Pablo Stoll’s “Summer Hit,” Matías Lucchessi’s “Las rojas,” Joaquín Peñagaricano and Pablo Abdala’s “Mateína” are some of the Uruguayan projects at different stages participating in a spotlight at Cannes’ Producers Network on the Marché du Film’s digital platform on Tuesday 23.
Five Uruguayan companies, Tarkiofilm, Cimarrón, Montelona, Nadador and Salado, have been selected by the country’s national film body Icau to pitch their production slates at the new format French market.
Recently appointed general director at Icau, Uruguay’s film-tv agency, Roberto Blatt told Variety that Uruguay shows a “maturity in its cinema, backed by a great diversity of formats, genres and styles, and the high creative and technical levels of our professionals.” He went on to say, “That was made evident by the success of titles made free through Vera TV [Uruguayan broadcaster Antel’s digital platform] during the pandemic.”
Blatt pointed out that the Uruguayan public...
Five Uruguayan companies, Tarkiofilm, Cimarrón, Montelona, Nadador and Salado, have been selected by the country’s national film body Icau to pitch their production slates at the new format French market.
Recently appointed general director at Icau, Uruguay’s film-tv agency, Roberto Blatt told Variety that Uruguay shows a “maturity in its cinema, backed by a great diversity of formats, genres and styles, and the high creative and technical levels of our professionals.” He went on to say, “That was made evident by the success of titles made free through Vera TV [Uruguayan broadcaster Antel’s digital platform] during the pandemic.”
Blatt pointed out that the Uruguayan public...
- 6/22/2020
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid — Omar Zuñiga’s “Los Fuertes,’ Sebastián Muñoz’s “The Prince” and Carlos Piñeiro’s “Sirena” have been selected for the 34th, twice-yearly, Films in Progress, a Latin American pix-in-post competition which runs Sept.24-26 at Spain’s San Sebastián Festival, representing one of the event’s biggest industry attractions for arthouse sales agents and distributors.
Strong on co-productions – a reflection if the bi-lateral and minority co-production funds in place in Brazil, Argentina and Chile – this year’s selection packs five first features – six if you count Argentine Nicolas Savignone’s prior “Los desechables” as a medium-feature – a reminder of the hordes of filmmakers pouring out of film schools in Latin America, powering up production levels dramatically over the last decade.
Some of the first-time filmmakers are, however, already well-known. A New York University’s Graduate Film Program alum, Chile’s Omar Zuñiga co-founded Santiago de Chile-based Cinestación in 2008 with...
Strong on co-productions – a reflection if the bi-lateral and minority co-production funds in place in Brazil, Argentina and Chile – this year’s selection packs five first features – six if you count Argentine Nicolas Savignone’s prior “Los desechables” as a medium-feature – a reminder of the hordes of filmmakers pouring out of film schools in Latin America, powering up production levels dramatically over the last decade.
Some of the first-time filmmakers are, however, already well-known. A New York University’s Graduate Film Program alum, Chile’s Omar Zuñiga co-founded Santiago de Chile-based Cinestación in 2008 with...
- 8/16/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Six films have been selected for coveted spots in the San Sebastian International Film Festival’s Films in Progress sidebar, which is dedicated to unfinished Latin American gems.
The films that made the cut from the 181 titles submitted are: Mateina by Joaquin Penagaricano and Pablo Abdala (Uruguay – Brazil – Argentina); Sharks by Lucia Garibaldi (Uruguay – Argentina); The Prince by Sebastian Munoz (Chile – Argentina); Sirena by Carlos Pineiro (Bolivia); Ni heroe ni traidor by Nicolas Savignone (Argentina); and Los fuertes by Omar Zuniga (Chile).
The Films in Progress section awards postproduction financial ...
The films that made the cut from the 181 titles submitted are: Mateina by Joaquin Penagaricano and Pablo Abdala (Uruguay – Brazil – Argentina); Sharks by Lucia Garibaldi (Uruguay – Argentina); The Prince by Sebastian Munoz (Chile – Argentina); Sirena by Carlos Pineiro (Bolivia); Ni heroe ni traidor by Nicolas Savignone (Argentina); and Los fuertes by Omar Zuniga (Chile).
The Films in Progress section awards postproduction financial ...
- 8/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Six films have been selected for coveted spots in the San Sebastian International Film Festival’s Films in Progress sidebar, which is dedicated to unfinished Latin American gems.
The films that made the cut from the 181 titles submitted are: Mateina by Joaquin Penagaricano and Pablo Abdala (Uruguay – Brazil – Argentina); Sharks by Lucia Garibaldi (Uruguay – Argentina); The Prince by Sebastian Munoz (Chile – Argentina); Sirena by Carlos Pineiro (Bolivia); Ni heroe ni traidor by Nicolas Savignone (Argentina); and Los fuertes by Omar Zuniga (Chile).
The Films in Progress section awards postproduction financial ...
The films that made the cut from the 181 titles submitted are: Mateina by Joaquin Penagaricano and Pablo Abdala (Uruguay – Brazil – Argentina); Sharks by Lucia Garibaldi (Uruguay – Argentina); The Prince by Sebastian Munoz (Chile – Argentina); Sirena by Carlos Pineiro (Bolivia); Ni heroe ni traidor by Nicolas Savignone (Argentina); and Los fuertes by Omar Zuniga (Chile).
The Films in Progress section awards postproduction financial ...
- 8/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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