Puentes 2011 – the selection!
Press release
Following the success of the first two editions of PUENTES, we are delighted to announce that PUENTES will feature in 2011 two workshops again: the first one in Buenos Aires during BAFICI (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) parallel to the BAL (Buenos Aires Lab) from April 7– 11, 2011 and the second one in Gijón during Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón from November 21 – 24, 2011.
PUENTES is organised by EAVE in partnership with TyPA, BAFICI, BAL, Gijón International Film Festival and with the support from MEDIA Mundus.
Puentes will bring together five producers with feature projects from Latin America and five from Europe. During the two workshops they will work together with ‘state of the art’ experts from both continents on script development, co-production between Latin America and Europe, financing in the two regions, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching and promotion, and meet with decision makers during both sessions.
The following producers were selected for PUENTES 2011:
- Maximiliano Cruz, Interior13 Cine, Mexico; project: Los mejores temas (Greatest Hits)
- Benjamin Domenech, Rei Cine, Argentina; project: Historia del miedo
- Lucie Kalmar, Mômerade, France; project: Rey
- Paula Massa, Utopica Cine, Argentina; project: Como funcionan casi todas las cosas
- Renata Moura, Sancho Filmes - Michael Wahrmann, Brazil; project: Rosa F.C.
- Anthony Rey, Hélicotronc, Belgium; project: Twilight Tales
- Hanne-Lovise Skartveit, Luna-films, Norway/USA; project: Feriado
- Johanna Teichmann, Neue Bioskop Film Produktions & Vertriebs, Germany; project: Aleli's House
- Josefina Undurraga, Forastero, Chile; project: I’m sorry Mom
- María Zamora, Avalon P.C., Spain; project: They are All Dead
The 10 selected producers will work on the development of their projects under the guidance of top industry professionals from both continents, such as for the first session in Buenos Aires:
- Bruno Bettati, Jirafa Film, Chile
- Vincenzo Bugno, World Cinema Fund, Germany
- Rémi Burah, Arte France Cinéma and Arte/Cofinova, France
- Jean des Forêts, Petit Film, France
- Benny Drechsel, Rohfilm, Germany
- Sandro Fiorin, FIGa Films, USA
- Alan Fountain, EAVE Head of Studies, UK
- Jorge Goldenberg, Script Consultant, Argentina
- Janneke Langelaan, Hubert Bals Fund, The Netherlands
- Miguel Machalski, Script Consultant, France
- Hernan Musaluppi, Rizoma Films, Argentina
- Roberto Olla, Eurimages, EU
- Peter Rommel, Rommel Film, Germany
- Michael Weber, The Match Factory, Germany
The PUENTES workshop will offer in-depth insight into audiovisual market and operating conditions, legal frameworks, financing, sales, distribution and exhibition practices in both continents, it will provide opportunities for networking between the participants and their companies to create medium and long term co-financing and co-production relationships and it will enable the access to a network of producers, markets, festivals and decision makers in both continents.
For more information please contact:
EAVE - Tanika Sajatovic, International Coordinator: tanika@eave.org
BAL – Emilie Faurie, Workshop Coordinator: emilie@bafici.gov.ar
www.eave.org, www.bafici.gov.ar, www.puentesworkshop.com
Page published 31 March 2011.
