Hybrid doc sequence “The Letelier File,” drilling down on what is commonly mentioned to be the primary act of worldwide terrorism dedicated on U.S. soil, appears to be like like one potential spotlight amongst 11 initiatives chosen for one-to-one conferences at Ventana Sur‘s Latam Collection Market.
“The Letelier File” unites huge artistic forces in Chilean film-TV – “Jail within the Andes” creator Felipe Carmona and helmers Rafael Valdeavellano (“Chicago Boys,” “Breaking the Brick”) and Nicolás Acuña, a director on Fox’s “Besieged” and RTVE/TNC’s “The 1,000 Days of Allende.”
Additionally among the many 11 initiatives is hybrid doc sequence “Blessed,” the primary TV sequence developed by “The Settlers” producer Quijote Movies.
Additionally within the combine is “Couple’s House,” created by Azul Lombardia – creator-director of “Según Roxi,” seen on Netflix, Latin America’s Movistar and TVP, film “Doberman” and massive Netflix hit “No me rompan” – and Lucas Mirvois, co-creator of podcast success “Malas Decisiones,” starring Anna Castillo, and “Según Roxi.”
Style titles make up a good bit of the lineup, with the horror revenant sequence “The Plague” and sci-fi state of affairs arrange of “Second Life” and part-procedural “Useless Man.” As robust are the titles that may very well be described as doc sequence, whether or not “Blessed,” true crime entries “The Leterrier File,” “Santa Marta,” “Stolen Identification: Sexual Crime within the Digital Age.”
Many sequence producers are on the lookout for different firm companions. Most explicitly or implicitly hope to draw streamer financing. As free-to-air primetime is ever extra dominated by remakes of Turkish super-hits, snagging platform manufacturing is hitting the jackpot in Latin America.
The 11 initiatives heading for one-to-one conferences:
“Blessed” (Director: Choosy Talarico; Chile)
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Produced by Giancarlo Nasi and Sergio Karmy for Chile’s Quijote Movies, behind Cannes winner “Land and Shade” and Blanquita, in addition to “The Settlers,” a doc sequence created by Yassín Velázquez and Constanza Erenchun. In it, the most important names in Chilean city music share difficult episodes from their lives and their artistic processes. “Any such content material makes a lot sense, combining Quijote’s sense of high quality with what individuals wish to watch,” says Karmy.
“Couple’s House” (Creators: Azul Lombardía and Lucas Mirvois; Argentina)
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Produced by Mirvois at his La Maldita label, “Departamento” sees three married {couples} who’re buddies determine to hire an residence the place every of them can take a week-long downtime from their married lives. What follows is an “journey full of misunderstandings, jealousy, regrets and wild mishaps,” the synopsis runs.
“The Letelier File” (Author: Felipe Carmona: Administrators: Rafael Valdeavellano, Nicolás Acuña; Chile)
‘The Letelier File’
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Produced by Carola Fuentes, co-director on “Chicago Boys” and “Breaking the Brick,” a docs-fiction/true crime sequence detailing the 1976 terrorist assault close to the White Home concentrating on Pinochet opponent Orlando Letelier, uncovering the position of Chile’s infamous intelligence service, DINA.
“Freedomland” (Creators-writers: Kristian Natalicchio, Patricia Liguori; Mexico)
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A drama sequence wherein the founding father of Freedomland, Mexico’s most prestigious advert company, is arrested for tax fraud. When he’s incarcerated, candidates jockey to succeed him. Created and written by seasoned commercials producer Kristian Natalicchio and playwright, screenwriter, and producer Patricia Liguori, who bowed theater performs “Etiqueta Azul,” “Dos Hermanas” and “Vestidito.”
“Useless Man” (Author-Director: Joaquín Bravo; Uruguay)
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A unusual crime thriller drama, with Eleonor, a therapist specializing in serving to males “kill” an internalized model of their masculinity, embroiled in a homicide investigation. From Bravo, creator of “No hay nadie” (2023), a short-format net sequence. Uruguay’s Básico Producciones produces.
“Stolen Identification: Sexual Crime within the Digital Age” (Director: Sebastián Carreras; Argentina)
‘Stolen Identification: Sexual Crime within the Digital Age’
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A real crime documentary, this sequence will inform the story of a lady whose life was turned the wrong way up after discovering that her ex had stolen her identification and created pretend profiles that includes intimate photographs. “Stolen Identification” will doc the protagonist’s transformation from sufferer to activist as she confronts her harasser and fights to create legal guidelines in opposition to digital violence. Produced by Cactus Cine, the sequence is written by Sebastián Davidovksy.
“The Plague” (Director: Guillermo Carbonell; Uruguay)
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This supernatural thriller, produced by Murdoc, is ready in Montevideo in 1970, the place useless individuals start coming again to life, not as zombies however quite as confused individuals on the lookout for solutions about their lives. A paramilitary group retains the phenomenon a secret, searching down the resurrected and locking them in steel coffins on an deserted island. Director Carbonell’s in need of the identical identify received a number of awards in 2017, together with at Morbido Fest and Fantaspoa.
“Residing” (Director: Marina Artigas; Uruguay)
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Produced by El Cielo Cine and written and directed by Artigas, this sequence follows 4 buddies of their 30s who’re pressured to share a small residence. Trapped, broke, and down on their luck, they attempt to straighten out their lives—and hopefully develop up within the course of. Author-director Marina Artigas is a 20-year trade vet with expertise on each side of the digital camera, performing in dozens of shorts, movies and sequence and helming the quick movie “Nélida.”
“Santa Marta” (Author: Andrés Borda; Colombia)
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One other interval story, this time set in 1976, “Santa Marta” is the story of Carmen, an area police officer investigating the homicide and rape of a British girl. In doing her job, Carmen is pressured to flee along with her son via the labyrinthine underworld of Santa Marta, a metropolis caught between towering mountains, stunning seashores, crime, and corruption. Based mostly on true occasions, it’s produced by Rhayuela Movies.
“Second Life” (Director: Juan Rodriguez-Briso; Spain, Argentina)
‘Second Life’
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Omnicorp Estudio produces this sci-fi drama concerning the fictional firm Second Life, which develops expertise able to predicting every individual’s date of dying from pure causes. Figuring out they’ve obtained an expiration date adjustments the way in which individuals behave, together with sequence protagonist Martina, a single mom from Buenos Aires who finds out she has solely 4 years left to stay. Author-director Juan Rodriguez-Briso is understood for a number of quick movies that usually play with style and the well-received documentary function “Eighteam.”
“South Pole Explorers” (Director: Jota Loyola; Chile)
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This documentary sequence will inform the tales of a sequence of expeditions to the South Pole and the explorers, researchers, environmental activists, pilots, sailors and divers who’re working to study extra about our planet whereas defending its future on the similar time. Themes akin to local weather change, environmental conservation, geopolitics, and peacekeeping will drive this present, which is produced by Oxitocine.
