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November 9-12, 2020 Industry programme this is european cinema November 6-14, 2020 festivaldesevilla.eu A project by: With the support of:
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Summary
3 Welcome
PROGRAMME
5 Calendar
6 European Film Factory
7 Europa Cinemas Innovation Lab
8 PROMIO
9 XVIII Animation and Video Game Encounter
10 Women in Focus “AAMMA GENERA” Program
European Coproductions: PORTUGAL
14 A Noiva/The Bride
16 Amanhã
18 America
20 Anoche Conquisté Tebas
22 Ariel
24 La Edad
26 Légua
28 Mamacruz
30 Projecto Global
32 Um Filme de Fernando Riuz Vergara
2 INDUSTRY GUIDE Presentation 17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
2020 SEFF INDUSTRY is possible thanks to:
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Welcome to
Presentation
SEFF Industry
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The Industry Department of the Seville European Film
Festival welcomes you to this guide dedicated to film
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professionals. Despite the exceptional nature of this
year’s event, it is our determination to continue facil-
itating a forum for meeting and debating in order to
encourage dialogue between the various specialists
in the sector, as well as touching on the promotion
and distribution of films in cinemas or other media
available to everyone today.
Industry Department Team
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Calendar
MONDAY 9th TUESDAY 10th WEDNESDAY 11th THURSDAY 12th
9am - 2:30pm 10am - 11:45am
Fundación AVA Web ZOOM | YOUTUBE
Programme
Open to the public Open to the public
XVIII Meeting of Round table
Animation and “So near, so far”
Videogames
10am - 11am 12pm - 12:30pm
ZOOM | YOUTUBE ZOOM | YOUTUBE
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Open to the public Open to the public
PROMIO: presentation “Coproducciones
of the indipendent Europeas: Portugal”
cinemas network award ceremony
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11am - 2pm 11am - 2pm
ZOOM ZOOM
Prior registration* Prior registration*
Europa Cinemas LAB Europa Cinemas LAB
“Re-opening strate- “Re-opening strate-
gies: re-designing the gies: re-designing the
cinema experience” cinema experience”
3pm - 4pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 8:30pm
ZOOM | YOUTUBE ZOOM ROOMS CICUS | YOUTUBE
Open to the public Prior registration* Prior registration*
Inauguration of Coproducciones AAMMA GENERA: Mas-
the cooproduction Europeas: one to one terclass
meeting and meetings
presentation of film
commissions
4pm - 6:45pm 6pm - 6:45 pm
ZOOM ZOOM | YOUTUBE
Prior registration* Open to the public
Coproducciones European Film Factory
Europeas: Pitch of presentation
selected projects
* Prior registration Please check in our programme how to sign up in each activities
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European Film Factory
calendar Date location Place avatar Registration
Wednesday November 11th Online. Zoom Free access via Zoom previous
from 18:00 to 18:45 registration
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European Film Factory is an European project sup- European Film Factory objectives:
ported by MEDIA, the Creative Europe sub-pro- B Create a community of European teachers and
gramme led by Institut Français in partnership students through film heritage
with ARTE Education and European Schoolnet.
This is a film education platform available in B Raise awareness on the importance of film ed-
English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, ucation
Romanian and Spanish, on all digital devices, B Discover the diversity and richness of European
for students (11-18 years) and teachers in Europe. cinema
Within the framework of SEFF Industry, we will
have a presentation of this project by the Insti- B Offer an innovative, interactive and transversal
tut Français of Seville aimed at Andalusian and pedagogy that is adapted to the needs, ex-
Spanish teachers. pectations and practices of the young audi-
ences
B Renew audiences in cinemas
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Europa Cinemas Innovation Lab
calendar Date location Place avatar Registration
Monday November 9th from Online. Zoom Activity reserved exclusively for
11:00 to 14:00 cinema exhibitors
Tuesday November 10th from
11:00 to 14:00
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Europa Cinemas is partnering this year again Participants: Cines ABC (5 complejos)
with the Sevilla European Film Festival (6-14 Cines Florida Avenida 5 cines
November 2020) to organise an Online Audi-
ence Development & Innovation Lab due to take Utiye Cinema Cinema Edison
place in two sessions on Monday 9th (11:00am – Duplex Cinema Granollers
2:00pm) and on Tuesday 10th November (11:00am Gremi de Cinemes de
– 2:00pm). It will be open exclusively to Spanish Cinebaix
Catalunya
exhibitors. Sant Cugat/Figueres
Cine Paz
The Online Lab entitled “RE-OPENING STRATEGIES: Multicines El centro
RE-DESIGNING THE CINEMA EXPERIENCE” invites Cinema Velasco Totana
Teatro Cine Calderón
Spanish exhibition practitioners to get some Cines Golem
perspective on their own context and exchange Cines Viveiro
Embajadores
expertise and best practices about how to cope Cines Verdi
with these unprecedented times. Numax
Cines Zoco Majada-
Directed by Javier Pachón (President of Cine- honda Zineuskadi
ciutat), the focus of this Lab will be on sharing Cines Babel
approaches to re-designing the cinema experi- Rambla de L´art -
ence and reflecting on: experiences during the Cambrils Majèstic
closure, communication to bring back audiences Duplez Cinema Cinemes Girona
and devising programming strategies (in-venue
and online). Cineciutat Cinema Catalunya
Practice-based insights from exhibitors as well as Aribau Multicines, Ermua Antzokia
opportunities for smaller group discussions will Balmes Multicines y Cines Van Dyck
be on the agenda! Gran Sarriá Multicines
This Lab will strengthen the networking of cin- Screenbox Lleida
emas and provide a platform where they can Golem
share national issues and best practices to find Zumzeig
creative solutions to their biggest challenges.
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PROMIO
calendar Date location Place avatar Registration
Tuesday November 10th from Online. Zoom Free access via Zoom
10:00 to 11:00
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PROMIO, the network of independent cinemas, PROMIO members:
founded in September 2020 as an association of DUPLEX Cinema (Ferrol)
film exhibitors who, grouped together in support
of film diversity, promoting mainly Spanish and CineCiutat (Palma)
European films as well as films from under-rep- Cinemes Girona (Barcelona)
resented countries in the annual screen quota.
