San Seb prize will top off 'Gasolina'
San Sebastian -- Guatemalan director Julio Hernandez Cordon's unfinished Gasolina, about three teenagers on a road trip, took top prize at San Sebastian's Films in Progress sidebar Wednesday, picking up the Industry Award and the 10,000 ($14,000) Casa de America Award.
Sponsored by half a dozen post-production facilities in Spain, the Industry Award foots the bill for all the remaining costs to deliver a 35mm copy of the winning film, subtitled in English.
Films in Progress, a venture created by the Rencontres Cinemas d'Amerique Latine in Toulouse and the San Sebastian International Film Festival, is intended to facilitate the completion of films by independent Latin American and Spanish filmmakers at the post-production stage. It also guarantees winners a slot at San Sebastian.
Uruguayan director Federico Veiroj's Acne, about a 13-year-old boy's effort to overcome his shyness and acne to kiss a girl, and Brazilian Werner Schumann's Sol na Neblina, which deals with child prostitution, won the TVE Award. Sponsored by Spanish pubcaster Television Espanola, the award buys broadcast rights in Spain for the two films.
Sponsored by half a dozen post-production facilities in Spain, the Industry Award foots the bill for all the remaining costs to deliver a 35mm copy of the winning film, subtitled in English.
Films in Progress, a venture created by the Rencontres Cinemas d'Amerique Latine in Toulouse and the San Sebastian International Film Festival, is intended to facilitate the completion of films by independent Latin American and Spanish filmmakers at the post-production stage. It also guarantees winners a slot at San Sebastian.
Uruguayan director Federico Veiroj's Acne, about a 13-year-old boy's effort to overcome his shyness and acne to kiss a girl, and Brazilian Werner Schumann's Sol na Neblina, which deals with child prostitution, won the TVE Award. Sponsored by Spanish pubcaster Television Espanola, the award buys broadcast rights in Spain for the two films.
- 9/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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