In its in depth protection of Spain at Berlin, its European Movie Market Nation in Focus, Selection appears to be like again on the nation’s presence at this yr’s EFM Co-Manufacturing Market.
The handful of Spanish titles at Berlinale’s twenty second Co-Manufacturing market was as various as they arrive. Aquí y Allí Movies’ “Konbini” is a uncommon co-production with Japan whereas “Woman, Don’t Play” by Ainhoa Rodríguez calls itself an anti-film noir about feminine monsters. “Males and Days,” set in Barcelona and London, is a homosexual romantic drama whereas “March 14th,” a VFF Expertise Spotlight Award winner on the Expertise Challenge Market, and “Demise in Torrevieja” are household dramas, the latter with a homicide thriller twist in a resort city.
What united the 5 tasks, nonetheless – and that is typical of Spanish cinema made by its new era of cineastes – is their robust social challenge focus.
All 5 pics had their market debut on the European Movie Market (EFM) the place they have been amongst some 35 characteristic movie tasks from 27 international locations collaborating within the Co-Manufacturing Market, working Feb. 15-19.
“March 14th” (“Catorce de Marzo”), Alberto Gross Molo and co-screenwriter Tomàs Bayo Encontra
One in all six tasks which scooped awards at this yr’s Co-Manufacturing Market, a €10,000 ($10,500) money prize for one of the best new venture on the Expertise Challenge Market. Produced by Contraria Media, government producer of Gross Molo’s shorts alongside Ayhe Productions, which backed Gross Molo’s acclaimed brief “Solos,” and Solita Movies, behind Sundance hit “The Fishbowl.” Héctor (11) and his sister Gema (6) are going through the ultimate 24 hours earlier than their dad and mom’ divorce trial—a day that may decide their future. Tomorrow, they need to select which mum or dad they need to stay with. However Héctor fears that if their solutions don’t match, the decide would possibly separate them. Has gone by means of La Incubadora ECAM, Berlinale Abilities Script Station in its improvement trajectory. “Past the divorce theme, ‘March 14th’ speaks about love between siblings, household and the ache brought on by conflicts with family members,” says Contraria Media’s Laura Egidos.
“Konbini,” Pedro Collantes, Tomoe Kanno, Sayaka Akitsu
“Konbini” facilities on Kisayo, a struggling sound artist working late shifts at a Tokyo comfort retailer. One evening, he intervenes when an aged man purposefully tries to get caught stealing. This opportunity encounter sparks an surprising bond, connecting two vastly completely different lives. Nonetheless in early improvement, it’s backed by Spanish Movie Institute ICAA and Japan’s Tsutaya Programme, “‘Konbini’ is a superb story that displays a harsh actuality however narrated in such a young approach that it makes you fall in love with it. It’s a dream to steer and take part in such a world co-production with Tradition Leisure, one among Japan’s most energetic manufacturing firms with over 30 years of expertise,” says Collantes.
“Woman, Don’t Play” (“Niña, no juegues”) Ainhoa Rodríguez
Six-year-old María lives together with her mom in a roadside hostel-restaurant in Extremadura. Her mom, always cooking and battling abdomen ache, generally vanishes earlier than daybreak. One evening, a sinister roadside encounter forces them to flee. As secrets and techniques unravel, María begins to query her mom’s true nature—and her personal. Co-produced by Les Movies du Worso and Tentación Cabiria, Rodriguez says her horror movie “delves into the parable of the ‘feminine monster’ whereas exploring maternal bonds and the battle between identification and social imposition. Advised from a toddler’s perspective, it pays homage to cinematic custom solely to subvert it from a brand new perspective.”
“Males and Days” (“Els houses i els dies”), Arnau Vilaró
Produced by Nanouk Movies, Native Movies and Lluís Miñarro, “Males and Days” by Arnau Vilaró (“Alcarràs”) is impressed by the lifetime of late Hispanic Research scholar David Vilaseca. Set in 1992 Barcelona, it follows Vilaseca’s return from London after finishing his PhD and a poisonous breakup. Amid Olympic fever and the AIDS disaster, he begins a diary on love between males, later incomes acclaim after it’s printed. Supported by ICEC, Inventive Europe Media, and 3CAT, the venture awaits help from Televisión Española and CNC. Its producers spotlight its contemporary tackle identification, pre-Olympic Barcelona and LGTBQ+ struggles not often seen in Spanish cinema.
Males and Days
“Demise in Torrevieja” (“Muerte en Torrevieja”) Adriana Arratia Screenwriters: Arratia, Marina Figueras and Pilar Romina
Collaborating within the Expertise Challenge Market on the Berlinale Co-Manufacturing Market, the Maqueta Movies and Nakamura Movies co-production is ready throughout a torrid summer time within the vacationer resort Torrevieja the place Chetia, a single mom struggling to boost her undesirable son, survives every day by means of shady dealings and unlawful balcony betting. However her world is upended when a vacationer mysteriously dies at one among her events. Solid is led by Caterina Hurtado Fernández and Ana Jiménez La Santa. “Adriana Arratia is 25 years previous, makes use of a singular language and has a really clear function of giving visibility to the tales of ladies who stay on society’s margins. Her movie breathes contemporaneity, power and rawness,” say its producers.
