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The second film from Federico Veiroj and the directorial debut of Uruguayan actor Daniel Hendler feature in San Sebastian’s 16th Films in Progress showcase.
A jewel in the festival industry crown, tracked by foreign sales agents and producers alike, Films in Progress unspools Tuesday and Wednesday.
A joint venture of San Sebastian and the Rencontres Cinemas d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse, section highlights films at rough-cut stage, seeking completion finance.
Coming in at 67-minutes,Veiroj’s La vida ùtil, his follow-up to Acné,which played to positive response at Cannes 2008 Directors’ Fortnight, turns on a film buff who loses his job at the local cinematheque.
Also from Uruguay, Norberto’s Deadline, written and directed by Hendler who won an actor Silver Bear at the 2004 Berlinale, echoes the quirky humor of early Daniel Burman films,which often starred Hendler. It portrays a man who loses his job but finds himself - as a natural-born liar. Burman’s BD Cine co-produces.
Natalia Smirnoff’s Puzzle reps another quirky fiction feature deb from a former
A.D.-turned casting director, who’s worked with Lucrecia Martel, Pablo Trapero and Marcelo Pineyro. It follows a 50- year-old housewife who discovers her genius for solving puzzles; which doesn’t resolve her personal life.
Lead-produced by France’s Les Films du Requin, Agua fría de mar, the feature deb of Costa Rica’s Paz Fabrega, is a rare example of a Costa Rica film set up as an international co-production.
“A coming-of-age film and a story of self-discovery,”says Fabrega,“Mar”unspools on a Costa-Rican Pacific Coast beach.
A showcase for Latin America films looking for completion finance,Progress is rounded up by Lucia, from Chile’s Niles Jamil Atallah, which records a woman’s life over Christmas in Santiago de Chile, and A tiro de piedra, from Mexico’s Sebastian Hiriart, about a young Mexican shepherd who takes to the road.
Section cash and services prizes - the Films in Progress Industry Award, the TVE Award, and the Casa de America Award - will be announced Wednessday evening.
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