The seventh edition received 223 submissions, a 34% rise.
The Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum (September 23-26), hosted by San Sebastian Film Festival, has selected 17 projects for its seventh edition.
Sixteen projects from eleven countries will compete for four awards, including the best project award which comes with a €10,000 prize for the majority producer.
Lony Welter’s La Lluvia, the film selected at Ibermedia’s Workshop to Develop Film Projects from Central America and the Caribbean, will also participate out of competition in the forum.
Countries with projects in the selection include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Italy and Spain.
Amongst the projects is La Llorona from Jayro Bustamante,...
The Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum (September 23-26), hosted by San Sebastian Film Festival, has selected 17 projects for its seventh edition.
Sixteen projects from eleven countries will compete for four awards, including the best project award which comes with a €10,000 prize for the majority producer.
Lony Welter’s La Lluvia, the film selected at Ibermedia’s Workshop to Develop Film Projects from Central America and the Caribbean, will also participate out of competition in the forum.
Countries with projects in the selection include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Italy and Spain.
Amongst the projects is La Llorona from Jayro Bustamante,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Echo of the Mountain also scoops a top prize at the film festival in Mexico.Scroll down for full list of winners
Matias Lucchesi’s debut feature Natural Sciences (Ciencias naturales) scooped a top prize, the Golden Mayahuel and €14,700 ($20,000) in cash, in the Ibero-American competition of the 29th Guadalajara Film Festival (Ficg), March 21-30.
The Argentinian production follows an adolescent girl’s quest to reconnect with her estranged father and was launched last month at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Generation Kplus Grand Prix.
Sold by Urban Distribution, it beat competition from 18 other titles to take the top prize and also received the best screenplay award and the Feisal (Latin American Film Schools) trophy.
Lead stars Paula Herzog and Paola Barrientos shared the best actress prize.
Echo of the Mountain (Eco de la Montana), a documentary directed by veteran Nicolas Echevarria, won the prize for best Mexican film, which included...
Matias Lucchesi’s debut feature Natural Sciences (Ciencias naturales) scooped a top prize, the Golden Mayahuel and €14,700 ($20,000) in cash, in the Ibero-American competition of the 29th Guadalajara Film Festival (Ficg), March 21-30.
The Argentinian production follows an adolescent girl’s quest to reconnect with her estranged father and was launched last month at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Generation Kplus Grand Prix.
Sold by Urban Distribution, it beat competition from 18 other titles to take the top prize and also received the best screenplay award and the Feisal (Latin American Film Schools) trophy.
Lead stars Paula Herzog and Paola Barrientos shared the best actress prize.
Echo of the Mountain (Eco de la Montana), a documentary directed by veteran Nicolas Echevarria, won the prize for best Mexican film, which included...
- 3/30/2014
- by [email protected] (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Six projects will take place in the upcoming initiative, taking place during the Guadalajara International Film Festival in March.
Guadalajara International Film Festival has unveiled the six projects taking part in the eighth Films in Progress.
As part of the inititiative, the six projects will be presented to industry professionals during the upcoming festival with the possibility of supporting the completion of projects and their subsequent exhibition.
The projects are:
Con El Alma En Una Pieza, La Leyenda De El Personal, dir: Jorge Bidault (Mexico)Con La Noche Adentro (Night Inside Me), dir: Sergio Estrada (Bolivia)El Guri (The Kid), dir: Sebastián Schindel (Argentina)El Patrón (The Boss), dir: Sergio M. Mazza (Argentina)La Mujer De La Esclavina (The Woman Of The Cape), dir. Alfonso Gazitúa (Chile)Trago Comigo (Bring It Inside), dir. Tata Amaral (Brazil)
All projects will be screened on March 25 and 26 with English subtitles at the festival’s venue, Expo Guadalajara...
Guadalajara International Film Festival has unveiled the six projects taking part in the eighth Films in Progress.
As part of the inititiative, the six projects will be presented to industry professionals during the upcoming festival with the possibility of supporting the completion of projects and their subsequent exhibition.
The projects are:
Con El Alma En Una Pieza, La Leyenda De El Personal, dir: Jorge Bidault (Mexico)Con La Noche Adentro (Night Inside Me), dir: Sergio Estrada (Bolivia)El Guri (The Kid), dir: Sebastián Schindel (Argentina)El Patrón (The Boss), dir: Sergio M. Mazza (Argentina)La Mujer De La Esclavina (The Woman Of The Cape), dir. Alfonso Gazitúa (Chile)Trago Comigo (Bring It Inside), dir. Tata Amaral (Brazil)
All projects will be screened on March 25 and 26 with English subtitles at the festival’s venue, Expo Guadalajara...
