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Buitres
Buitres
2004 - 86’ - Spanish - Colour - Mexico
Latin America
Director: Raúl González Nava
Cast: Edurne Ferrer, Javier Oliván, Eligio Meléndez, Juan
Ríos, Cony Madera
Screenplay: Raúl González Nava
Cinematographer: Tito Reynoso
Music Composer: Gerardo Australia
Production Company: IMCINE , Circo Azul , Canal 22 ,
FOPROCINE
World Sales Address: Embassy Of Mexico
A distinguished writer declares in an interview that he should die consumed by flames,
but dies run over without any identification. An assistant coroner and a woman
photographer kidnap the body to fake his suicide. The case is assigned to a judicial
policeman who is oppressed by the deaths weighing on him.
Director’s Biography
Raúl González Nava is a writer and director known for television movie
'Buitres'.
Director’s Filmography
Buitres (2004)
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Chasing Fireflies
Cazando Luciérnagas
2013 - 106’- Spanish - Colour - Columbia
Latin America
Director: Roberto Flores Prieto
Producer: Roberto Flores Prieto and Diana Lowis
Cast: Valentina Abril and Marlon Moreno
Screenplay: Carlos Alberto Franco Esguerra and Roberto
Flores Prieto
Cinematographer: Eduardo Ramirez Gonzalez
Editor: Andres Rojas
Sound Designer: Miguel Vargas
Costume Designer: Carolina Serna
Production Designer: SaraMillán
Production Company: KymeraProducciones
Festival/Awards: Chicago International Film Festival 2013
Gramado Film Festival 2013
Huelva Latin American Film Festival 2013
Manrique is the man in charge of watching an abandoned salt minelocated in a recondite
place of the Colombian Caribbean. In his work he has found the perfect excuse to isolate
himself from a world that does not appeal to him anymore. Nevertheless, the unusual
appearance of a dog that likes to chase fireflies in the dark, and the unexpected arrival of
Valeria, a thirteen years old daughter whose existence he ignores, will allow this solitary
man an opportunity to recover the joy of being alive.
Director’s Biography
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Roberto Flores Prieto completed his schooling at the International
School of Film and Television of Cuba in 1986. His work as director
includes the documentary La Hija de la Luz (2010). Chasing Fireflies
(Cazando Luciernagas) (2013), has been the winner of multiple awards at
the Gramado Film Festival and the Latin American Film Festival of
Huelva. Ruido Rosa (2015), his third feature film, has been included in the
International Film. Festival of Shanghai and the International Film
Festival of Karlovy Vary. He is currently working on several feature film
projects with screenwriter Carlos Franco.
Director’s Filmography
Chasing Fireflies (2013)
Pink Noise (2014)
2016
Latin America
Undertow
Contracorriente
2009 - 100’- Spanish - Colour - Peru, Colombia, France, Germany
Director: Javier Fuentes-Leon
Producer: Rodrigo Guerrero, Javier Fuentes-Leon
Cast: Cristian Mercado, Tatiana Astengo, Manolo Cardona
Screenplay: Javier Fuentes-Leon
Cinematographer: Mauricio Vidal
Editor: Roberto Benavides
Sound Designer: Daniel GarcesNajar El Gato
Music Composer: Selma Mutal
Production Designer: Diana Trujillo
Production Company: Elcalvo Films, Dynamo
Producciones, Dynamo, La Cinéfacture, Neue Cameo Film
World Sales Address: Embassy of Peru
Festival/Awards:
Annonay International Festival of First Films (2011): Won
(Award for Best Music), Nominated (Grand Jury Prize)
Miguel is a young fisherman married to Mariela, who is pregnant with their first son. But
he also has a secret affair with a male painter called Santiago. Santiago accidentally
drowns at sea, and his ghost returns to ask Miguel to find his body, in order to bury it with
their village's rituals. Miguel eventually finds Santiago's body, but does not tell his ghost.
Meanwhile, the villagers discover nude paintings of Miguel at Santiago's house, fueling a
rumour that he was having an affair. Mariela hears the rumours, confronts Miguel about
them, and goes to her mother's house. The body of Santiago appears in the nets of a
fishing boat. Miguel claims the body of Santiago. He takes the coffin of Santiago to sea, but
soon after the coffin glides into the sea and Miguel is in tears, the ghost of Santiago
reappears, caressing Miguel, who returns home alone.
