International Film Festival
Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse

FILMS in PROGRESS 12 will take place at the 55th International Film Festival on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 September 2007

08/21/2007

This joint rendezvous between the Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine in Toulouse and the International Film Festival, destined to facilitate the conclusion of a film by independent filmmakers from Latin America and Spain ready to tackle the post-production stage, has received for this, its 12th call, 129 filmed projects from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, the USA, France, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico and Uruguay.

 Programme

Acné, by Federico Veiroj (Uruguay,  Argentina, Spain, Mexico)

A festa da menina morta, by Matheus Nachtergaele (Brazil, Argentina, Portugal)

Gasolina, by Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala)

La extranjera, by Fernando Díaz (Argentina)

Sol na neblina, by Werner Schumann (Brazil)

Una semana solos, by Celina Murga (Argentina)

In addition to being exclusively presented to professionals from the different links in the filmmaking process (producers, distributors, exhibitors, technical industry representatives, TV networks, festivals and aid funds), these films have the possibility of obtaining different incentives:

• The Films in Progress Industry Award: Estudios Exa, Kodak (División de Cine Profesional), Mediapro, Molinare Madrid, No Problem Sonido, Technicolor Entertainment Services Spain and Titra Film will jointly assume the post-production of a selected film until achieving an english subtitled 35mm copy.
• The TVE Award, consisting of the purchase of the broadcasting rights for one of the selected films.
• The Casa de América Award for Aid to the Post-Production of Latin American Films, carrying €10,000 (gross).
• Signis Awards, carrying $25,000, as part of its 6th Film Post-Production for Latin America Competition.
• The International Confederation of Art Cinemas Award (CICAE) will back the chosen film in the 1,000 AFCAE cinemas in France (and subsequently abroad) as part of its « Cinédiversité » operation.
• The films participating in Films in Progress have access to international diffusion on the Instituto Cervantes world network.

 Programme

Tuesday 25 –   Sala de Actos de Kutxa (Calle Andía s/n)

Wednesday 26

FILMS in PROGRESS 13 will take place on 3rd and 4th April 2008 at the 20th Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse (France).

FILMS in PROGRESS is sponsored by the Grupo Bruesa and has the decisive backing of the following entities and companies: Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE), Casa de América, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art & Essai (CICAE), Estudios Exa, FNAC, Fondation Groupama GAN pour le Cinéma, Instituto Cervantes, Interreg III-A France-Spain, Kodak (División de Cine Profesional), Mac Guff Ligne,  Mactari, Marché du Film, Mediapro, Mediavision,  Molinare Madrid, No Problem Sonido, Programa Ibermedia, Signis, Technicolor Entertainment Services Spain, Titra Film, TVE and Union Latina.

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