This joint co-development grant is one of the concrete actions developed in the framework of the structured partnership launched by EFAD and CAACI (Conferencia de Autoridades Audiovisuales y Cinematográficas de Iberoamérica) in 2016. It is distributed in the framework of the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

2024

LOS DOS PAISAJES / THE TWO LANDSCAPES
by Francisco Lezama
PIONERIA CINEA & QUARTA FEIRA (Argentina / Brazil)

Genre: Feature film

©Pablo Cifuentes - SSIFF

Jury:

• EFAD: Dita Rietuma, Director of the National Film Centre of Latvia.
• CAACI: Arianne Benedetti, Vice-Minister at the Ministry of Culture, Panama.
• The San Sebastian International Film Festival: Susana Santos Rodrigues, Co-Director at IndieLisboa, Portugal)

Status:

Development

EFAD Press Release

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2023

LITTLE WAR by Barbara Sarasola-Day
PUCARA CINE (Argentina / Netherlands)

Contact: Federico Eibuszyc - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Genre: Feature film

Jury:

• Solène Tardieu, Advisor to CEO / International Affairs at the German Federal Film Board (FFA). Representing EFAD.
• Marcios Migliorisi, head of international affairs at the Uruguay film fund. Representing CAACI.
• Edgard Tenenbaum, producer (company “Tu Vas Voir”). Representing San Sebastian Festival.

Status:

Development

EFAD Press Release

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2022

SEIS MESES EN EL EDIFICIO ROSA CON AZUL By Bruno Santamaría

Razo Ojo de vaca (Mexico)

Contact: Guillermo Ortiz - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Genre: Feature film

Jury:

• Marianna Vargas Gurilieva. DGCINE, Dominican Republic. Representing CAACI.
• Neil Peplow. BFI (UK). Representing EFAD.
• Ainhoa González. Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Euskadi, Spain. Representing San Sebastián Festival.

Status:

Development

EFAD Press Release

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2021

DONDE COMIENZA EL RIO by Juan Andrés Arango

Inercia Películas (Colombia / Canada / France / Norway)

Contact: Paola Pérez Nieto - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Genre: Feature film

Jury

• Germán Monje. ADCINE, Bolivia.  Representing CAACI.
• Pablo Pérez de Lema. ICAA, Spain. Representing EFAD.
• Alexandra Lebret. European Producers Club, France. Representing San Sebastián Festival.

Status:

Development

Festivals/ Awards:

L'Atelier Cannes 2022 / Fiction Feature Film Production, Film Development Fund - FDC (2021) - Artistic Production Grant awarded by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec - CALQ (2021) - Pitching Forum (2021).

EFAD Press Release:

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2020 (Online)

¿QUIÉN MATÓ A NARCISO? / WHO KILLED NARCISO?
by Marcelo Martinessi
LA BABOSA CINE (Paraguay / Germany / France / Spain)

Contact: Sebastián Peña Escobar - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Genre: Feature film

Jury

• Alfredo Caldera. CNAC, Venezuela. Representing CAACI.
• Mathieu Fournet. CNC, France Representing EFAD.
• Paz Lázaro. BERLINALE, Allemagne. Representing San Sebastián Festival.

Status:

Pre-Production. Expected to shoot September 2023

Festivals/ Awards:

Berlinale Co-Production Market 2023 (Artekino Award)

EFAD Press Release

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2019

LA HIJA DE TODAS LAS RABIAS / DAUGHTER OF RAGE by Laura Baumeister
FELIPA FILMS (Nicaragua / Mexico / Netherlands / France / Germany)

Contact: Rossana Baumeister - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Genre: Feature film

Jury

• Julián David Correa. Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia. Representing CAACI.
• Julie-Jeanne Régnault. EFAD, Belgium. Representing EFAD
• Alfredo Calvino. Habanero, Brazil. Representing San Sebastián Festival.

Status:

Completed: 2022

Sales Agent:

Best Friend Forever (Belgium) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Festivals / Awards:

Toronto 2022 (Discovery) – San Sebastián 2022 (New Directors) – Busan 2022 (Flash Forward)

EFAD Press Release

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2018

LA LLORONA by Jayro Bustamante
LA CASA DE PRODUCCIÓN (Guatemala / France)

Contact: Gustavo Matheu - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Genre: Feature film

Jury:

• José Miguel Álvarez Ibargüengoitia. IMCINE, Mexico. Representing CAACI.
• Laufey Gudjonsdottir. Icelandic Film Centre. Representing EFAD.
• Iker Ganuza. Lamia Films, Spain. Representing Festival de San Sebastián.

Status:

Completed: 2019

Sales Agent:

Film Factory (Spain) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Festivals / Awards:

Venice Film Festival - Venice Days, 2019 - Giornate degli Autori, GdA Director’s Award to Jayro Bustamante; Toronto Film Fest - World Contemporary Cinema – San Sebastián (Horizontes Latinos) – London Film Festival (Official Selection) – Tribeca Film Festival) - Sundance Film Festival. It was selected as the Guatemalan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 2021 Ocars

EFAD Press Release

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2017

EL AGENTE TOPO / THE MOLE AGENT by Maite Alberdi Soto

MICROMUNDO PRODUCCIONES (Chile / France / USA / Spain)

Contact: Marcela Santibañez - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Genre: Documentary

Jury

• Ilse Hughan. Fortuna Films (Netherlands). Representing San Sebastián Festival .
• Silje Riise Næss. Norwegian Film Institute. Representing EFAD.
• Martín Alonso Rodríguez. Consejo del Arte y la Industria Audiovisual de Chile. Representing CAACI.

Status:

Completed: 2020

Sales Agent:

Dogwoof (UK) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Festivals / Awards:

Tribeca Film Institute (2017) - Latin American Fund (EEUU); Sundance Film Institute - Development Documentary Fund (EEUU); IDFA 2017 (Development Fund); Cinereach Grant (EEUU); Tribeca Film Institute (EEUU); Blue Ice Docs Canadá; Busan IFF 2020; Sundance Film Festival 2020 (World Cinema Documentary Competition); San Sebastián Film Festival (Perlak Section – Audience Award). It was nominated for the Documentary Feature Competition and was selected as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2021 Oscars.

EFAD Press Release

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2016

KARNAWAL (Ex: LOS DÍAS SEGÚN ELLOS) by Juan Pablo Félix
BIKINI FILMS (Argentina / Chile / Brazil / Mexico / Bolivia)

Contact: Edson Sidonie - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Genre: Feature Film

Jury:

• Fernanda del Nido. Setembro Cine, Spain. Representing San Sebastián Festival.
• Alex Traila. Romanian Film Center. Representing EFAD.
• Pierre Emile Vandoorne. Director of Audiovisual, Phonography and New Media of Peru, and current Executive Secretary of CAACI. Representing CAACI.

Status:

Completed: 2020

Sales Agent:

Beta Cinema (Germany) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Festivals / Awards:

Guadalajara IFF_Best Direction; Best actor; Selection Primer Corte Ventana Sur 2019, Primer Corte Award. Selection Cinéma en Construction 37 / Official Section - Málaga 2021 - Biznaga Best Supporting Actor // Golden Bizniaga Best Iberoamerican Film. 

EFAD Press Release

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