Zumzeig Cinema (Barcelona)
Its main goal is to protect the cultural diversity
through film exhibition and also the promotion Cinemes Truffaut (Girona)
of the original and/or subtitled version; to fos- Cine Estudio CBA (Madrid)
ter audiovisual literacy; defending the cinemat-
Cinema NUMAX (Santiago de Compostela)
ic experience in theatres while strengthening
the relationship with other creative sectors and
the industry; promoting innovation in business
models, technology and content as well as the
defence of environmental sustainability applied
to theatres.
The presentation ceremony will be followed by an
encounter with Beatriz Navas (General Director of
the ICAA), Ramiro Ledo (President of PROMIO and
Director of the DUPLEX cinema) and Javier Pachón
(Programmer of CineCiutat), where the current
situation of independent film exhibition in Spain
will be analysed. Also attending François Aymé
(AFCAE - Francia), Christian Brauer (AGKINO y CICAE -
Alemania), Domenico Dinoia (FICE - Italia), Fati-
ma Djoumer o Claude-Eric Poireaux (Europa Cin-
emas).XVIII Animation
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and Video Game Encounter
calendar Date location Place avatar Registration
Tuesday November 10th from Online Free access through
9:00 to 14:30 www.fundacionava.org www.fundacionava.org
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The Andalusian Public Audiovisual Foundation Participants:
is organising its 18th Meeting of Animation and May Silva (Fundación AVA)
Video Games in Andalusia: A Before and After in
the Production of Animation and Video Games Nico Matji (Diboos)
(#animSEFF20), as part of the Seville European Enmanuele Carissio. (DEV)
Film Festival. This vital event, scheduled to take
place on the morning of November 10th, 2020, Yago Fandiño (RTVE)
will provide an opportunity to gauge the cur- Martha Paredes (Happy Learning TV)
rent situation of these sectors at regional, na-
Cristina Muñoz (Happy Learning TV)
tional and international level. Due to the cur-
rent health emergency caused by the Covid-19, Laura Martínez Jaramillo (Happy Learning TV)
this edition will be held online and, as always, is Álvaro Perales Navas (Happy Learning TV)
free of charge. The Meeting brings together the
main associations in the sector -Diboos and DEV- Mercedes Ruiz (Universidad de Cádiz/
, in a framework session, in which they will put EsCodeRoom)
into context the current situation of the industry José Antonio Racero Quiñones (Omnium Lab)
and how it has been affected by the pandemic.
Then, in two thematic sessions, companies and Alejandro Domínguez Saucedo (Omnium Lab /
professionals will discuss the process of creating EsCodeRoom)
animation and video game related content, and Antonio Montero Aguera (Omnium Lab /
the enormous possibilities these offer for moti- EsCodeRoom)
vating learning, responding in a real way to the
educational needs of both schools and families,
something that has been evident since the State
of Alert was declared.Women in Focus
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“AAMMA GENERA” Program
calendar Date location Place
Thursday November 12th from Auditorium of the Centre
16:00 to 20:30 for Cultural Initiatives of the
University of Seville (CICUS)
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The Andalusian Association of Women in the Activities:
Audiovisual Media (AAMMA) returns for the sixth Masterclass ‘FEMALE CHARACTERS IN FICTION SERIES’
consecutive year to SEFF Industry with Women In imparted by Isa Sánchez (Scriptwriter).
Focus, a space of its own in which, among other
initiatives, the programme aimed at promoting Masterclass ‘PITCHING, THE ART OF SELLING YOUR
audiovisual projects in development, AAMMA IDEA’ offered by Carmen Ortiz Carbonero (script-
GENERA, is included. The event will take place writer, showrunner and executive producer).
on November 12th at the Centre for Cultural Ini-
tiatives of the University of Seville (CICUS), where
two master classes will be held. AAMMA GENERA
is especially aimed at filmmakers with an ear-
ly stage project with the aim of improving their
knowledge of creative techniques and sales and
is open to the general public. AAMMA’s activities
at the Seville European Film Festival are support-
ed by the SGAE and the SGAE Foundation.17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
Isa Sánchez Carmen Ortiz Coalman
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After writing and directing several short films and She studied Information Sciences in Seville, in
documentaries, such as Trinidad Grund: una historia the class of 1992-1997, having subsequently com-
sumergida (Nora Films-Canal Sur, 2012), she partici- pleted her training with courses in acting direc-
pated in the Official Section of the Malaga Festival in tion with André Guttfreund (1999), Juan Carlos
2014 with 321 días en Michigan, co-written with its Corazza (2000) and René Pereira (2003). This last
director Enrique García, for which she was awarded course was held in Los Angeles, where she was
the Biznaga Oficios del Cine the following year. also certified in Advanced Screenwriting. Ortiz
Sanchez co-writes with the same director two also has a master’s degree in Community Man-
more features: Resort Paraíso (Puraenvidia Films, ager. While working with production companies
Encanta Films, 2018) and La mancha negra (Mari- such as Jaleo Films, El Terrat, Plano a Plano, An-
la Films, 2020). In 2019, she authors Alegría with dalucine, Boca a Boca and Diagonal TV, her pro-
director Violeta Salama, a film co-produced by fessional career began in 1997 as a scriptwriter
La Claqueta PC, Powehi Films and TVE, where the for several short films and as a subtitling super-
screenplay is a finalist for the SGAE Screenwriting visor for audio scripts on Canal Sur TV from 1997
Award Julio Alejandro. In addition, it is one of to 1999.
the ten projects selected in 2020 by the Breaking Her first work as a screenwriter was in the series
Through The Lens support program in Cannes. Periodistas (1999-2000), followed by Los Serra-
In television, she has been part of the screen- no (2002-2006) and El Internado (2007). She
writing team for the fourth season of El Minis- made the leap into series development with SMS
terio del Tiempo, the crime thriller Malaka and (2006-2007) and Águila Roja (2007-2008). Boldly
the docufiction Centro Médico. She is teaching taking a step further, she studied executive pro-
screenwriting at the School of Cinema of the duction, being her first experience BuenAgente
Community of Madrid (ECAM) and at the univer- (2011) and her last, the series in which she was
sities of Malaga and Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. the showrunner: Pulsaciones (2014-2016). Today,
Additionally, she is a member of the selection she is involved in two fiction projects for Globo-
committee for short films at the Malaga Film Fes- media - The Mediapro Studio.
