 70’Estimated Release: TBC
Production: Ariadna Terribas (Mediapro; Spain)Contact: Samir Mechbal [email protected] International Sales: Samir Mechbal [email protected]
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First Feature First Feature
icaa.es / 11cannes 2019
post- production
disappear
Synopsis. A group of friends is totally shocked after one of them dies in a car crash. Besides, the driver was his best friend, Álex, who was cheating him with his girlfriend Natalia. The friends will try to escape forward in the best way that everyone finds, but eventually they will realize that everything is left behind after a while, even the memory of Mauro.
Fiction
expaNsives
Synopsis. Flavia and Ana are two sisters who meet again after their mother’s death. A discovery in the old family house confirms that their mother’s murderer is their father. They will look for revenge trying to kill him.
Original Title: expansiVasDirected by: Ramiro García BoglianoScreenwriter: Ramiro García Bogliano & Milagros Figueroa CarroDirector of Photography: Ernesto HerreraEditor: Raúl Román & Pablo RebeCast: Sara Hebe, Martina Juncadella, Assumpta SernaOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 80’Estimated Release: August, 2019
Production: Teresa Enrich Co-P roduced by: Crudo Films (Argentina)Contact: [email protected] +34 649 49 68 70
Fiction
the europeaNs
Synopsis. Spain, 1958. Two young, single friends, Miguel, a shy man from the provinces, who’s struggling to make a living as a draftsman, and Antonio, the charismatic only child of a wealthy architect from Madrid, take a trip to Ibiza, lured by the European sexual myth and the illusion of freedom.
Original Title: Los europeosDirected by: Víctor García LeónScreenwriter: Marta-Libertad Castillo & Bernardo Sánchez (Based on the novel by Rafael Azcona)Director of Photography: Eva DíazEditor: Buster FrancoCast: Raúl Arévalo, Juan Diego Botto, Stéphane CaillardOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: TBC Estimated Release: TBC
Production: Jaime Gona, Enrique López Lavigne, Xavier Granada, Louise Bellicaus & Claire Charles (Gonita, Apache Films, A Contraluz Films, In Vivo Films (Spain, Fr.)Contact: Jaime Gona; [email protected] +34 620 84 48 22International Sales: Filmax [email protected] +34 933 36 85 55
Fiction
Original Title: desapareCerDirected by: Roberto EjeaScreenwriter: Roberto EjeaDirector of Photography: Dani Vergara & Kike InevaEditor: Carlos EnaCast: Saúl Blasco, Víctor Vázquez, Laura Contreras, Alba Gallego, Mireia SabadellOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 90’Estimated Release: August, 2019
Production: Eduardo P. Goñi (Outcast Filmmakers; Spain)Contact: [email protected]+34 608 50 24 69
god’s hill
Synopsis. A reinterpreta- tion of the Myth of Faust, where Paula and Pedro, a filmmaker and her producer, research about famous people in Spain who have received a mysterious invitation to attend ‘The Harvest’, a celebration in a small village where they will be awarded for their careers within the filmmaking industry. Working side by side with some of the famous people, Paula will uncover a dark legend surrounding ‘The Harvest’: the guests’ real intention is to offer their souls to an ancestral God living in the mountains in order to achieve fame and success in their careers.
Original Title: eL Cerro de Los diosesDirected by: Daniel M. CaneiroScreenwriter: Daniel M. Caneiro & Borja FiguerolaDirector of Photography: Jep BrengaretEditor: Guiu VallvéCast: Itziar Castro, Paula Muñoz, Pau Escobar, Isabel Coixet, Raúl Arévalo Original language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 80’Estimated Release: July, 2019
Production: Daniel M. Caneiro, Marta Lacima, Pedro Palacios, Luis Ferrón, Ricard Sales (LaCima Producciones; Spain)Co-Produced by: Eterea Films, Sevenfor, Altamira Entertainment, Odessa Films, Cromagnon ProduccionesContact: [email protected] +34 652 49 82 07
Fiction
First Feature
First Feature
12 / icaa.es cannes 2019
laNd of Milk aNd hoNey the islaNd of lies
Synopsis. A mosaic of displacement. An intimate portrait of men and women whose lives have been terribly transformed by war and violence. In the daily lives of these people we will see the aftermaths of Balkan wars with thousands of people still living in collective centers, refugees from Middle East who live in a legal limbo after reaching Greek shores, and families that are being relocated in new houses promoted by the Government in Tbilisi. A reflection on an universal phenomenon that repeats itself again and again since the beginning of the History.
