Cuban film August wins the San Sebastián Co-production Fórum; Magallanes wins Films in Progress.
The 3rd San Sebastian Co-Production Forum Europe-Latin America has been won by August, a co-production betweeen Cuba ad Costa Rica.
The film, a production of Marcela Esquivel of La Feria Producciones directed by Armando Capó, who couldn not travel to Spain due to visa problems, has been granted a €10,000 prize ($12.700).
The film is set in 1994 Cuba when the downfall of the Ussr created a crisis on the island that led to thousands abandoning the country.
Producer Marcela Esquivel told Screen that August centres on a 14 year old boy who experiences “feelings that will change his life forever through pain and nostalgia. It’s about the scars that affect us throughout our lives.“
The film has not only won the Forum, it also reached an agreement with French production company Paraíso Films.
“We can’t be happier”, said Esquivel. “This agreement...
The 3rd San Sebastian Co-Production Forum Europe-Latin America has been won by August, a co-production betweeen Cuba ad Costa Rica.
The film, a production of Marcela Esquivel of La Feria Producciones directed by Armando Capó, who couldn not travel to Spain due to visa problems, has been granted a €10,000 prize ($12.700).
The film is set in 1994 Cuba when the downfall of the Ussr created a crisis on the island that led to thousands abandoning the country.
Producer Marcela Esquivel told Screen that August centres on a 14 year old boy who experiences “feelings that will change his life forever through pain and nostalgia. It’s about the scars that affect us throughout our lives.“
The film has not only won the Forum, it also reached an agreement with French production company Paraíso Films.
“We can’t be happier”, said Esquivel. “This agreement...
- 25/09/2014
- par jsardafr@hotmail.com (Juan Sarda)
- ScreenDaily
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