tival and the Film Academy. Currently, she awaits
the premiere of La mancha negra, the beginning
of the shooting of Alegría and is developing fic-
tion projects for several production companies.European Coproductions: Portugal
A NOIVA/THE BRIDE LÉGUA
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Sérgio Trefaut / Faux Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra / Uma pedra no
www.faux.pt sapato
www.umapedranosapato.com
AMANHÃ
Pedro Pinho / Terratreme MAMACRUZ
www.terratreme.pt Patricia Ortega / Acheron films - La Claqueta
PC - SPi
AMERICA www.laclaqueta.com
European Coproductions: Portugal
António Ferreira / Persona Non Grata Pictures www.acheronfilms.net - www.sp-i.pt/en
www.pngpictures.com
PROJECTO GLOBAL
ANOCHE CONQUISTÉ TEBAS Ivo Ferreira / O som e a furia
Gabriel Azorín / DVEIN www.osomeafuria.com
www.dvein.com
UM FILME DE FERNANDO RIUZ
ARIEL VERGARA
Lois Patiño & Matías Piñeiro / Filmika Galaika Concepción Barquero Artés / Azharmedia
www.filmikagalaika.com www.azharmedia.com
LA EDAD
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Polo Menárguez / Capitán Araña
www.capitanarana.com
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In this second edition EUROPEAN COPRODUCTIONS,
a International jury will give three awards:
FESTIVAL ARTE SONORA
DE SEVILLA AWARD ESTUDIOS AWARD RTP AWARD
5,000 € 5,000 € 10,000 €
in cash for the development of in post production services for broadcasting rights
the winning project (editing and sound mixing) in RTP1 channel
EUROPEAN COPRODUCTIONS is possible thanks to:A noiva
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The bride, a girl´s life after the war
Director: Sérgio Tréfaut Producer: Faux
Production Company: Faux / Les films d´ici / Project type: Feature film
European Coproductions: Portugal
Mitosfilm
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SYNOPSIS
A teenager girl from a Christian background ran She is the widow of two jihadists and will soon
away from home to marry a Daesh fighter. She be put on trial.
became a bride of the Jihad. Will the western countries try to save her from
Three years later, her life has dramatically the death sentence she might face under Iraqi
changed. She is living in an Iraqi prison camp. law? What have three years of war and brain-
Now she has two children to take care of and is washing done to her?
pregnant again. The Bride is based on a true story.17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
European Coproductions: Portugal
BIO DIRECTOR
Sérgio Tréfaut is a multi-award winning director mentary film) and was the winner of Documenta
with three passports and fluent in many lan- Madrid 2010.
guages. All his films have been presented at In- He has begun learning Arabic and has frequently
ternational film festivals and shown in cinemas visited Iraq. He has been preparing THE BRIDE in
and on TVs worldwide. He discovered the Middle the Kurdistan region and in Mosul with MITOS-
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East while shooting The City of the Dead in Cai- FILM as executive producer. Most of the locations
ro Islamic Cemeteries in 2007-2009. The City of have already been chosen in cooperation with a
the Dead premiered at IDFA (the Meca of docu- local crew.
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
Producer Faux is a film production company cre- Calçadinha do Tijolo 48, 2º
ated by Sérgio Tréfaut and based in Lisbon since 1100-608 Lisbon, Portugal
2003. It deals with creative documentaries and
independent feature films for international au- faux@faux.pt
diences. All films in Faux’s catalogue have won +351 917 847 794
awards at International film festivals and been
broadcast by TV channels around the world: ARTE
(France-Germany), WDR (Germany), RTBF (Bel-
gium), YLE (Finland), SVT (Sweden), TV3 Cataluña, ATTENDING
Canal Sur, Canal História (Spain), ERT (Greece), european coproductions
RTP, TV Cine (Portugal), Canal Brasil, GNT (Brazil),
RTV (South Corea), among others. Faux also dis-
tributes these films throughout a wide network
of cinemas in Portugal.
Sérgio Trefaut
Producer/ DirectorAmanhã
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Tomorrow
Director: Pedro Pinho Producer: Tiago Hespanha
Production Company: Terratreme Project type: Feature film
European Coproductions: Portugal
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SYNOPSIS
ALBERTO, a Portuguese environmental engineer strong desire to escape and shake off their or-
who has decided to make a change in his life, igins. For ALBERTO, the connection between the
travels to a West African metropolis (an imagi- three of them becomes the only guarantee of
nary, futuristic city that is similar to both Guinea his mental health in the midst of a process of
Bissau and Luanda), to work as an environmen- brutalisation and generalised barbarity that is
tal engineer on a road-building project to link widespread among his expatriate colleagues at
the jungle and the desert. Taken aback by the both the building yard and the NGO offices. As
harshness of the elements, the oppressive heat the rainy season approaches, everything seems
and the inherent loneliness that a white Euro- about to fall apart. Between the unconcealed
pean has to endure in a society dominated by conflicts with local communities and suspicions
rampant capitalism and a post-colonial mental- about global economic interests, ALBERTO, EMA
ity, ALBERTO meets EMA and BEN. Just like him, and BEN engage in an intimate relationship with
these two local residents are motivated by a unequal expectations. This leads them to pro-
found questions of identity.17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
BIO DIRECTOR
European Coproductions: Portugal
Pedro Pinho has studied cinema in Lisbon, Paris,
Barcelona, Maputo and Mindelo. His first doc- His first feature-length fiction film “A Fábrica
umentary, Bab Sebta (co-directed with Freder- de Nada/The Nothing Factory” (2007) won the
ico Lobo), won the Marseille Espérance Award. FIPRESCI International Critics award. Since then,
Bab Sebta also won prizes for Best Documentary A Fábrica de Nada has received around 20 awards
Film at DocLisboa (Portugal) and at ForumDoc BH at festivals all over the world. A Fábrica de Nada
(Brazil). Um Fim Do Mundo/The End of the World, was commercially distributed in Portugal, France,
a medium-length fiction film, debuted at the Spain, Germany, Switzerland, the United King-
Berlin Festival in 2013, having won awards at the dom…among others.
Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português, and His films have been shown at festivals, show-
was nominated for the Portuguese Golden Globe ings and retrospectives in places such as: MoMA,
awards. The documentary, As Cidades e as Trocas/ the Lincoln Center, the Berlinale, BFI, the MALBA,
Trading Cities (co-directed with Luisa Homem) the MACBA, Serralves, FIDMarseille, Toronto IFF,
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debuted in 2014 at FID Marseille, and was shown Rotterdam FF, Busan FF, FICUNAM, L’Alternativa
at the Art of The Real in the Lincoln Center, NY de Barcelona, Festival de Munique, FIC Valdivia,
and at DocLisboa. Karlovy Vary, among others.
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
TERRATREME is a film production house created in Terratreme Filmes
2008 that came out of the urge of a few young Campo Grande, 111
filmmakers to find a production model that could 1700-089 Lisboa, Portugal
suit the different forms, scales and time frames
in which their own films were made. Our goal tiago.hespanha@terratreme.pt
was to articulate research and creation in a work
method where each film’s needs would deter-
mine the production model. Like the homony-
mous film by Visconti — where a group of fish- ATTENDING
ermen unites to buy a boat and stop depending european coproductions
on the ship-owner that hired them — it was high
time for us to acknowledge that production is a
fundamental aesthetic variable in the way a film
turns out. We believe that only direct interven-
tion of the directors in the global conception of
the production plan and budget can contribute
to generate the desired results. Currently work-
ing with a large and diverse group of filmmakers,
TERRATREME has one of the strongest presences,
among Portuguese production companies, in Tiago Hespahna Pedro Pinho
major film festivals around the world (Cannes, Producer Director
Berlin, Locarno, Nyon, Marseille, Rotterdam, San
Sebastian, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia,
Chicago, New York, Toronto), all while expanding
its activities through international co-produc-
tions (Brazil, France, Switzerland, Germany, Ja-
pan, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Argentina, Chile).America
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America
Director: António Ferreira Producer: Tathiani Sacilotto, Antonio Ferreira
Production Company: Persona non grata pictures Project type: Feature film
European Coproductions: Portugal
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SYNOPSIS
Lucas, 30 years old, butcher, lives in a humble the TV. Lucas will start to break into América’s
neighborhood of the city with his blind moth- house, cook the most delicious dishes, without
er, he is friends with an aggressive policeman; her knowledge. She will fall in love with the
who falls in love with América, the perfect and mysterious man who gifts her daily with meals to
famous TV star. Lucas, the deformed poor man, die for. This is the story of the unlikely encounter
decides to win the lovely and stunning América of Lucas the butcher and América the star.
over. She comes everyday to his house through17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
BIO DIRECTOR
European Coproductions: Portugal
António Ferreira studied at the Lisbon Film leases the short film “Posfácio nas confecções
School (ESTC). In 1996 enters the Deutsche Film Canhão / Posfácio At The Clothing Factory”, a
und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB). In 2000 commission for the Guimarães European Capital
his first short film “Respirar (debaixo d’água) / of Culture, among other 20 international direc-
Breathing Under Water” is selected in Cannes. tors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Aki Kaurisma-
In 2002 releases his first feature “Esquece tudo ki, Peter Greenaway and Manoel de Oliveira. In
o que te disse / Forget Everything I’ve Told You”, 2018 releases “Pedro e Inês / The Dead Queen”,
a co-production with France, become one of the a co-production between Portugal, France and
most successful movies in Portugal that year. In Brazil, which became the most seen Portuguese
2007 releases the short film “Deus Não Quis / It movie in his homeland and released in Brazilian
Wasn’t God’s Will” winning over a dozen inter- and French cinemas the year after.
national prizes. In 2010 releases his second fea- In his career, António Ferreira has directed nine
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ture “Embargo”, an adaptation from the Nobel films and produced over thirty. His films have
prize winner José Saramago, a co-production won over forty international prizes in over a
between Portugal, Brazil and Spain. In 2012 re- hundred film festivals worldwide.
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
Founded in 1999, PERSONA NON GRATA PICTURES info@pngpictures.com
has produced roughly 30 films in co-production
with several countries - Brazil, Argentina, Por-
tugal, Spain, France, Germany and Mozambique.
The international character of our films, has al-
lowed a wide circulation in festivals around the
world, as well as in movie theatres and tele-
vision channels. Our films express the culture, ATTENDING
thinking and imagination of the countries of or-
igin, through the vision of its creators, producing
european coproductions
works with an author pedigree as well as close
relation to the public.
The PNG PICTURES is currently directed by the pro-
ducers Tathiani Sacilotto and António Ferreira.
Tathiani Sacilotto Antonio Ferreira
Producer DirectorAnoche conquisté Tebas
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Last night I conquered the city of Thebes
Director: Gabriel Azorín Producer: Carlos Pardo
Production Company: DVEIN Films Project type: Feature film
European Coproductions: Portugal
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SYNOPSIS
A few Portuguese boys cross the border with thinking about for a long time. As they leave, all
Spain to bathe in ancient Roman baths. There, that remains is the steam of the water and the
they meet several groups that have gone to spend starry sky. But there is another group of young
the afternoon. Some are looking for rest, others people who are contemplating that sky. They are
for fun; each of them enjoys the experience in the Roman soldiers who built the baths. Their
their own way. At nightfall, one of them con- age and their concerns are not much different
fesses to his friend something that he has been from those of the Portuguese boys.17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
BIO DIRECTOR
He is an Spanish filmmaker with a diploma from been selected in It’s all true (Brazil), Márgenes,
D’Autor de Barcelona and Lima Independiente,
European Coproductions: Portugal
ECAM (Madrid Film School) and a postgraduate
degree from EQZE (a program associated with the among others, and has been nominated for the
San Sebastián International Film Festival). He prestigious Scribe 2014 award.
