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SOPHIE BOURDON

Formerly CEO of ACE - Ateliers du Cinema Europeen, Sophie Bourdon is today working as a freelancer for the international film industry at the crossroads between professional training, consulting in co-productions and international sales and match making at festivals. Her main objective is to help building bridges between producers from Europe and their peers from other continents.

During her 11 years at the Head of ACE, she worked with more than 200 independent producers on the development of their projects. Films (co-)produced by ACE Members include "No Man's Land", "Magdalene Sisters", "Dance with Bashir", "Incendies", "La Soledad", "La Cienaga", "El Custodio", "Gigante". Prior to ACE, Sophie used to be an international sales agents, for 9 years in Paris, working for MK2 among others.

MANUEL PÉREZ ESTREMERA

Started as a contributor to magazines on film and cultura: Film Ideal, Nuestro Cine, Cuadernos para el diálogo, Primer Acto. He collaborated in numerous series and programmes for Spanish television, TVE, and was director of the weekly film programme, Fila 7; from 1987 to 1992 he was the company’s Assistant Director of External Production. He has also held a variety of executive positions with the Sogecable group, including Director of the programme Magacine and Director of Own Productions with Canal Plus. He was Director of the San Sebastian Film Festival for two years and a member of its Management Committee until 1997.

Manuel was also head of the Production Department at the San Antonio de los Baños International Film and Television School in Cuba between 1998 and 2000. He is the author of four books: Correspondencia inacabada con Arturo Ripstein, Nuevo Cine Alemán, Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, and Problemas del Nuevo Cine.
His more recent positions include Director of Cinematography with the Spanish Ministry of Culture (ICAA) (2004) and Director of TVE (2005-2007).

FEDERICO VEIROJ

Holds a Degree in Social Communication. Producer and director of the feature films Acné (2008) – premiered at the Festival de Cannes Directors’ Fortnight - and La vida útil (A Useful Life, 2010). Both films have landed festival awards and have been commercially released in several countries.

He contributed to the Uruguay International Film Festival programme and worked for four years at the Filmoteca Española. Federico is currently Delegate for Latin America at the San Sebastian Festival.

EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARD 2013 FOR THE BEST PROJECT

• “EL ACOMPAÑANTE” directed by Pavel Giroud and produced by Areté Audiovisual (Cuba-France)

Sponsored by EGEDA, (Audiovisual Producer’s Rights Management Association)

SPECIAL MENTION TO THE PROYECT

• “LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA” directed by César Augusto Acevedo and produced by Burning Blue (Colombia-France)

As an extension to the San Sebastian Forum, and as a result of the "Forging Alliances" collaboration agreement signed with the Producers Network of the Marché du Film (Festival de Cannes) and Argentina’s INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales), a number of these projects will be able to continue their international trajectory thanks to participation in the Ventana Sur market and in the coming edition of the Cannes Producers Network. This initiative will lend a decisive boost to their international promotion.

The selected projects to attend Ventana Sur are:

• Pedro Aguilera Londaiz from PEDRO AGUILERA P.C.(Demonios tus ojos)
• Edgar Tenembaum from TU VAS VOIR (El acompañante)
• José María Lara from SHANGRI-LA P.C. S.L. (La puerta del amor)
• Marianne Dumoulin from JBA PRODUCTION (Niño nadie)
• Alberto Gerrikabeitia from ABRA PROD S.L. (Operaciòn concha)
• Eugenia Mumenthaler from ALINA FILM (Pozo de aire)