In its extensive coverage of Spain in Berlin, the country of the European film market in focus, diverse The country is seen in the joint production market for this year.
A handful of Spanish titles on 22 BerlinaliThe second abbreviation The joint production market was varied as it comes. Aquí y allí films’ konbini “is a rare joint production with Japan while” Girl, do not play “by Ainhoa RodríGuez calls himself Nuer anti -film about female monsters.” Men and Days “, which is located in Barcelona and London, is a romantic drama Gay while “March 14Y“A VFF TALENT AWAISIBLE AWARD AWARD in Market Project Market, and” Death in Torrevieja “are family dramas, the latter with the development of murder in the town of Resort.
However, what unites the five projects, and this is a typical for the Spanish cinema that its new generation of cinema – is its strong social focus.
All five pictures appeared for the first time in the market in the European Film Market (EFM), where they were among about 35 fictional films from 27 countries participating in the joint production market, which runs from 15 to 19 February.
March 14Y(“Fourteen March”), Alberto Gross Molo and screenwriter Tomo Bio Instra
One of the six projects that received prizes in the joint production market for this year, a cash prize of 10,000 euros (10,500 dollars) for the best new project in the talent project market. Contraria Media, the executive producer of Gross Molo, was produced alongside Ayhe Productions, which supported the famous “Solos”, Solita, behind the Sundance “The Fishbowl”. Héctor (11) and his sister GMA (6) faces the last 24 hours before the divorce of their parents – a day that determines their future. Tomorrow, they must choose the father they want to live with. But Hector is afraid that if their answers do not match, the judge may separate them. It has passed through La Incubadora Ecam, Talents screenplay station in Berlinaly on its development path. “Beyond the subject of divorce,” March 14 “talks about love between siblings, family and pain caused by conflict with their loved ones,” says Laura Ijdos from the Damia Media.
“Conbini”, Pedro Colantes, Tomo Kano, Siaka Akitsu
“Konbini” focuses on Kisayo, a struggling voice artist who works late in the Tokyo store. One night, he interferes when an elderly man intended to arrest the theft. This opportunity corresponds to an unexpected bond, linking a different life with a great difference. It is still in early development, supported by the Spanish Film Institute and the Japanese Tsotaya program, “Konbini” is a wonderful story that reflects a harsh fact but it was narrated in a soft way that makes you fall in love with her. Collantes says: “It is a dream to lead and participate in such international production with cultural entertainment It is one of the most production companies in Japan with more than 30 years of experience. ”
“Girl, Duns” (“Girl, Do not play”) They appointed Rodriguez
Maria, six -year -old, lives with her mother at an Extremadura’s side. Her mother, who is constantly cooking and stomach pain, sometimes fades before dawn. One night, the evil meeting forces them on the side of the way to flee. When the secrets collapse, Maria begins to question the true nature of her mother – and herself. Rodriguez is involved in its production by Les Films du Worso and Tentación Cabiria, and says her horror movie “is exposed to the legend of” the female monster “while exploring the mother’s ties and conflict between identity and social imposition. From the child’s point of view, it praises the cinematic traditions only to sabotage it from a point of view New.
“Men and Days” (“Men and Days”), Arno Villaro
It was produced by Nanouk films, local films and Lluís Miñarro, “Men and Days” by Arnau VILARó (“ALCARRRàS”) inspired by the life of the researcher in late Spanish studies David Velasica. It is located in 1992 in Barcelona, followed by Vilaseca’s return from London after the completion of a doctorate and toxic separation. Amid the Olympic fever and the AIDS crisis, notes begin to love among men, as it later received praise after its publication. With the support of ICEC, Creative Euro Media and 3Cat, the project is awaiting support from Televisión Española and CNC. Its producers highlight its new identity, rarely seen in Spanish cinema.
Men and days
“Death in Torrevieja” (“Death in Torifiga”) Adriana Arhatia Screenplay Book: Arratia, Marina Vigueras and Pearl Romina
Participation in the talent projects market in the participating production market in Berlinale, Maqueta Films and Nakamura Films shared during the hot summer in Torrevieja tourist resort where Citia, a single mother who is struggling to raise her unwanted son, is alive every day through Illegal shadows and bets. But her world has turned when a mysterious tourist dies in one of her parties. Actors Katrina Hortado Fernandez and Anna Jiminiz La Santa are led. “She is 25 years old, uses a unique language and has a very clear purpose is to give a vision of women’s stories who live on the margins of society. Its producers say:” Her contemporary movie, strength and loss breathes. “