- 2/11/2014
- by [email protected] (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Hey S&A Brit readers… this one’s for you
The Barbican Centre presents Cinema Of Brazil, Music & Rhythm, beginning this weekend, the 25th of June through the 3rd of July.
Of note, Besouro, a film that has received mucho coverage on this blog, will screen at the festival, on Saturday, the 26th, at 6Pm, followed by a Q&A with the director, João Daniel Tikhomiroff.
I’ve seen Besouro (albeit online) and definitely recommend it! Martial arts meet Brazilian (read African) mythology; efficiently directed; poetic; magical; the fight sequences were choreography by Hong Kong master Huen Chiu Ku, who worked on The Matrix, Kill Bill, and several Jet Li films. The film has all the right elements to make it an accessible film to even the average Yankee fanboy. I may be exaggerating a bit, but not much at all. If a film like Ong-Bak can find some success stateside,...
The Barbican Centre presents Cinema Of Brazil, Music & Rhythm, beginning this weekend, the 25th of June through the 3rd of July.
Of note, Besouro, a film that has received mucho coverage on this blog, will screen at the festival, on Saturday, the 26th, at 6Pm, followed by a Q&A with the director, João Daniel Tikhomiroff.
I’ve seen Besouro (albeit online) and definitely recommend it! Martial arts meet Brazilian (read African) mythology; efficiently directed; poetic; magical; the fight sequences were choreography by Hong Kong master Huen Chiu Ku, who worked on The Matrix, Kill Bill, and several Jet Li films. The film has all the right elements to make it an accessible film to even the average Yankee fanboy. I may be exaggerating a bit, but not much at all. If a film like Ong-Bak can find some success stateside,...
- 6/24/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
- Brazilian beats a cometh this coming summer via Anywhere Road and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment. The Hollywood Reporter reports that North American rights to the award-winning musical drama have been picked up and will see a theatre release on August 17th. From writer/director Tata Amaral, Antônia is the story of four young Brazilian women, Preta, Barbarah, Mayah and Lena, old-time friends who live in a poor neighborhood of São Paulo and decide to have their own hip-hop group, having to deal with the violence near their homes and the machismo of the musical business. ...
- 6/18/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
Netflix, Anywhere pact for 'Antonia'
Anywhere Road and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment have acquired the award-winning North American rights to Antonia, the Brazilian musical drama from writer/director Tata Amaral. Antonia follows four friends who dream of becoming a professional hip-hop R&B band. The film is co-written by Roberto Moreira and produced by Amaral and Georgia Costa Araujo with Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Bel Berlinck and Fernando Meirelles serving as co-producers. It will open theatrically in the U.S. on Aug. 17.
- 6/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meirelles, 6 Sales eye wider audience for Brazil
CANNES -- Hot Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles is in talks to set up a joint venture between his production shingle, O2 Filmes, and Madrid-based sales consortium 6 Sales to co-develop, produce and distribute Brazilian films worldwide.
"We produce a lot of great films out of Brazil, but they never leave the country because there isn't the (distribution) infrastructure in place to handle it," Meirelles said in an interview. "This is what this new company will do."
Set up by Meirelles, Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Paolo Morelli, 02 is one of Latin America's leading production houses, having created Meirelles' Academy Award-winning City of God as well as Morelli's upcoming City of Men and Meirelles' Blindness, set to shoot in 2008.
Spain's 6 Sales specializes in commercial art house fare and features for the international market in English and Spanish, produced by independent companies from the U.S., Latin America and Europe and is now handling O2 co-production Antonia, Tata Amaral's second feature film.
Meirelles is finalizing cast on dark drama Blindness, meeting with actors to take on the lead role of a Doctor Who is the only man who can see in a village where everyone else is struck blind.
"We produce a lot of great films out of Brazil, but they never leave the country because there isn't the (distribution) infrastructure in place to handle it," Meirelles said in an interview. "This is what this new company will do."
Set up by Meirelles, Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Paolo Morelli, 02 is one of Latin America's leading production houses, having created Meirelles' Academy Award-winning City of God as well as Morelli's upcoming City of Men and Meirelles' Blindness, set to shoot in 2008.