Synopsis. In 1921, the steamboat Santa Isabel was carrying 260 emigrants to America, when it sank just off the island of Salvora in Galicia, Spain. Only three women came to help and managed to rescue 50 of the passengers. While the women are lauded as heroines, the suspicion that the accident was provoked starts to spread like wildfire. The main instigator of the rumor is an Argentinean journalist, who arrives on the island to cover the story.
Original Title: tierra de LeChe y mieL Directed by: Héctor Domínguez-Viguera Queija, Gonzalo Recio Fernández, Carlos Mora Fuentes Screenwriter: Héctor Domínguez-Viguera Queija, Gonzalo Recio Fernández, Carlos Mora FuentesDirector of Photography: Gonzalo Recio Fernández Editor: Gonzalo Recio Fernández Cast: Alia and Husein, Mirsada and Vanessa, Daniel, Gyo, Vica and Béla Original language: Georgian, Kurdish and Bosnian Subtitles: English and Spanish Running Time: 80’Estimated Release: November, 2019
Production: Zerkalo Films (Spain) Contact: [email protected] +34 670 054 367
Original Title: eL santa isabeL Directed by: Paula ConsScreenwriter: Luis MaríasDirector of Photography: Aitor MantxolaEditor: Julia JuánizCast: Nerea Barros, Darío Grandinetti, Aitor LunaOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: English / Running Time: TBCEstimated Release: 2019
Production: Juan de Dios Serrano, Luis Marías, Fernando Sokolowicz (Agallas Films, Aleph Cine, Historias del Tío Luis; Spain)Contact: Agallas [email protected] + 34 619 01 96 02International Sales: [email protected] + 34 933 36 85 55
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DocumentaryFiction
iNvisible
Synopsis. Every Thursday morning, Elsa, Julia and Amelia meet up to go for a walk before work. It is a time for them to catch up and talk about their concerns. Despite their differences and disagreements, there is something that bonds them: the age and burden they feel, knowing they are halfway through their lives. The sad feeling that the passing of time has pulled them out of their proper places and cornered them into a space where they feel disoriented, almost lost.
Original Title: inVisibLesDirected by: Gracia QuerejetaScreenwriter: Gracia Querejeta & Antonio MerceroDirector of Photography: Juan Carlos GómezEditor: Leire AlonsoCast: Emma Suárez, Adriana Ozores, Nathalie Poza, Blanca Portillo, Pedro Casablanc, Fernando CayoOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 90’Estimated Release: September, 2019
Production: Luis Collar, Jorge Moreno (Nephilim Producciones; Spain)Co-Produced by: Orange Films AIE (Spain)Contact: [email protected]; [email protected] +34 91 563 0152
Fictionthe goya Murders
Synopsis. A mysterious serial killer chooses his victims among the capital city’s upper class. He stages with their corpses scenes from Goya’s Los caprichos. Police detectives Carmen Cobos and Eva González fight against the meticulousness of a killer who covers his trails well.
Original Title: eL asesino de Los CapriChosDirected by: Gerardo HerreroScreenwriter: Ángela ArmeroDirector of Photography: David OmedesEditor: Teresa FontCast: Maribel Verdú, Aura Garrido, Ginés García Millán, Roberto Álamo, Daniel Grao, Ruth GabrielOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: TBCEstimated Release: TBC
Production: Tornasol, Los asesinatos de Goya PC-AIE, El corredor nocturno-AIE (Spain), Entre Chien et Loup (Belgium)Contact: [email protected] +34 915 48 88 77International Sales: [email protected] +34 915 48 88 77
Fiction
icaa.es / 13cannes 2019
post- production
the party isN’t for uglies
la MaMi
Synopsis. A Catalan couple suffers a strange car accident while they are travelling through Córdoba. The woman and their daughter die. The Palau, a well known family, decides to start an investigation to clarify what happened. There are some travels between Barcelona and Córdoba, but the widower starts feeling estranged from his political family, where the matriarch has a strong control.
Synopsis. Night after night, La Mami, in charge of the women’s restroom at the mythical Cabaret Barba Azul, offers care to the women who work there dancing. The bathroom is the space inside the cabaret in which they feel safe. Today Priscilla has arrived to this place, she has a sick child and she needs to work.