Director’s Biography
Fuentes-León graduated from Medical School in Peru, but moved to Los
Angeles in 1994 to pursue a career in film directing by studying at the
California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts). His thesis film won the National
Award for Short Films from the Peruvian government. Later, FuentesLeón worked as the lead writer for reality TV shows, subtitled films from
major Hollywood studios into Spanish, and worked as an editor of
commercials and TV shows, while focusing on his own writing and
directing projects. His second short Géminis premiered at Outfest in
2004 and screened at various international film festivals.
Chicago Latino Film Festival (2010): Won (Audience Choice
Award)
Lima Latin American Film Festival (2010): Won (Audience
Award)
Miami Film Festival (2010): Won (Audience Award)
Nominated (Grand Jury Prize)
Sundance Film Festival (2010): Won (Audience Award)
Nominated (Grand Jury Prize)
Director’s Filmography
The Vanished Elephant (2014)
Géminis (Short) (2004)
Espacios (Short) (1997)
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Latin America
The Water At The End Of The World
El Agua Del Fin Del Mundo
2011 - 85’- Spanish, English - Colour - Argentina
Director: Paula Siero
Producer: Juan Pablo Gugliotta, Nathalia Videla Pena
Cast: Guadalupe Docampo, Facundo Arana, Diana Lamas
Screenplay: Paula Siero, Nora Mazzitelli
Cinematographer: Daniel Ortega
Editor: Leandro Aste
Sound Designer: Martin Grignaschi
Music Composer: Changospaciuk
Costume Designer: Lucia Sciannamea
Production Company: Primer Plano Film Group, Instituto
Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA)
World Sales Address: Embassy of Argentina
Award/Festival:
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 2012
Nominated
Two sisters decide to embark on a trip to Tierra del Fuego, “the end of the world”, after
learning that the incurable illness of one of them has taken a bad turn. Enter Martin, a
homeless accordionist who becomes attracted to both of them, and the sisters' plans, as
well as their relationship, threaten to fall apart. Avoiding melodrama, Paula Siero tells a
warm, intensely honest and humane story of real emotions—love and hate, anger and
understanding—between siblings.
Director’s Biography
Paula Siero is an actress and director, known for her roles in The Last
Summer of La Boyita (2009), A Buddha (2005) and Locas de amor (2004).
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Director’s Filmography
The Water At The End Of The World (2011)
2016
The Finger
El Dedo
2011 - 93’- Spanish - Colour - Argentina
Latin America
Director: Sergio Teubal
Producer: Andrés Korn, Iván Posse Molina, Fernando
Sokolowicz
Cast: Fabián Vena, Gabriel Goity, Martín Seefeld
Screenplay: Carina Catelli
Cinematographer: Christian Cottet
Editor: Hernan Garbarino
Sound Designer: Leandro de Loredo
Costume Designer: Goga Dodero
World Sales Address: Embassy of Argentina
In the tradition of O' Brother Where Art Thou and the Irish Waking Ned, and set in a
wonderfully photographic, South American environment comes this comedy. Hilarious
characters pulling together to make a dream come true, our hero's index finger is the
excuse that drives the villagers to discover a murder, turn around the election to the
town's mayor, renew their Christian's faith, build new love relationships. In other words
wake up the quiet Latin American town of Cerro Colorado. Who knows where these
people will get with the help of the magic finger?.
Director’s Biography
Sergio Teubal is a theatre person. He started shooting short films for
fellow actors that wanted to start their own showreels. In 1999 he went
into advertising, when he was hired by one of the leading South
American film production companies. As a director, he has been
awarded numerously for his Advertising work, his work in Music Videos
and for his short films. His background as an actor and musician has given
him a particular view on how to work with actors, a deep understanding
of casting and performance as well as musical scores.
Director’s Filmography
Who Is Echegoyen? (short) (2010)
To Daddy (short) (2009)
La Musica Del Delta (documentary Short) (2005)
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The Prize
El Premio
2009 - 92’ - Colour - Peru
Latin America
Director: Alberto Durant
Prooducer: Elart Coello, Joseph Novoa, Gustavo Sánchez
Cast: Aristóteles Picho, Jose Luis Ruiz
Screenplay: Alberto Durant
Editor: Carlos Alvarez Pacheco
Cinematographer: José Luis Bernal
Music Composer: Cecilia Herrera, Patricia Van Oort
World Sales Address: Embassy of Peru
A humble rural teacher travels to Lima to collect his lottery winnings and meet the son he
has not seen in years. No one could predict how this would permanently change their
lives.