completes his studies with stays in the universi- In 2015 the short film Tomorrow, the bullet has
ties of Saint Denis-Paris VIII and the Universidad been selected in international festivals such as
Iberoamericana of México DF. Entrevues de Belfort, Porto/Post/Doc, Curtocircuí-
The short film Greyhounds has been selected in to, Mecal and Reykjavik.
twenty international festivals and considered by In November 2016 he premiered the medi-
the publications Caimán Cuadernos de Cine and um-length documentary Mutants at the Seville
Fotogramas as one of the best short films of 2012 European Film Festival.
in Spain. ‘Last night I conquered the city of Thebes’ is his
In 2009 he founded the artistic research col- first fiction feature film and has been developed
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lective lacasinegra. In 2014 Pas à Genève, the at the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola and later at the
first feature film by lacasinegra, premieres at Ikusmira-Berriak residence at the San Sebastián
the Seville European Film Festival and has also Film Festival.
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
DVEIN Films is a production company that was Carlos Pardo Ros
born from DVEIN in 2007 by Carlos Pardo and Calle Carlos Arniches, 25, Ext. 1º Dcha.
Timoteo Guillem and working for clients such as 28005 Madrid
National Geographic, MTV or Jean Paul-Gaulti- carlos@dvein.com
er. DVEIN’s work has been presented in multiple
festivals and exhibitions around the world. Mag- Gabriel Azorín / DVEIN www.dvein.com
ma, one of his short films, is part of the perma-
nent collection of MoMA in New York. They have
been awarded the City of Barcelona Film Award ATTENDING
(2012) and the Medal of Fine Arts of the Universi- european coproductions
ty of San Carlos de Valencia (2013), among other
awards as numerous Vimeo Staff Picks.
In 2017 they create a branch called DVEIN Films
and since then have produced the short films
Violeta + Guillermo (2018) by Oscar Vincentelli,
premiered at the Locarno Festival (Switzerland);
Mudanza Contemporánea (2018) by Teo Guillem,
premiered in the official section of Visions du
Reel (Switzerland) and winner of a Jury Award at Carlos Pardo Gabriel Azorín
Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA), Spezial Jury Men- Producer Director
tion in Cinema Jove (Spain) and a Special Mention
by the Jury at the Guanajuato International Film
Festival (Mexico) and the feature filmAriel
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Ariel
Director: Lois Patiño/ Matías Piñeiro Producer: Beli Martínez
Production Company: Filmika Galaika Project type: Feature film
European Coproductions: Portugal
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SYNOPSIS
Andrea, an Argentinean actress travels to Gali- Once there, she finds no one to welcome her. She
cia to join in a tour to perform a version of Wil- tries to find the theater where the play would
liam Shakespeare’s The Tempest by the Galician be performed but finds nothing. Getting into the
company Vaodora. On her way, she must learn nature of the island she begins to glimpse some
Galician, so she decides to go in search of her traces of her mission. First he finds costumes,
grandparents’ siblings who emigrated to Buenos sets and some objects from William Shake-
Aires in the 1950s. While preparing for the play in speare’s play among the brambles, but as she
Gomesende, Andrea is called to begin the tour. goes further into the island she finds new clues
She departs to her first destination: the Azores that seem to indicate that The Tempest has taken
Islands. over the island.17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
BIO DIRECTOR
he received the award for best emerging director
Lois Patiño (Spain, 1983)
European Coproductions: Portugal
at the Locarno Festival with his first feature film
His films have been shown at film festivals such ‘Costa da Morte’. A work that has also received 15
as Berlin, Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam, San Fran- other awards in many festivals.
cisco, among others. Matías Piñeiro (Buenos Aires, Argentina 1982)
He has been invited to show his work at uni- Writer and director of films, he currently lives
versities such as Harvard (Sensory Ethnography in New York, USA. For the last ten years he has
Lab), CalArts (L.A.) or the California College of the been developing a series of films called “The
Arts (San Francisco). In 2016, Harvard University Shakespeareads”. He teaches filmmaking at Pratt
awarded him the Robert Fulton III Scholarship, Institute (New York - USA), Le Fresnoy - Studio
aimed at emerging filmmakers “with an inde- national des arts contemporains (Tourcoing,
pendent spirit, who explore diverse cultures with France) and coordinates the filmmaking depart-
a deep aesthetic sensibility”. ment at Elías Querejeta Zine Escola (San Sebas-
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His work Mountain in Shadow earned him awards tian, Spain). He programs in Punto de Vista Film
at the Oberhausen Festival (Germany), and Cler- Festival (Pamplona, Spain) and Anthology Film
mont-Ferrand (France) to name a few. In 2013, Archives (NY, USA).
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
Filmika Galaika was founded in 2009. Since then, Beli Martínez
Filmika Galaika has become a reference in Gali- FILMIKA GALAIKA
cian filmmaking due, mainly, to the production Produtora
of some of the most outstanding works of the info@filmikagalaika.com
so-called Novo Cinema Galego, such as Longa www.filmikagalaika.com
Noite (Eloy Enciso, 2019, Locarno IFF), Vikingland
(Xurxo Chirro, FID Marseille, 2011) and Os corpos
(Eloy Domínguez, IDFA, 2020). The work produced
by Filmika Galaika has participated in more than ATTENDING
a hundred festivals and international film exhi- european coproductions
bitions. They have received awards and recogni-
tion in renowned festivals such as Locarno, Mar
del Plata, Trasncinema (Peru), Play-Doc, Zinebi
and the online festival Márgenes, among others.
Their productions have also been exhibited in
museums and art centers such as, Museo Reina
Sofía, Museum of the Moving Image (New York),
Doc’s Kingdom, Niemeyer Center or CENDEAC.
Filmika Galaika has developed projects such as Beli Martínez
Cinema e Muller, supported by the Pontevedra Producer
City Council, aimed at raising the visibility of
women filmmakers.
