Ibiza fest taps 18 for competition
MADRID -- The inaugural Ibiza and Formentera International Film Festival announced Thursday that it will screen 18 films during its May 29-June 7 run.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
- 11/05/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Program for Latin films taps 6 finalists
MADRID -- Six unfinished Latin American films have been chosen to participate in the fifth edition of Films in Progress at the Cervantes Institute in Toulouse, France, as part of the XVI Recontres Cinemas d'Amerique Latine, organizers said Wednesday. Of the 42 films submitted, the six finalists are Alma mater, directed by Alvaro Buela (Uruguay); Iluminados por el Fuego, directed by Tristan Bauer (Argentina); Parapalos, directed by Ana Poliak (Argentina); Proxima Salida, directed by Nicolas Tuozzo (Argentina); Fugaz, directed by Victor Dinenzon (Argentina); and Suspiros del Corazon, directed by Enrique Gabriel (Spain-Argentina).
- 11/03/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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