Original Title: La Fiesta no es para FeosDirected by: Pablo LlorcaScreenwriter: Pablo LlorcaDirector of Photography: Wiro BerriatúaEditor: Gustavo SeisdedosCast: Ramón Fontseré, Francesca Piñón, Jordi VidalOriginal language: Spanish, CatalanSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 87’Estimated Release: May/June, 2019
Production: La bañera roja (Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 914 48 95 73
Original Title: La mamiDirected by: Laura Herrero GarvinScreenwriter: Laura Herrero GarvinDirector of Photography: Laura Herrero GarvinEditor: Ana Pfaff, Lorenzo MoraOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: Spanish, EnglishRunning Time: 80’Estimated Release: TBC
Production: Laura Imperiale (Cacerola Films; México), Laia Zanon & Patricia Franquesa (Gadea Films; Spain)Contact: Patricia Franquesa [email protected] Laia Zanon [email protected]
second Feature
Fiction
Documentary
My kiNgdoM CoMe
Synopsis. Simón González is a living legend of international kickboxing. His legacy: thirteen kickboxing world championships and a historic record that haven’t changed his disciplined and hardworking personality. A man from humble origins who found in this elite sport his inspiration. After being the King of the World, Simón suffers a home accident that puts him in a wheel chair until today. Far from hanging on to pain, Simón turned to the others finding the strength to walk again.
Original Title: … a nosotros tu reinoDirected by: Horacio AlcaláScreenwriter: Raquel MenorDirector of Photography: Leyre Mira & David PalaciosEditor: Nacho Ruiz CapillasOriginal language: Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, SerbianSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 90’Estimated Release: September, 2019
Production: Raquel Menor (Spain), The Aurora Project (Spain)Co-Produced by: Ernesto Barraza (México), Cámara Oscura (Ecuador)Contact: [email protected]/ +34 687 91 38 48 International Sales: [email protected] +34 687 91 38 48
Documentary
the lizard queeN
Synopsis. Berta is a smart young single mom enjoying a summer fling with Javi, a weird guy who’s living with her and her daughter, Margot. Every summer fling has to come to an end though, and this one ends today, or at least it was supposed to. Everything changes when the ship that was supposed to take Javi away never shows up. Berta is now facing the worst of her fears: a relationship and another baby on the way.
Original Title: La reina de Los LagartosDirected by: Burnin’ PercebesScreenwriter: Burnin’ PercebesDirector of Photography: F. MartínezEditor: Burnin’ PercebesCast: Bruna Cusí, Javier Botet, Margot Sánchez, Roger Coma, Miki EsparbéOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 63’Estimated Release: July, 2019
Production: Juan González, Fernando Martínez (Viva la burnin’; Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 639 51 98 56 (Fernando) International Sales: [email protected] +34 639 51 98 56 (Fernando)
second Feature
Fiction
14 / icaa.es cannes 2019
pullMaN
Synopsis. On the first day of summer vacation, two children live an adventure through a tourist area of Mallorca, where they will live situations that will accompany them forever on their journey to maturity.
Original Title: puLLmanDirected by: Toni BestardScreenwriter: Toni Bestard & Arturo RuizDirector of Photography: Edu BiurrunEditor: Toni BestardCast: Keba Diedhou, Alba Bonnin Ostrem, Monika KowalskaOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 70’Estimated Release: May, 2019
Production: Miquel Verd (Singular Audiovisual; Spain) / Toni Bestard (Toni Bestard PC; Spain)Co-Produced by: IB3 TV; SpainContact: [email protected] +34 971 21 19 [email protected] +34 610 44 81 35 International Sales: [email protected] +34 971 21 19 22
Fictionthe platforM
Synopsis. One day Goreng wakes up with his future colleague Trimagasi in the 33rd level of a prison style place, crossed by a hole where a platform descends with meal remains left from the tenants from higher levels. Trimagasi knows the rules that govern this mysterious place: two people per level and an unknown number of them. If you go upwards you survive... but think too much and you will descend again. If you are in the bottom where the food barely arrives, you cannot trust anyone except your guts.