At the moment, the company is in an important
phase of internationalization. Filmika Galaika is
consolidating its position on the national scene
with new projects by the Galician filmmakers:
Alberto Gracia (La Parra), Helena Girón and Sam-
uel M. Delgado (Eles transport a morte) and Eloy
Enciso (Non).La edad
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Age
Director: Polo Menárguez Producer: Nacho La Casa
Production Company: Capitán araña Project type: Feature fiction
European Coproductions: Portugal
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SYNOPSIS
Ana is thirty-eight when she meets Daniel -ten life: the window of opportunity for her to have
years her junior- at a mutual friend’s birthday children is quickly closing just as Daniel is about
party. Despite their age difference, Ana and to achieve his dream of becoming a film direc-
Daniel immediately fall for each other and after tor. Adapting to her partner’s professional goals
moving in together, they embark on a relation- and giving up motherhood will thrust Ana into
ship that will struggle to overcome every barrier a dilemma of racing against time and her own
in its path. However, Ana soon finds herself at a biological clock. Can their relationship survive?
crossroads seemingly at odds with Daniel’s own17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
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BIO DIRECTOR
Polo Menárguez is a film and television direc-
tor and screenwriter. He studied Audiovisual Europe’ in Serbia, his first documentary fea-
Communication at Carlos III University in Madrid ture, which competed at SEMINCI in Valladolid
and finished a Filmmaking Master at RTVE Insti- and earned a special mention by the Jury. The
tute. He currently combines his film career with film also received the prestigious Harry Randall
various television and advertising projects. His Award for Best Documentary at the IIFF in New
first feature film, the mumblecore ‘Two Friends’ York. His latest feature film is ‘The Plan’, starring
competed at the Seville Film Festival’s Resist- Antonio de la Torre and Raúl Arévalo. After being
encia Section in 2013. That same year he was screened in the Official Section of SEMINCI 2019
nominated for Best Opera Prima at the Toulouse and its inclusion at the Seville European Film
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Film Festival and received a special mention at Festival, this theater adaptation of a play by the
the Madrid-PNR Film Festival. Interested in the same name premiered in cinemas in February
subject of migration, in 2017 he shot ‘Winter in 2020 to resounding critical acclaim.
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
Capitán Araña was founded in 2002. Since then, nacho@capitanarana.com
Capitán Araña’s team has produced content in www.capitanarana.com
both entertainment and fiction formats for ma-
jor Spanish TV networks. Worth mentioning is
the fact that many of these formats have later
been adapted internationally in countries such
as the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France,
the Netherlands or Russia.
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Our passion for storytelling inspired us to create
‘Ozzy’, our first 3D animated feature film with a
european coproductions
budget of over 7 million euros. The family adven-
ture comedy was released in 2016 and premiered
in over 60 countries. The film was among the Top
10 highest grossing Spanish films of the year and
was nominated for two Goya Awards (Best Ani-
mated Film and Best Sound) and a Platino Award
(Best Animated Film), also awarded at the Film
Writers Circle and the Gaudí Awards. Likewise, it
was also in the Top 10 international premieres Nacho La Casa Polo Menárguez
(Russia, Italy, France, Poland, Mexico, Argentina, Producer Director
Israel, South Korea...) being the third highest in-
ternational grossing Spanish film in 2017.
In February 2020, Captain Araña premiered ‘The
Plan’, directed by Polo Menárguez starring An-
tonio de la Torre, Raúl Arévalo and Chema del
Barco. The company is currently involved in the
post-production of ‘Sevillanas from Brooklyn’
and developing other projects such as ‘A Son’ or
‘Norbert’, a new animated feature co-produced
with Poland.Légua
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Legua
Director: Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra Producer: Rachel Ellis, DESVIA (BR) Filipa Reis,
Production Company: Uma pedra no sapato UMA PEDRA NO SAPATO (PT)
European Coproductions: Portugal
Project type: Feature fiction
Uma Pedra no Sapato, A film direc ted by
Desvia and KG Productions Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra
present
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SYNOPSIS
Northern Portugal, village of Légua. The Botica any explanation. Ana’s daughter, Mónica, brings
manor house is looked after by good friends Ana a friend to visit the village and is, like her father,
and Emília, representing two generations of farm unhappy with her mother’s choice. Mónica, sees
workers. Ana, a hard-working woman and wife no future for her mother in the village.
of Victor, who is going back to France again, and The dynamics of the house slowly evolve, the re-
The more closed shots will give texture to
mother of twotheyoung adults, who study abroad.
elements that are not visible to the lationship between Ana and Emília changing as
When Emília becomes seriously ill, Ana propos-
naked eye, while the more open shots will her illness worsens: the unspoken, the friction,
es to take care of contrasting
offer her friend green
as well,
and in anpictures
grey am- the inevitable provocations generate small daily
biguous gesture of region’s
of the obligation
riversand selflessness
and mountains. We bouts of violence. Then a new threat appears -
- Emília has no
wantfamily and cannot
to capture bodies be
on left
whichalone
life’s
the house has, without Ana’s knowledge, been
to fend for herself in the
hardships are big house,
etched, which the
countering the
handed over for sale. Despite the friendship
Lisbon owners have stopped
tendency of the visiting
media regularly.
to portray
between Ana and Emília and the eort to keep
Guilherme, abeautiful symmetrical
Jesuit priest, the bodies,
brotherin oflinethe
with
everything as it always was, Ana feels increas-
everlasting youth.
owner of the house, appears for one of his short, ingly pressured and lost, involuntarily dragged
chaotic stays at Botica. He disappears shortly af-
No kind of belief or religion prepares us into the situation in which she finds herself,
terwards and,toas is his custom, leaves without
confront death in the face. Years later, from which she can see no way out.
