The large number of projects received and their diversity show the strength of this forum, which reaches its thirteenth edition this year.
After the committee’s evaluation, 12 projects have been chosen to participate in the forthcoming edition on the 26th, 27th and 28th September 2017, within the framework of the 65th San Sebastian Film Festival.
There will be seven countries represented in twelve feature-length projects this year:
| BREAKPOINT, A COUNTER HISTORY OF PROGRESS Producer: Cinephage Director: Jean-Robert Viallet Nationality: France |
PANAMA AL BROWN, A MYSTERIOUS FORCE Producer: Bachibouzouk Director: Jacques Goldstein Nationality: France |
| EL SONIDO DEL “CRACK” Producer: Irusoin S.L-Mirokutana.Koop Director: Ander Iriarte Alvarez Nationality: Spain |
PHOTOGRAPH-WOMEN Producer: Tiresias Films-Kino Produzioni Director: Ester Sparatore Nationality: France-Italy |
| GET SETTLED! Producer: Karin Wegsjö Produktion Director: Karin Wegsjö Nationality: Sweden |
ROL&ROL Producer: Turanga Films S.L.U.-Revolution Films S.L. Director: Chus Gutiérrez Nationality: Spain |
| Mr. RIPLEY, EL ARTE DE LA ESTAFA Producer: Marmoka Films Director: Gentzane Martínez de Osaba – Alejandro García de Vicuña Nationality: Spain |
TOLYATTI ADRIFT Producer: BoogalooFilms Director: Laura Sisteró Nationality: Spain |
| NOMBRE EN CLAVE: MAVERICK Producer: Contrasentido PC – Zinema Varietes Director: Patxi Basabe Nationality: Spain |
PRISONERS WITHOUT PRISON (*) Producer: Mov(i)e ON Director: Verjana Abazaj Nationality: Albania |
| NOODLE DREAM Producer: 24 images – Dynamic Communication Company Director: HOU Ning Nationality: France-China |
I AM NOT YOUR SLAVE (*) Producer: Contramedia Films-AlemDoc Director: Fátima Subeh – Edu Marín Nationality: Spain |
(*) This project has participated in the last FIPA’s edition (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz-France)
The selected projects will participate in the workshops that will take place in two intensive days before the forum (26th and 27th September) and in which Catherine Ulmer and Ventura Durall will once again be the tutors entrusted with providing the appropriate tools to perfect both pitching and one-to-one meetings which the producers will have on 28th September in the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastián.
In addition, the panel of Commissioning Editors, more international in its scope than ever, already has the earliest confirmed attendees and will be made up of television companies, sales agents and international distributors such as EITB – Aintzane Pérez del Palomar (Co-production Commissioning Editor) // SVT – Axel Arnö (Commissioning Editor) // TREELINE DISTRIBUTION – Elena Mera Dios (International Business) // RADIO CANADA – Jean Pelletier (Senior Director-TV News Information) // LINK TV – Lorraine Hess (Programming Consultant), among others.
Over the next few weeks the parallel activities will be announced. These will take place within the same framework and will aim to bring the audience closer to the cinematographic and cultural reality of Europe. Likewise, inscriptions are open until 22nd September to attend as a member of the audience for the presentation of the projects and to meet accredited professionals from the audiovisual and cinematographic sector.
More information is available on our website: www.lauhaizetara.eu
