film and TV market and co-production forum launched its inaugural Proyecta feature project showcase.and the San Sebastian Film Festival, Proyecta was established to aid in facilitation of international co-productions between Europe and Latin America.
From the 16 projects, nine are first or second features interspersed with established, multi-award-winning filmmakers such as Lucía Puenzo, director of 2007’s Cannes Critics’ Week, Golden Rail, ACID and Regards Jeunes Prize-winner “XXY,” and who is fresh off Fabula’s Daniela Vega-starred series “The Pack.” Puenzo will be pitching “Los Impactados,” written by her friend Lorena Ventimiglia, about a girl who wakes from a six-week coma after being struck by lightning.
“A House in the Country” comes from on-the-rise Brazilian Davi Pretto, whose 2016 feature “Rifle” took best film at the Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema. The Brazil-Argentina co-production is produced by jis label, Tokyo Filmes, and backed by Cinema do Brazil. Igor Verde co-writes. Alexandra Latishev Salazar is another former Horizontes Latinos competitor with his 2017 debut “Madea.” He brings his latest “Delirium” to Proyecta, having pitched at Chile’s Australab 3 Puertos Cine section. The Chile-Costa Rica co-production is led by “Madea” producers Linterna Films.
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