we still relive the moment when João's
father died. It’s still difficult for us to
conceive that death can be seen as a day
worth living. But the truth is that a life
fully lived makes death a moment that17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
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BIO DIRECTOR
Filipa Reis (1977) and João Miller Guerra (1974) their own production company, UMA PEDRA NO
live and work together in Lisbon, Portugal. They SAPATO, where they develop, produce and direct
co-direct films selected and awarded in festivals their own films but also international co-pro-
such as Rotterdam, Cinéma du Réel, New Direc- duction features by talented and prize winning
tors New Films, IDFA, DokLeipzig, BAFICI, Bordocs, Portuguese directors such as Miguel Gomes, Mar-
Fidocs, Festival dei Popoli, Olhar de Cinema, Do- garida Cardoso, Marco Martins and newcomers
cLisboa, IndieLisboa, among others. DJON AFRI- Leonor Teles (Golden Bear Berlinale Shorts 2016)
CA, their debut feature fiction film, premiered in and Sofia Bost and Duarte Coimbra (Semaine de
Rotterdam 2018 (Tiger Awards), won the FRIPESCI La Critique). Under the brand VENDE-SE FILMES,
and Jury Honorable Mention in Uruguay IFF 2018 Filipa and João directed and produced over 100
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and was commercially released in Portugal and hours of engaging and independent television
Brazil. They are presently writing their second content broadcasted in prime time national net-
fiction feature, LÉGUA. In 2008 they’ve started work television and cable.
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
UMA PEDRA NO SAPATO info@umapedranosapato.com
Independent film production company based in
Lisbon, founded by filmmakers Filipa Reis and
João Miller Guerra, invests in fiction and crea-
tive documentary with world premieres in major
festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Rotterdam, Lo-
carno, IDFA, Cinema du Réel, FIDMarseille, DOK-
Leipzig, Hong Kong, Jeonju, Clérmont-Ferrand), ATTENDING
domestic and international cinematic release,
distribution in network and cable TV and via VOD
european coproductions
all over the world. Relevant awards and selec-
tions: Batrachian’s Ballad (Golden Bear - Ber-
linale Shorts, FireBird Award Hong Kong IFF), Terra
Franca (SCAM award Cinéma du Réel, Best Inter-
national 1st Film Mar del Plata, Best Documen-
tary Malaga IFF), Djon Africa (Rotterdam - Tiger
Competition, FIPRESCI award IFF Uruguay), Party
Day (La Semaine de la Critique – Cannes, NYFF),
A Pleasure, Comrads! (Locarno - Fuori Concorso, Filipa Reis João Miller Guerra
BFI), Dogs Barking at Birds (Venice – Orizzonti, Director Director
European Fim Awards Best Short 2019 nominee).
UMA PEDRA NO SAPATO is currently developing in-
ternational co-production features by Portuguese
directors Miguel Gomes, Marco Martins, Marga-
rida Cardoso, Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra,
André Gil Mata and Leonor Teles. The company
also produces television content for the main
broadcasters in Portugal, ranging from historical
and contemporary episodic drama to non-fiction
programs, under the brand VENDE-SE FILMES.Mamacruz
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Mamacruz
Director: Patricia Ortega Producer: Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo
Production Company: Mamacruz AIE/ La Claqueta Project type: Feature film
European Coproductions: Portugal
PC/ La Cruda Realidad/ SPi (Portugal)
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SYNOPSIS
When her daughter emigrates, a religious grand- lemma for her: does she uphold the beliefs with
mother learns how to use the internet. An acci- lay down how to be a decent woman or does she
dental encounter with pornography, poses a di- surrender to the tempting search of a delicious
and shameless orgasm?17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
European Coproductions: Portugal
BIO DIRECTOR Her first feature film “Yo, Imposible” (Being
Impossible) (2018), won the First Prize of the
Patricia Ortega (1977) is the founder of the Man- Producers Meeting of the Cartagena de Indi-
dragora Films production company (2009). De- as International Film Festival in Colombia and
gree in Social Communication, graduated from the Women Finishing Film Fund (WIFF). Distrib-
the International School of Film and Television uted by HBO in the United States. Selected as a
of San Antonio de los Baños EICTV (Cuba), and pre-candidate for the Oscar 2020 awards repre-
graduated from the FILMAKADEMIE in Ludwisburg senting Venezuela, it is currently on it’s inter-
(Germany). national festival route such as SXSW 2019, Gua-
She has made the following short films and doc- dalajara International Film Festival 2019, Seminci
umentaries as director, screenwriter and exec- 2018, among others. Awards: Espiga Arcoiris,
utive producer: Sueños de Hanssen (2000), La Seminci (2018). Audience Award at the Festival
Boda de Blanco (2001), Across the Sea (2005), Dos du Cinéma Ibérique et Latino-Americain de Vil-
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Soles Dos Mundos (2007), El Niño Shuá (2006), leurbanne 2019. Best Mix Feature Film Award at
Kataa ou-outa (2007), The Invisible T (2017) and the LGBT Roze Filmdagen Film Festival 2019. Best
Absences (2018). Screenplay Award at the QFest Film Festival 2019.
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
La Claqueta was founded in Sevilla by Olmo La Claqueta PC - Oficina
Figueredo and Manuel H. Martín 18 years ago, Av. de Italia, 11, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
and since then it has become one of the most
prolific and award-winning production compa- Tel. +34 954 406 379
nies in southern Spain. In 2019 released Bye, di- olmo@laclaqueta.com
rected by Paco Cabezas, tenth biggest commercial
release of the year, The Endless Trench, directed
by Arregi, Garaño and Goenaga, which won two
Goya Awards (Best Actress and Best Sound), the ATTENDING
Silver Shell for Best Director at the San Sebastian european coproductions
International Film Festival and Best Film at the
Forqué Awards; as well as Parking, directed by
Tudor Giurgiu. In 2020 will be released, alongside
the comedy One Careful Owner, directed by Bern-
abé Rico, the romantic drama El verano que vivi-
mos, directed by Carlos Sedes, and the animat-
ed documentary The longest voyage, directed by
Manuel H. Martín. La Claqueta’s productions has
received two Goya Awards (The Endless Trench,
2019), three Forqué Awards (The Endless Trench, Olmo Figueredo Patricia Ortega
2019; Born in Syria, 2016; Born in Gaza, 2014), an Producer Director
Iris Television Award (Born in Syria, 2016) and a
Platino Award for Best Documentary (Born in Syr-
ia, 2016).Projecto Global
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Global Project
Director: Ivo M. Ferreira Producer: Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
Production Company: O som e a fúria / Project type: Feature film
European Coproductions: Portugal
Komplizen Film
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SYNOPSIS
Portugal, the roaring 1980’s. A woman joins a large-scale police operation targeting them.