Original Title: eL hoyoDirected by: Galder Gaztelu-UrrutiaCast: Iván Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Zorion Eguileor, Emilio Buale, Alexandra MasangkayOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: TBCEstimated Release: TBC
Production: Basque Films / Plataforma La película AIE / Zentropa Barcelona (Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 915 48 88 77International Sales: [email protected] +34 915 48 88 77
Fiction
plaNet 5000
Synopsis. The life of two young people, Sergio and Iris, revolves around a dangerous cult. As in the song Planet 5000, he dreams of joining it, she dreams of running away.
Original Title: pLaneta 5000Directed by: Carlos ValScreenwriter: Carlos Val & Alexis BarrosoDirector of Photography: Sergio de UñaEditor: Carlos ValCast: Kimberley Tell, Itzan Escamilla, Críspulo Cabezas, Pedro Rebollo, Patricia MayaOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 88’Estimated Release: November, 2019
Production: José Ángel Delgado (Cosmos Fan; Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 667 33 33 90International Sales: [email protected] +34 667 33 33 90
second Feature
Fiction
the plaN
Synopsis. Paco, Ramon and Andrade, three friends who have been unemployed since the company they worked for shut down, have arranged to meet to carry out their plan. When all three of them are finally there, an unexpected setback stops them from leaving the house: the car they were relying on has broken down. As they look for alternative transport arrangements, the friends will find themselves caught up in a series of uncomfortable discussions, that will slowly bring down their walls and force them to take off their masks.
Original Title: eL pLanDirected by: Carlos Polo MenárguezScreenwriter: Carlos Polo Menárguez & Ignasi VidalCast: Antonio de la Torre, Raúl Arévalo, Chema del BarcoOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: TBCEstimated Release: 2020
Production: Nacho La Casa (Capitán Araña; Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 914 74 06 62International Sales: Filmax [email protected] +34 933 36 85 55
Fiction
First Feature
icaa.es / 15cannes 2019
post- production
state of iMpurity
suMeNdia
Synopsis. In the farm of Daniel, a young painter and beekeeper, two friend couples were invited by him to enjoy his lunch. The day goes smoothly. Everything begins to change when two friends of Daniel arrives, a famous international actress, Alexia, with his handsome and mysterious companion Jacobo. The provocative actress reveals the real reason why Daniel has invited all to his farm, to offer them a special gift: an orgy with his beloved new girlfriend and actress. Everything will end in a big orgy, and the peaceful lunch then becomes a devastating earthquake for marriages.
Synopsis. Faced with life changing news, Maria, a fifty-five year old Spanish woman from Bilbao, chooses to take a trip to Greece with her closest girlfriends against the advice of her son and doctors. There, she unexpectedly finds love and what seemed like a brief escape from reality turns into a luminous story of a woman, who dares to live for the moment on her own terms.
Original Title: estado impuroDirected by: Arturo PrinsScreenwriter: Juan Carlos Sampedro & Arturo PrinsDirector of Photography: Arturo Prins & Agustín PonceEditor: Arturo PrinsCast: Stephanie Troiano, Gonzalo Velasco, Florencia Lorenzo, Lucas Foresi, Paulo CapobiancoOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 142’Estimated Release: June, 2019
Production: Arturo Prins (Mono con navaja films; Spain)Contact: [email protected] +34 747 86 46 58International Sales: [email protected] +34 747 86 46 58
Original Title: sumendiaDirected by: Miguel Ángel JiménezScreenwriter: Luis Moya Redrado, Koldo Gamboa Gangoiti & Miguel Ángel JiménezDirector of Photography: Gorka G. AndreuEditor: Iván AledoCast: Emma Suárez, Akilas Karazisis, Gaizka Ugarte, Katerina ZafeiropoulouOriginal language: Spanish, English, GreekSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 105’Estimated Release: Summer / Fall, 2019
Production: Javier Arsuaga, Luis Oza, Gorka Gómez Andreu (Kinoskopik Film Produktion SL; Spain)Co-Produced by: Giorgos Karnavas, Konstantinos Kontovrakis (Heretic; Greece)Contact: Gorka Gómez Andreu [email protected] Sales: Heretic Outreach / Ioanna Stais / [email protected]+30 210 600 52 60 / +30 693 796 65 98
Fiction
Fictionthe WaNderer
Synopsis. Angela is a woman with a life that wipes out in front of her eyes. Living in a routine which seems impossible to run away from, one day she decides to embark herself on a journey leaving the city behind. Only her and her old car. Crossing lands with no name. Hidden lands without identity, like her.
