Proyecta, an initiative of Ventana Sur, the Cannes Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes and the San Sebastian Festival, will host the presentation to producers, international sales agents and heads of programming at different festivals of 15 projects in search of co-production between Europe and Latin America with a view to completing their funding and finding new partners. 172 proposals were received for this edition. The call has had as a novelty with the requirement that they are first or second works.
The fifth edition of Proyecta, to take place on-site and online in the framework of Ventana Sur, will consist of a session of pitchings by their producers on November 30 in Buenos Aires and in-person one-to-one meetings on December 1. The projects will also have the possibility to make online meetings on December 6.
The selection will be made up of twelve Latin American projects from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, and three European: two with French and Portuguese production and a third Spanish project, Nosotros / Us, shown in the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum at the San Sebastian Festival. The pre-selection was made by Agustina Chiarino (Mutante Cine & Bocacha Films), Paulo Roberto de Carvalho (Autentika Films) and Esperanza Luffiego (San Sebastian Festival). As a novelty this year, a prize of €5,000 will be awarded to one project.
Proyecta is part of Ventana Sur, the leading Latin-American film market organised jointly by the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales de Argentina (INCAA) and the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes and has the support of Creative Europe MEDIA. The 2022 edition will run from November 28 to December 2.
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