PUENTES announces the selection for 2013
Press release
PUENTES announces the selection for 2013
We are proud to announce this year’s selection for PUENTES! Out of over 50 applications from Europe and Latin America, 10 producers with their feature films in development have been selected to participate.
As a novelty this year, PUENTES launches its 5th edition in Locarno after the great success of projects developed at previous editions at festivals and in international distribution, including Gloria by Sebastian Lelio (Silver Bear for Best Actress in Berlin) and former OPEN DOORS project Tanta Agua by Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge (Berlinale Panorama, Best Film & Best Script at Guadalajara IFF and Miami FF among others).
These projects, together with other 40 in the past 4 years, have been selected for the PUENTES / Europe Latin America Producers Workshop, where they were developed over one year by the attending European and Latin American producers under the guidance of top notch consultants.
PUENTES 2013 features again 2 workshops: one in Locarno, Switzerland (August 8-14) in the framework of the Festival del film Locarno, and the second in Montevideo, Uruguay (Nov 29-Dec 4). Thanks to a special partnership with VENTANA SUR (Dec 3-6, 2013), free accreditations will be offered to the selected participants who want to attend the market after the second workshop.
The selected projects and participants for PUENTES 2013 include Argentinean producer Barbara Francisco with LA HELADA NEGRA by Maximiliano Schonfeld (GERMANIA), Chilean producer Eduardo Villalobos with THE LIGHT UNTAMED by Alejandro Fernandez Almendras (HUACHO), Ecuadorian producer Arturo Yépez Z with SUCH IS LIFE IN THE TROPICS by Sebastián Cordero (CRONICAS, RABIA, EUROPA REPORT), Belgian producer Marie Besson with THE BLOOD OF YOUR BLOOD by Stefano Passeto (LE VOYAGE DE LUCIA, TORTOISES ON HER BACK) and Dutch producer Danielle Guirguis with Joost Van Ginkel’s LA HOLANDESA (17HZZ).
PUENTES is organised by EAVE in partnership with Industry Days and the Open Doors Initiative of the Festival del film Locarno, Mutante Cine and Ventana Sur, with the support of MEDIA Mundus.
EXHAUSTIVE LIST - PUENTES 2013 PARTICIPANTS
- Marie Besson, Eklektik Productions, Belgium; project: The Blood of Your Blood, director: Stefano Passeto
- Marcela Esquivel Jiménez, La Feria Producciones, Costa Rica; project: August, director: Armando Capó Ramos
- Barbara Francisco, Pasto, Argentina; project: The Black Frost, director: Maximiliano Schonfeld
- Danielle Guirguis, Smarthouse Films, The Netherlands; project: La Holandesa, director: Joost van Ginkel
- Mayi Gutiérrez, Tourmalet Films, Spain; project: Impossible Germany, directors: Daniel Remón and Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- Tatiana Leite, Bubbles Project, Brazil; project: Other Times, director: Christiane Jatahy
- Marta Lewandowska, Amondo Films, Poland; project: Dark Fields, director: Joaquín del Paso
- Tobias Siebert, DIE BASISberlin Medien, Germany; project: Silver Mountain, director: Luigi Falorni
- Eduardo Villalobos, El Remanso Cine, Chile; project: The Light Untamed, director: Alejandro Fernandez Almendras
- Arturo Yépez Z, Carnaval Cine, Ecuador; project: Such is Life in the Tropics, director: Sebastián Cordero
For more information please contact: EAVE - Tanika Sajatovic, International Coordinator: tanika@eave.org
Page published 30 July 2013. Updated 31 July 2013.