Original Title: La ViajanteDirected by: Miguel MejíasScreenwriter: Miguel Mejías & Amanda LoboDirector of Photography: Pablo G. GallegoEditor: Miguel Mejías, Óscar Santamaría, Sergio JiménezCast: Ángela Boix, Miquel Insúa, Franciska RódenasOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 85’Estimated Release: June, 2019
Production: Jairo López, Jonay García, Domingo J. González (Digital 104; Spain), Sebastián Álvarez (Volcano Films; Spain), Angharad Rojo (Spain)Contact: Jairo López / Digital 104 [email protected] +34 616 83 48 90
Fiction
First Feature
soMeWhere over the raiNboW
Synopsis. Sancho, a Spanish go-getter, arrives in Manila seeking for a job promised to him by his friend, Alonso. However, upon arriving he discovers that Alonso has disappeared under strange circumstances. In his quest of locating his missing friend, Sancho finds himself unwillingly caught up in a whirlwind around the underworld of prostitution, drug trafficking and corrupted police along with Alonso´s girlfriend, Clarisse, a young prostitute. Throughout his investigation Sancho will stumble into the backstage of this tropical paradise of cheap beer and pretty women for sale.
Original Title: somewhere oVer the rainbowDirected by: Gwai LouScreenwriter: Gwai LouDirector of Photography: Gwai LouEditor: Sergio VázquezCast: Pepe Gros, Rodelio Socito, Gertrude Louise, Giovanni BaldesseriOriginal language: English, Spanish & TagalogSubtitles: EnglishRunning Time: 90’Estimated Release: September, 2019
Production: Eduardo P. Goñi (Outcast Filmmakers; Spain)Co-Produced by: Anna G. Cañoneo (Philippines), Gwai Lou Films (Malaysia)Contact: [email protected] +34 608 50 24 69
First Feature
Fiction
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POST-PRODUCTION
THE YEAR OF THE DISCOVERY
Synopsis. In 1992 two major events took place in Spain: The Olympic Games in Barcelona and the Universal ‘Expo’ in Seville, linked to the Fifth Centenary of America’s Discovery. A glorious year culminating the ‘happy eighties’ in which Spain ceased to be the eternal undeveloped, miserable and poor country to become a future economic world power. However, in a south-eastern town, Cartagena, some riots and protests caused by factory closures and deindustrialization policy ended in the burning of the regional parliament with Molotov cocktails.
Original Title: EL AÑO DEL DESCUBRIMIENTODirected by: Luis López CarrascoScreenwriter: Luis López Carrasco & Raúl LiarteDirector of Photography: Sara GallegoEditor: Sergio JiménezOriginal language: SpanishSubtitles: English / FrenchRunning Time: 180’Estimated Release: December, 2019
Production: Luis Ferrón & Luis López Carrasco (LaCima Producciones; Spain)Co-Produced by: David Epiney & Eugenia Mumenthaler (Alina Film; Switzerland)Contact: [email protected] +34 676 19 28 07
WHITE ON WHITE
Synopsis. Tierra del Fuego was a hostile territory. In the prelude to the 20th century, the marriage of an omnipotent latifundista, the owner of these lands, is about to take place. A photographer arrives, in this last corner of the earth, to immortalize the union. The future wife, just a girl, travels with him, she becomes his obsession. This obsession leads him to enter into a pact, where in exchange for betraying the forces of power, he will be able to enjoy the girl’s innocent beauty.
Edited by: Caimán Cuadernos de CineC/ Soria, 9, 4º 28005-Madridwww.caimanediciones.es Design Cover: 3TG (Tres Tipos Gráfi cos) Print: www.litofi nter.com
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Original Title: BLANCO EN BLANCODirected by: Theo CourtScreenwriter: Theo Court & Samuel M. DelgadoDirector of Photography: José A. AlayónEditor: Manuel Muñoz RivasCast: Alfredo Castro, Lars Rudolph, Lola RubioOriginal language: Spanish / EnglishSubtitles: Spanish / EnglishRunning Time: 97’Estimated Release: May, 2019
Production: José A. Alayón (El Viaje Films; Spain)Co-Produced by: Don Quijote Films (Chile)Contact: [email protected] +34 615 193 321
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