Director’s Biography
Alberto Durant is a Director, Writer and Producer
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Director’s Filmography
Cuchillos En El Cielo (2013)
Doble Juego (2004)
Courage (1999)
Alias 'la Gringa' (1991)
Malabrigo (1986)
Ojos De Perro (1983)
2016
In The Name Of The Girl
En El Nombre De La Hija
2011 - 108’- Spanish - Colour - Ecuador
Latin America
Director: Tania Hermida
Producer: Tania Hermida, Anaís Domínguez, Mary Palacios
Cast: Eva Mayu Mecham Benavides, Markus Mecham
Benavides, Martina León
Screenplay: Tania Hermida
Cinematographer: Armando Salazar
Editor: Vanessa Amores, Juan Carlos Donoso
Sound Designer: Juan José Luzuriaga
Music Composer: Nelson García
Costume Designer: Maria Caridad Carrion
Production Company: Corporación Ecuador Para Largo
Award/Festival:
Cine Ceará - National Cinema Festival (2012): Best Art
Direction
Rome Film Fest (2011): Won (Alice In The City Prize)
In The Name of the Girl tells the story of 9-year-old Manuela, whose name is in dispute
between her socialist-atheist father and her catholic grandmother. Set in the Ecuadorian
Andes during the summer of 1976, tension mounts when Manuela's grandmother insists
that her granddaughter be named Dolores, like all first-born daughters in the family.
Defending the decision of her father while spending the summer with her brother at the
family's farmhouse, Manuela confronts her cousins and her grandparents. However, an
unexpected encounter leads Manuela to confront herself.
Director’s Biography
Tania Hermida majored in Film Direction from International Film and TV
School of San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba (1991). She got Masters in
Cultural Studies from University of Azuay (2003). She is writer and
Director of How Much Further (Que Tan Lejos, 2006).
Director’s Filmography
How Much Further (2006)
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The Creation of Gabriel GarcíaMárquez
Gabo: La Magia De Lo Real
2015 - 90' - Spanish - colour - USA
Latin America
Director: Justin Webster
Producer: Kate Horne
Cast: Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Jon Lee Anderson, Xavi
Ayén, Carmen Balcells, Bill Clinton.
Screenplay: Kate Horne and Justin Webster
Cinematographer: Lucas Gath, Kim Hattesem
Editor: Judit Méndez
Music Composer: Laro Basterrechea
Production Company: JWProductions (coproduction), Canal+ España, Caracol, Discovery
Studios, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Horne
Productions, Ronachan Films (co-production),
Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)
Festival/Awards:
Gaudi Awards (2016) (Nominated)
The film is a story about the incredible power of human imagination, which follows the
interwoven threads of 1982 Nobel Prize winner for Literature Gabriel García Márquez's
life and work – “Gabo” to all of Latin America – with the narrative tension of an
investigation. How did a boy from a backward town on the Caribbean coast become a
writer who won the hearts of millions, from the poorest to the most powerful? How did he
change our perception of reality with his work? The answer lies in the incredible story of
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the author of the globally-celebrated and critically-acclaimed
masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude. Having a great zest for life, he decided to
become a pioneer of life-affirming literature, and take part in the political struggles of the
70s and 80s, through his militant journalism and his friendship with political leaders such
as Fidel Castro and Bill Clinton.
Director’s Biography
Justin Webster is a director and writer, known for I Will Be Murdered
(2013), Barça! The Inside Story (2004) and Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel
Garcia Marquez (2015).
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Director’s Filmography
I Will Be Murdered (Documentary) (2013)
Last White Man Standing (2010)
2016
Generación Spielberg
Generación Spielberg
2014 - 111’- Spanish - B&W - Mexico
Latin America
Director: Gibran Bazan
Producer: Gibran Bazan
Editor: Gibran Bazan
Cast: Bruno Bichir, Silvia Carusillo
Screenplay: Gibran Bazan
Sound Designer: Marcos Cabal
Music Composer: Genaro Ochoa, Sabina Maytorena
Production Company: Foprocine, Marsash Producciones
World Sales Address: Embassy of Mexico
Five interwined stories. Two lovers stay under the sheets for 24 hours. An upper middle
class girl is trapped in an elevator with a messenger and an accountant. A group of writers
get drunk on mezcal in a van, remembering the good old days in the eighties. A
psychoanalyst locks herself in the bathroom to commit suicide, while an executive and
mother who had an affair with her, hides in the broom closet of her office to cure her
broken heart with wine.
