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WIP Latam will take place from 22 to 24 September in the framework of the industry activities at the San Sebastián Festival
La plaga sin fin / The Neverending Plague, by Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León; Moscas / Flies, by Fernando Eimbcke; A la hora de poner la mesa ya no éramos cinco / We Were No Longer Five, by Esteban Hoyos and Juan Miguel Gelacio; and Chicas tristes / Sad Girls, by Fernanda Tovar are the four Latin American feature films at the post-production stage to show before an audience of professionals at the 73rd edition of the San Sebastían Festival. They will compete for the WIP Latam Industry Award and the EGEDA Platino Industry Award.
The Colombian filmmakers Esteban Hoyos and Juan Miguel Gelacio join hands to sign their second full-length film, A la hora de poner la mesa ya no éramos cinco / We Were No Longer Five, the story of a group of Colombian women who take the search for the children they lost in the armed fighting into their own hands. Both presented their first full-length feature film in WIP Latam 2023, Selva / Jungle, which had its premiere at the last edition of the Cartagena de Indias Film Festival.
Chicas tristes / Sad Girls is the debut film from the Mexican Fernanda Tovar, presented at Proyecta, Ventana Sur, in 2022. The filmmaker participated with the short film Mi edad, la tuya y la edad del mundo (2022) in the Semaine de la Critique at Cannes. The film shows how the friendship between two swimmers and close friends falls apart due to their different approaches to an awkward situation, which affects one of the girls.
La plaga sin fin / The Neverending Plague is co-directed by León & Cociña, the duo made up of the Chilean visual artists Joaquín Cociña y Cristóbal León. The directors, who premiered Casa Lobo (2018) at the Berlinale, narrate in the film the magical story of Diana, the princess of a fairytale kingdom who travels through time to today’s Santiago de Chile.
Finally, the Mexican Fernando Eimbcke returns to San Sebastian with Moscas / Flies, the tale of the emotional ties created with her tenant’s son by a woman who has to rent a room in her flat. In San Sebastian, the filmmaker has previously presented Lake Tahoe (2008) in Zabaltegi-Perlas and in the 4+1 Contemporary Mexican cinema retrospective, where the short film he signed for the omnibus work Revolución also screened; and Club Sandwich (Official Selection, 2013). In addition, his short film, No todo es permanente was selected for the International Meeting of Film Schools in 2008. His last feature film, Olmo, premiered at the Berlinale’s Panorama this year.
Many of the films recently presented in WIP Latam have enjoyed a successful international career. Of the titles selected last year, Si no ardemos, cómo iluminar la noche / If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up The Night, by Kim Torres, will have its world premiere in New Directors; Un cabo suelto / A Loose End, by Daniel Hendler will participate in the Venezia Spotlight, at the upcoming Venice Film Festival; and Iván Fund carried off the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the last Berlinale, with his film El mensaje / The Message. For more information about the success stories of participants in this initiative, see here.
AWARDS
The WIP Latam Industry Award. Given by the companies A Contracorriente Films, Best Digital, Deluxe Content Services Spain, Dolby Iberia, Laserfilm Cine y Vídeo, Nephilim Producciones and No Problem Sonido consists of the post-production of one of the films screened until obtaining a DCP subtitled in English and its distribution in Spain.
The EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA Award for best WIP Latam. Coming with 30,000 euros net for the majority producer of the winning film.
The WIP Latam initiative is possible thanks to the collaboration of A Contracorriente Films, Best Digital, Deluxe Content Services Spain, Dolby Iberia, EGEDA - The Audiovisual Producers’ Rights Management Association, Laserfilm Cine y Vídeo, Nephilim Producciones and No Problem Sonido.
Martha (45), a mother who lost trace of her son in the fighting, receives the news that no bone match was found in the last exhumation in which she had taken part. Having exhausted the institutional options, she turns to a group of women who look into such matters where she meets Sandra, who tells her a rumour: "in a remote village in the plain, you can ask a dead person for a favour". With Sandra, the two set out on a journey in search of answers, blurring the line between the living and the dead. Mothers who look for their children, children who look for their mothers: two parts of a same torment come together in the quest for peace.
La Maestra and Paula are the best swimmers in their team and best friends, until an incident at a party changes everything. La Maestra, intense and unstoppable, realises that something in her best friend has changed, making her sad. When the truth comes to light, the two are faced with an impossible decision: Paula wants to keep quiet about it, while La Maestra wants revenge. Their friendship, previously unbreakable, will be put to the test as never before.
Diana is the princess of an ancient kingdom. Her mother dies while giving birth and her father, King Arthur, forbids love in the kingdom. Now a grown woman, Diana falls in love with a young nomad, Lalo, who gives her a magic bracelet as a token of his love. One day the King discovers them and banishes Lalo. Desperate, Diana uses the bracelet, which transports her to an unknown world, where she lives happily with her beloved Lalo. However, the plans to formalise their relationship are cut short when her father has an accident. Diana jumps to other universes, embarking on a nightmarish journey in search of love. Learning that her father manipulates her decisions, she must confront her fears and change her destiny.
Since Olga (55) suffered a major loss she has embraced loneliness, but the lack of money to have an operation on her big toe obliges her to rent a room in her flat to Tulio, the husband of a patient hospitalised in the Medical Centre across from the enormous apartment block where Olga lives. When Tulio has to go away for a few days, leaving his son Cristian (9) in his place, Olga does everything she can not to get involved; but Cristian’s vulnerability will expose her to her greatest fear: emotional connection.
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