Proyecta 2021 will host the presentation of 16 projects in search of co-production

Proyecta, an initiative organized by Ventana Sur, Marché du Film-Festival de Cannes and San Sebastian Film Festival, will host the presentation to producers, programmers and sales agents of 16 audiovisual projects in development in search of co-production between Latin American and Europe, with the aim of finding partners to complete their financing and international distribution.

The fourth edition of Proyecta to run in-person and online in the frame of Ventana Sur, will consist in a pitching session by the projectsOf representatives on November 30 in Buenos Aires followed, on December 1, by one-to-one meetings with accredited film industry professionals. On November 30 and December 2, they will also have the opportunity of setting up online meetings.

The selection is made up of eleven Latin American projects from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Ecuador and five European projects from Germany, Spain and Turkey. Of these 16 projects,13 have been selected by Paulo Roberto de Carvalho (Autentika Films), Javier Martín (San Sebastian Film Festival) and Clara Massot (Ventana Sur). The other three are one Ecuadorian project resulting from the EAVE Puentes-Europe/Latin America Co-production Workshop, one from Brasil CineMundi, and a Spanish project, Camionero by Francisco Marise, winner of the Best Project Award of the tenth San Sebastian Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum.

The 16 projects selected include works signed by filmmakers who have participated in San Sebastian in the last years: Silvina Schnicer (Tigre, New Directors 2017, Carajita, New Directors 2021); Meritxell Colell (Con el viento – Amb el vent / Facing the Wind, Made in Spain 2018, Dúo, Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum 2018); João Dumans (Arábia / Araby, Horizontes Latinos 2017); Francisco Marise (Para la guerra / To War, New Directors 2018) and Niles Atallah (Lucía, Films in Progress 2009 and New Directors 2010).

Proyecta is part of Ventana Sur, Latin America's leading audiovisual market, jointly organised by Argentina's National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) and Marché du Film-Festival de Cannes. The 2021 edition will be held between November 29 and December 3. 

1 

A TERRA GASTA / THE WASTE LAND

JOÃO DUMANS (BRAZIL)

Country(ies) of production: Brazil

Production: KATÁSIA FILMES 

2 

ALFREDO LARÓN

BENJAMIN MIRGUET (FRANCE)

Country(ies) of production: Germany - France - Ecuador

Production: ROHFILM PRODUCTIONS 

3 

BIR IHTIMAL DAHA VAR / ANOTHER POSSIBILITY

BURAK ÇEVIK (TURKEY)

Country(ies) of production: Turkey - Germany

Production: FOL FILM 

4 

DIAMANTE / DIAMOND

YASHIRA JORDÁN (BOLIVIA)

Country(ies) of production: Bolivia - Argentina

Production: EMPATÍA CINEMA 

5 

EL FUTURO NO NOS HA CAMBIADO / THE FUTURE HASN'T CHANGED US

ADRIÁN ORR (SPAIN)

Country(ies) of production: Spain - Portugal

Production: EL VIAJE FILMS 

6 

FANTASMAS DE INVIERNO / WINTER'S GHOSTS

GABRIELA VIDAL (ARGENTINA)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Peru

Production: GUALICHO CINE 

7 

GEMELOS CELESTIALES / CELESTIAL TWINS

NILLES ATALLAH (CHILE)

Country(ies) of production: Chile - Netherlands

Production: QUIJOTE FILMS 

8 

ILUMINADA

NICOLAS RINCÓN (COLOMBIA)

Country(ies) of production: Colombia - Belgium - France

Production: MEDIO DE CONTENCIÓN PRODUCCIONES 

9 

LA QUINTA / THE COTTAGE

SILVINA SCHNICER (ARGENTINA)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Chile

Production: BRAVA CINE 

10 

LA RAZA DE LOS LIGEROS / THE SWIFT ONES

PAOLA BUONTEMPO (ARGENTINA)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina

Production: MURILLO CINE 

11 

LEJOS DE LOS ÁRBOLES / FAR FROM TREES

MERITXELL COLELL (SPAIN)

Country(ies) of production: Spain - Peru

Production: ALLEGRA FILMS 

12 

SI NO ARDEMOS, CÓMO ILUMINAR LA NOCHE / IF WE DON'T BURN, HOW DO WE LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

KIM TORRES (COSTA RICA)

Country(ies) of production: Costa Rica - Mexico - France

Production: NOCHE NEGRA PRODUCCIONES 

13 

TATURANA

CARLOS PIÑEIRO (BOLIVIA)

Country(ies) of production: Bolivia

Production: SOCAVÓN CINE 

EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM – SAN SEBASTIAN FESTIVAL

14 

CAMIONERO

FRANCISCO MARISE (ARGENTINA)

Country(ies) of production: Spain - Argentina - France - Germany

Production: LOLITA FILMS 

EAVE PUENTES-EUROPE / LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION WORKSHOP

15 

LORETTA YOUNG Y LOS MONSTRUOS / LORETTA YOUNG AND THE MONSTERS

JAVIER ANDRADE (ECUADOR)

Country(ies) of production: Ecuador - Chile - Norway

Production: PUNK S.A. 

BRASIL CINEMUNDI

16 

O SEGREDO DE SIKÁN / THE SECRET OF SIKÁN

EVERLANE MORAES (BRAZIL)

Country(ies) of production: Brazil

Production: CARAPIÁ FILMES