Spain's 6 Sales specializes in commercial art house fare and features for the international market in English and Spanish, produced by independent companies from the U.S., Latin America and Europe and is now handling O2 co-production Antonia, Tata Amaral's second feature film.
Meirelles is finalizing cast on dark drama Blindness, meeting with actors to take on the lead role of a Doctor Who is the only man who can see in a village where everyone else is struck blind.
- 5/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlin's Generation turns 30
MUNICH -- Generation, the children's and young people's sidebar at the Berlin International Film Festival, will feature a slate of 25 feature films from 22 countries in addition to 21 short films from 13 countries, organizers announced Friday.
The sidebar, which marks its 30th anniversary this year, will have three world premieres and ten international premieres in its two sections, Generation Kplus (formerly the Kinderfilmfest) and Generation 14plus.
The Generation Kplus competition will open Feb. 9 with the international premiere of Robert Shaye's fantasy adventure "The Last Mimzy", starring Timothy Hutton and Rainn Wilson.
The youth film competition, Generation 14plus, opens the same day with Tata Amaral's Brazilian hip-hop drama "Antonia". Amaral's 1996 film "Um Ceu de Estrellas" (A Starry Sky) appeared at the Berlinale in the Forum section.
A complete list of titles follows.
Generation Kplus
"Bloede Muetze!" (Silly's Sweet Summer) by Johannes Schmid, Germany; "Dek Hor" (Dorm) by Songyos Sugmakanan, Thailand; "Forortsungar" (Kidz in da Hood) by Ylva Gustavsson and Catti Edfeldt, Sweden; "Ice Keh-ki" (Ice Bar) by Yeo In-gwang, South Korea; "Iszka Utazasa" (Iska's Journey) by Csaba Bollok, Hungary; "Je m'appelle Elisabeth" (Call Me Elisabeth) by Jean-Pierre Ameris, France; "Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek" (Crusade in Jeans) by Ben Sombogaart, The Netherlands/Germany /Luxembourg/Belgium; "The Last Mimzy" by Robert Shaye, U.S.; "Leiutajatekula Lotte"(Lotte from Gadgetville) by Heiki Ernits and Janno Poldma, Estonia/Latvia; "Mukhsin" by Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysia; "Razzle Dazzle" by Darren Ashton, Australia; "Sipur Hatzi Russi" (Love & Dance) by Eitan Anner, Israel; "Trigger" by Gunnar Vikene, Norway/Sweden/Denmark; "U" by Gregoire Solotareff & Serge Elissalde, France
Generation 14plus
Adama Meshuga'at (Sweet Mud) by Dror Shaul, Israel/Germany/France/Japan; "Antonia" (Antonia) by Tata Amaral, Brazil; "Cum mi-am petrecut sfars, itul lumii" (The Way I Spent the End of the World) by Catalin Mitulescu, Romania/France; "Cheonhajangsa Madonna" (Like a Virgin) by Lee Hae-young and Lee Hae-jun, South Korea; "Eagle vs.
The sidebar, which marks its 30th anniversary this year, will have three world premieres and ten international premieres in its two sections, Generation Kplus (formerly the Kinderfilmfest) and Generation 14plus.
The Generation Kplus competition will open Feb. 9 with the international premiere of Robert Shaye's fantasy adventure "The Last Mimzy", starring Timothy Hutton and Rainn Wilson.
The youth film competition, Generation 14plus, opens the same day with Tata Amaral's Brazilian hip-hop drama "Antonia". Amaral's 1996 film "Um Ceu de Estrellas" (A Starry Sky) appeared at the Berlinale in the Forum section.
A complete list of titles follows.