Director’s Biography
Gibran Bazan, born in the city of Mexico, is the only pupil of Juan Lopez
Moctezuma, cult filmmaker with whom he made several projects
including the series of medium-length "I vampire" and is co-author with
Moctezuma of the screenplay for the feature film 'Black Pinocchio'. As a
director, he made the short films "Retroscape in off", "Canok, the lost
man" and "Route Camus". He is also author of the screenplays for feature
film "Eternity reflections", "Serapis Radax", "The woman in the moon".
Director’s Filmography
Los Rollos Perdidos (Documentary) (2012)
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Implacable
Implacable
2014 - 72’- Spanish - Colour - Mexico
Latin America
Director: Carlos García Campillo
Producer: Carlos García Campillo, Lesslye Yin
Cast: Guido Gueta, Ana Ochoa Valdez, Eric da Silva
Screenplay: Josh Candia, Carlos García Campillo
Cinematographer: Gabriel García Campillo
Editor: Gabriel García Campillo, Carlos García Campillo
Sound Designer: Adolfo Cruz Mateo
Music Composer: Joel Amaya
Production Company: Canal 22 Televisión Metropolitana,
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE),
Producciones El Chango
World Sales Address: Embassy of Mexico
Festival/Awards:
Bogota Film Festival (2014) (Nominated)
Max is a teenager who imagines himself as an implacable ladies man who can get any girl
he wants. His life will take a 180º turn when he takes Dan, a smart, athletic and handsome
twenty-something, under his wing and teaches him everything he knows. None of them
imagined that this would make them compete for the affection of the same girl.
Director’s Biography
Carlos García Campillo (1976) is a writer, director and producer. He has
filmed many short films and documentaries.
Director’s Filmography
El Quejido (Short) (2007)
Pecado en la piel (Documentary Short) (1998)
A Little Bit of Blood (Short) (1998)
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Pol
La peculia
2011 - 75’- - Colour - Guatemala
Latin America
Director: Rodolfo Espinosa
Producer: Carlos Lucero
Life hasn't been the same for Pol since her mother died eight years ago. Her father, a
Russian émigré, hasn't spoken to Pol in years and both might be sent back to Russia. She is
not the only one with problems: her best friend Flaco is being chased by schoolmate
Bambú for drawing his sister naked. Pol and Flaco hide from Bambú and his gang in a
nearby college campus where she loses her father's ID. There, they will meet a wild and
quirky cast of characters as they search for the missing document.
Director’s Biography
Rodolfo Espinosa is a Peruvian director.
Director’s Filmography
Pol (2011)
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The Bad Intentions
Las Malas Intenciones
110’ - Spanish - Colour - Peru, Argentina, Germany
Latin America
Director: Rosario García-Montero
Producer: Rosario Garcia-Montero, Benito Mueller, Paul
Typaldos, Wolfgang Müller
Cast: Fatima Buntinx, Katerina D'Onofrio, Melchor
Gorrochátegui
Screenplay: Rosario Garcia-Montero
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Pulpeiro
Editor: Rosario Suárez
Sound Designer: Guido Berenblum
Music Composer: Patrick Kirst
Production Company: Barry Films, Garmont Films
Award/Festival:
Austin International Film Festival of the Americas 2012:
Won (Audience Award, Jury Award)
Gramado Film Festival 2011: Won (Special Jury Award)
An imaginative Peruvian child believes that her life will come to an end when her
pregnant mother gives birth.
Berlin International Film Festival 2011: Nominated
Lima Latin American Film Festival 2011: Won (Best
Peruvian Film)
Mar del Plata Film Festival 2011: Won (Best IberoAmerican Film)
Viña del Mar Film Festival 2011: Won (Special Jury Award)
Director’s Biography
Born in Chicago, she studied film at several international colleges
including Lima University, New School University in New York and the
Cuban film school Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV),
where she also developed the screenplay for her feature film debut
Las Malas Intenciones
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Director’s Filmography
Perfidia (Short) (2006)
Information Booth (Short) (2004)
Are You Feeling Lonely? (Short) (2003)
Locked (Short) (2002)