a group of young people disappointed at the Fleeing on a road with no return and no way for-
post-Revolutionary country. They are part of a ward, they live clandestine existences made up
far-left clandestine armed organization where of bank robberies, bombs, friendships, prison,
they share political views and a daily life that love and death. Trapped, they hesitate between
makes them grow closer. But their idealism their desire to continue and the inevitability of
collides head-on with a changing country and giving up.17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
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BIO DIRECTOR
Ivo M. Ferreira was born in 1975. Son of a cou- na. Filmography: EMPIRE HOTEL [2018], LETTERS
ple of actors, he was a student at António Arroio FROM WAR [2016], O ESTRANGEIRO [2010], ÁGUAS
Artistic High School, the London Film School and MIL [2009], VAI COM O VENTO [2009], FIOS DE FIAR
the University of Budapest, which he gave up for [2006], SALTO EM BARREIRA [2004], À PROCURA DE
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traveling. On a journey through China, he direct- SABINO [2003], SOIA DI PRÍNCIPE [2002], EM VOLTA
ed and produced his first documentary. Besides [2002], ANGOLA EM CENA [2002] and O QUE FOI?
Portugal, he shot in Angola, Indonesia and Chi- [1998].
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
O Som e a Fúria was created in September 1998. geral@osomeafuria.com
The company is fully dedicated to film produc- +351 213 582 518
tion in order to establish a connection with www.osomeafuria.com
independent auteur cinema. The quality of its
proposals, associated with the development of
the individual universes of its authors, are the
backbone of this production company. It’s fea-
ture films have been commercially screened in,
among others, France, Germany, United King- ATTENDING
dom, Belgium, Switzerland, Brazil, Argentina, european coproductions
Chile, Mexico, USA and Japan. Its productions
are usually present in Years Best Films lists, in
international publications as “Cahiers du Cine-
ma”, “Sight & Sound”, “The Guardian”, “New
Yorker”, “New York Times”, “Film Comment” and
“Clarin”. At the same time, since 2003, O Som e
a Fúria began distributing the work that it has
been producing.
Luis Urbano Ivo M. Ferreira
Producer DirectorUm filme de Fernando Ruiz
17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
Vergara
A film by Fernando Ruiz Vergara
European Coproductions: Portugal
Director: Concha Barquero and Alejandro Alvarado Producer: Sara Sánchez & José Manuel
Production Company: Azhar media Rodríguez
Project type: Documentary film
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SYNOPSIS
For the Andalusian director Fernando Ruiz Verga- Um filme de Fernando Ruiz Vergara is an exper-
ra, the censorship suffered by his only film, Rocío imental essay that throws up questions about
(1980), was the seed for the frustration of his lat- resistance, dissidence and creative force. We
er projects. Vergara went into self-imposed exile feel that these films exist in people’s imagina-
in Portugal where he lived until his death in 2011. tion and desires. This film is to some extent the
He left behind numerous scripts and notes on continuation of an interrupted project. It is the
films that he never actually went ahead with, for story of a man who clings to cinema as his last
various different reasons. Bit by bit, we began to act in life.
outline an idea: to pick up some of Fernando’s
unfinished projects, reinterpret them, and film
them in our own way.17 FESTIVAL DE SEVILLA
BIO DIRECTOR
CONCHA BARQUERO Y ALEJANDRO ALVARADO. (Mála- tional television, as a director and a scriptwriter
European Coproductions: Portugal
ga, 1975) are filmmakers and lecturers at Univer- respectively of ‘Tesis’ (2001-2011), a documentary
sity of Malaga. Professionally, they have com- television programme broadcast by Canal Sur 2
bined both cultural and educational television Andalucia. Regarding documentary filmmaking,
and documentary filmmaking. His works -films, they have codirected several social issues doc-
videoart, television programmes – have partici- umentaries: ‘El reverso de la realidad’ (2007),
pated in numerous audiovisual festivals around ‘Warmi. Algunos apuntes sobre La Paz y sus mu-
the world, such as Mar del Plata Internation- jeres’ (2014) and documentary series such as ‘The
al Film Festival (Argentina), European Media Art Generation 27’ Anthology’ (2009), on the cele-
(Osnabrück, Germany) or the International Festi- brated generation of Spanish poets. Their first
val Cinema and Techonology World Tour (Canada, feature-length film is the documentary ‘Pepe el
United States, United Kingdom and Australia), Andaluz’ (2012), which has been screened at film
and have been broadcast in television channels festivals, cultural centres and museums in over
like Canal Plus, Televisión Española, Canal His- 40 cities of 16 countries. ‘Pepe el Andaluz’ has
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toria and Films for the Humanities & Sciences been widely awarded at international film fes-
(USA). Since 2001, Alvarado & Barquero have been tivals like Documenta Madrid and also received
involved in cultural, popular science and educa- the XXIX Andalusia Prize of Journalism
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PRODUCTION COMPANY CONTACTS
AZHAR MEDIA After working on the production AZHAR MEDIA S.L.
of films, documentaries and spots for over 7 Paseo Colón, 7 1ºC
years, the producers Sara Sánchez and José M. 41001 Sevilla
Rodríguez founded Azhar Media in 2010, a new
project aimed towards the international produc- info@azharmedia.com
tion of documentaries and production services in +34 954 045 361
Andalusia and Spain. Since our creation in 2010, www.azharmedia.com
we have provided production services for adver-
tising, fiction, documentaries and television for ATTENDING
national and international producers and agen- european coproductions
cies. Some of our clients include: Cartoon Net-
work, Sevilla FC, North One UK, Reshet TV (Israel),
Eurosport., Kikim Media (USA), Departments of
Innovation and Education in the Government of
Andalusia… As well as the services that we offer,
Azhar Media produces documentaries that have
successfully participated in international festi-
vals such as Berlinale, Hong Kong International
Film Festival, Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla, Concha Barquero Alejandro Alvarado
Seminci, OLA (Los Angeles)… Director Director
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