Generation Kplus
"Bloede Muetze!" (Silly's Sweet Summer) by Johannes Schmid, Germany; "Dek Hor" (Dorm) by Songyos Sugmakanan, Thailand; "Forortsungar" (Kidz in da Hood) by Ylva Gustavsson and Catti Edfeldt, Sweden; "Ice Keh-ki" (Ice Bar) by Yeo In-gwang, South Korea; "Iszka Utazasa" (Iska's Journey) by Csaba Bollok, Hungary; "Je m'appelle Elisabeth" (Call Me Elisabeth) by Jean-Pierre Ameris, France; "Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek" (Crusade in Jeans) by Ben Sombogaart, The Netherlands/Germany /Luxembourg/Belgium; "The Last Mimzy" by Robert Shaye, U.S.; "Leiutajatekula Lotte"(Lotte from Gadgetville) by Heiki Ernits and Janno Poldma, Estonia/Latvia; "Mukhsin" by Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysia; "Razzle Dazzle" by Darren Ashton, Australia; "Sipur Hatzi Russi" (Love & Dance) by Eitan Anner, Israel; "Trigger" by Gunnar Vikene, Norway/Sweden/Denmark; "U" by Gregoire Solotareff & Serge Elissalde, France
Generation 14plus
Adama Meshuga'at (Sweet Mud) by Dror Shaul, Israel/Germany/France/Japan; "Antonia" (Antonia) by Tata Amaral, Brazil; "Cum mi-am petrecut sfars, itul lumii" (The Way I Spent the End of the World) by Catalin Mitulescu, Romania/France; "Cheonhajangsa Madonna" (Like a Virgin) by Lee Hae-young and Lee Hae-jun, South Korea; "Eagle vs.
- 1/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Antonia
Coracao da Selva/02 Filmes/Globo Filmes
"Antonia" is as high-spirited and toe-tapping as it is dramatic in its examination of the lives of four young black women in the poor outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Unlike many such women, though, these four are loaded with musical talent, enough to form a rap group that is about to take off when it runs into the obstacles of jealousy, sexism and violence.
But these women are fighters, so an infectious, feisty mood overwhelms all circumstances that conspire against their collective dream. A vibrant festival film, "Antonia" could carve out a niche for itself in domestic specialty markets thanks to a great soundtrack.
Friends since childhood in their neighborhood of Brasilandia, the girls provide backup vocals for male rappers. When they prevail upon the guys to let them open a concert with one of their songs, the all-girl group wins over an unruly crowd with talent and beauty. Plus, a savvy musical manager (Thaide) catches the act and realizes their potential.
Difficulties hit immediately. Preta (Negra Li) sees Mayah (Quelynah) talking with her philandering boyfriend and kicks her out of the band. Lena (Cindy) gets pregnant and makes a deal with the reluctant father to give up singing in ex-change for his marrying her. Barbarah (Leilah Moreno), the one girl of mixed blood, seeks revenge for the savage beating of her gay brother and winds up in prison on a manslaughter charge. But Antonia, as the group calls itself, refuses to die.
The four leads come from the Sao Paulo musical scene, so the music is hot. Under the direction of Sao Paulo native Tata Amaral, the women prove remarkably resourceful actresses as well as terrific performers. In the third movie of her trilogy about female archetypes, Amaral views her female characters as warriors without sacrificing their femininity. The movie, ably written by Amaral and Roberto Moreira, very smoothly makes room for intense, emotional drama about friendships, loyalty and hardships while leaving plenty of time for stirring musical numbers.
"Antonia" is as high-spirited and toe-tapping as it is dramatic in its examination of the lives of four young black women in the poor outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Unlike many such women, though, these four are loaded with musical talent, enough to form a rap group that is about to take off when it runs into the obstacles of jealousy, sexism and violence.
But these women are fighters, so an infectious, feisty mood overwhelms all circumstances that conspire against their collective dream. A vibrant festival film, "Antonia" could carve out a niche for itself in domestic specialty markets thanks to a great soundtrack.
Friends since childhood in their neighborhood of Brasilandia, the girls provide backup vocals for male rappers. When they prevail upon the guys to let them open a concert with one of their songs, the all-girl group wins over an unruly crowd with talent and beauty. Plus, a savvy musical manager (Thaide) catches the act and realizes their potential.
Difficulties hit immediately. Preta (Negra Li) sees Mayah (Quelynah) talking with her philandering boyfriend and kicks her out of the band. Lena (Cindy) gets pregnant and makes a deal with the reluctant father to give up singing in ex-change for his marrying her. Barbarah (Leilah Moreno), the one girl of mixed blood, seeks revenge for the savage beating of her gay brother and winds up in prison on a manslaughter charge. But Antonia, as the group calls itself, refuses to die.
The four leads come from the Sao Paulo musical scene, so the music is hot. Under the direction of Sao Paulo native Tata Amaral, the women prove remarkably resourceful actresses as well as terrific performers. In the third movie of her trilogy about female archetypes, Amaral views her female characters as warriors without sacrificing their femininity. The movie, ably written by Amaral and Roberto Moreira, very smoothly makes room for intense, emotional drama about friendships, loyalty and hardships while leaving plenty of time for stirring musical numbers.
- 11/8/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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