Laura Baumeister, Alvaro Brechner, Ana Endara, Ignacio Juricic, Valeria Pivato and Pablo Stoll, amongst others, to present their projects at the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum

The latest projects from María Astrauskas, Laura Baumeister, Alvaro Brechner, Maitane Carballo Alonso, Ana Endara, Ignacio Juricic, Madiano Marcheti, Andrés Ramírez Pulido, Diego Martínez Ulanosky, Alejandra Moffat, Valeria Pivato, Francisco Rodríguez Teare, Pablo Stoll, Roxana Stroe and Jacques Toulemonde, are the fifteen proposals, from nine countries, at the San Sebastian Film Festival’s 14th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, selected from the 268 works submitted. This year’s edition will run from 22-24 September, and the projects will be presented by their representatives to potential partners with a view to completing their financing and improving access to international markets.

Eleven of the proposals will be the first or second films by their makers. Bringing their feature film debuts are Maitane Carballo Alonso with La boa y el bambú / The Boa and the Bamboo after having participated in the omnibus film Begirada (2020) and having directed the short documentary (Ez)Ezagun (2020); writer and screenwriter Alejandra Moffat with El atletismo y el amor; the also producer and screenwriter Diego Martínez Ulanosky with No es un río / Not a River; the visual artist Francisco Rodríguez Teare with No me dejen morir solo / Do Not Let me Die Alone; and the editor María Astrauskas with Patrimonio / Patrimony. Finally, Roxana Stroe, who participated in Nest with Black Friday (2015) and O Noapte în Tokoriki / A Night in Tokoriki, 2016), which carried off the Generation 14plus Special Prize at the Berlinale, will present the project for her first full-length film, Houses are Silent.

Also showing are the projects of the second works from directors who started out in San Sebastián: Elogio del crimen / Praise for Crime, by Andrés Ramírez Pulido, whose first film, La Jauría (2022), carried off the Semaine de la Critique Grand Prix at Cannes and was selected for Horizontes Latinos; Lo que sigue es mi muerte / What Follows is My Death, by Laura Baumeister, who participated in New Directors with La hija de todas las rabias (2022) after being awarded at the Co-Production Forum and WIP Latam; Mãe do Ouro / Mother of Gold, by Mariano Marcheti, who presented Madalena (2021) in Horizontes Latinos; Pacto Sublime, by Ignacio Juricic, who premiered his directorial debut, Enigma (2018), in Horizontes Latinos; and Victoria en las nubes / Victoria in the Clouds, by Ana Endara, who competed with Querido Trópico (2024) in Horizontes Latinos.

Returning to the Festival with their latest projects are renowned names such as Valeria Pivato, with her first solo feature, La ilusión de un paraíso / An Illusion of Paradise, after having competed in Horizontes Latinos with La novia del desierto (2017) and in New Directors with La llegada del hijo (2024), both co-directed with Cecilia Atán; Alvaro Brechner, with La piel del león, who participated in Horizontes Latinos with La noche de 12 años (2018); and Pablo Stoll, with Papá no es Punk / Dad Is Not Punk Rocker, who was selected for Perlak with Whisky (2004), co-directed with Juan Pablo Rebella.

Completing the selection is Hijas del agua, from Jacques Toulemonde, a film and television director and screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplays for Pájaros de verano / Birds of Passage, by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego (Perlak, 2018) and El abrazo de la serpiente / Embrace of the Serpent, by Ciro Guerra (Horizontes Latinos, 2015), amongst others.

Since its creation in 2012, the Forum has selected 215 projects, 106 of which have since been completed and commercially premiered at festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Sundance, Locarno and San Sebastián. In addition, El mensaje / The Message by Iván Fund carried off the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlinale in 2025; Un cabo suelto / A Loose End, by Daniel Hendler has been selected for this years Venezia Spotlight at the Italian fest; La virgen de la Tosquera / The Virgin of the Quarry Lake, by Laura Casabé, competed this year in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance, while 2024 saw the participation in Horizontes Latinos of Zafari, by Mariana Rondón, and El aroma del pasto recién cortado / The Freshly Cut Grass, by Celina Murga, after winning the Best Screenplay Award at the Tribeca Festival.

For further information on the success stories of participants in this initiative, consult this link.

1 El atletismo y el amor

Alejandra Moffat (Chile)

Country(ies) of production: Chile

Production: Globo Rojo Films SpA

2 Elogio del crimen / Praise for crime

Andrés Ramírez Pulido (Colombia)

Country(ies) of production: Colombia

Production: Valiente Gracia

3 HIJAS DEL AGUA

JACQUES TOULEMONDE (Colombia)

Country(ies) of production: Colombia

Production: 64A FILMS

4 Houses Are Silent

Roxana Stroe (Romania)

Country(ies) of production: Romania

Production: Atelier de Film

5 La Boa y el Bambú / The Boa and the Bamboo

Maitane Carballo Alonso (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain - Switzerland

Production: Gariza Films

6 La ilusión de un paraíso / An illusion of paradise

Valeria Pivato (Argentina)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina

Production: Tarea Fina

7 La piel del león

Alvaro Brechner (Uruguay)

Country(ies) of production: Spain - Uruguay - Brazil

Production: Tornasol Media

8 Lo que sigue es mi muerte / What follow is my death

Laura Baumeister (Nicaragua)

Country(ies) of production: Mexico

Production: Tarco Estudio

9 Mãe do ouro / Mother of gold

Madiano Marcheti (Brazil)

Country(ies) of production: Brazil - Germany

Production: Multiverso Produções

10 No es un río / Not a River

Diego Martínez Ulanosky (Argentina)

Country(ies) of production: Mexico - Argentina

Production: CAPONETO

11 No me dejen morir solo / Do not let me die alone

Francisco Rodríguez Teare (Chile)

Country(ies) of production: Chile - Belgium

Production: Axolotl SpA

12 Pacto Sublime

Ignacio Juricic (Chile)

Country(ies) of production: Chile

Production: Araucaria Cine

13 Papá no es Punk / Dad is no Punk rocker

Pablo Stoll (Uruguay)

Country(ies) of production: Uruguay

Production: Temperamento Films

14 Patrimonio / Patrimony

María Astrauskas (Argentina)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina

Production: Pablo Giorgelli Cine

15 Victoria en las nubes / Victoria In the Clouds

Ana Endara (Panama)

Country(ies) of production: Panama - Chile

Production: Expansiva Cine

Best Project Award, coming with 10,000 euros gross for the main producer of the winning film.

DALE! (Development Latin America-Europe) Award: bestowed by the European Film Agency Directors Association (EFAD) and the Conference of Ibero-American Audiovisual and Cinematographic Authorities  (CAACI) and coming with 10,000 euros for the majority producer of the winning project.

The ArteKino International Award, given by Arte, coming with 6,000 euros gross for the majority producer of the winning project.

Casa Wabi-Escine Award given by the Casa Wabi Foundation and Escine consisting of a 5 week stay in one of the Casa Wabi bungalows in Puerto Escondido (Mexico) for the director of a project selected for the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum or Ikusmira Berriak, return travel costs, and the commitment to develop a cultural exchange project with the neighbouring communities.

This initiative is possible thanks to the support of the Basque Government Department of Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability, Creative Europe MEDIA, and the collaboration of CAACI (Conference of Ibero-American Cinematographic and Audiovisual Authorities), EFAD (European Film Agencies), Arte, Fundación Casa Wabi, Producers Network (Marché du Film-Festival de Cannes), Ventana Sur and LatAm Cinema.