The Barcelona-set characteristic “La nit no fa vigília” and Argentine movie “Hidden Metropolis” (“Ciudad Oculta”) received the Malaga Pageant Work in Progress awards for Spanish and Latin American initiatives on Friday.
“La nit no fa vigília” (which roughly interprets to “The Night time Does Not Hold Watch”) facilities on a younger man who lives with and cares for his getting older, frail grandmother, however nonetheless finds time for a nocturnal social life. It was among the many frontrunners to win on the awards ceremony.
A joint undertaking from a pupil collective comprising Laura Corominas Espelt, Laura Serra Solé, Clara Serrano Llorens, Gerard Simó Gimeno, Ariadna Ulldemolins Abad and Pau Vall Capdet, “La nit no fa vigília” additionally received the business journal Cine y Tele prize.
Francisco Bouza’s “Hidden Metropolis” follows a younger soccer participant in Buenos Aires who should undertake a journey throughout town of the useless so as take care of the lack of a good friend.
The initiatives had been amongst a big quantity award winners that took half on this 12 months’s Malaga WIP program and Malaga Pageant Fund & Co-Manufacturing Occasion (MAFF).
Víctor Iriarte’s “Sobre Todo de Noche,” which revolves round two girls who meet for the primary time, one who was compelled to surrender her youngster for adoption when she was younger, the opposite the dad or mum who adopted and raised the boy, received the Aracne Digital Cinema award for put up manufacturing companies in addition to the Latido Films distribution prize.
Two movies acquired the Yagán Movies award for sound manufacturing: Juan Pablo Polanco and César Jaimes’ hybrid characteristic “Carropasajero,” which follows indigenous Wayuú folks on the border between Colombia and Venezuela and a girl who returns to her place of origin to satisfy her household after years of exile; and Agustín Toscano’s Argentine documentary “I Belief You” (“En Vos Confio”), about two girls who met in a convent, deserted their habits to reside their love secretly and adopted a daughter solely to later face felony fees.
“I Belief You” additionally picked up the LatAmcinema.com award for Latin American initiatives.
Juan Agustín Carbonere’s Argentine characteristic “The Saint” (“El Santo”), a few healer of humble origins who builds a cult following by means of his use of outlandish and disturbing methods, received the Damita Joe distribution prize.
“The Saint” additionally received the Music Library award together with Jenifer de la Rosa’s autobiographical documentary “Hija del Volcán” (“The Daughter of the Volcano”), a Spanish-Mexican co-production.
MAFF Awards
Prizes at Malaga’s MAFF co-production and financing discussion board had been unfold throughout the board. Produced by Sergy Moreno, Spaniard Ana Ortiz’s characteristic debut “Firefly Glades” (“El claro de las luciérnagas”), a thriller with horror overtones, received the Cántico Producciones Awards’ first prize, whereas Jô Serfaty and Clarissa Guarilha’s Brazilian work “Borda do Mundo” took the second prize.
Aeden O´Connor Agurcia and Ana Isabel Martins Palacios’ “Cae el Sol,” a Honduran-Mexican-Guatemalan-Norwegian undertaking, acquired the Bolivia Lab Industria Prize, an invite to the filmmakers to take part in a manufacturing laboratory in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in July.
The ECAM Prize for participation in an incubator program on the Madrid Movie Faculty this fall went to “Borda do Mundo.”
“4Eber,” a Peruvian-Mexican undertaking by Ximena Valdivia Salas and Illari Orccottoma Mendoza, acquired the Santiago Movie Pageant’s Sanfic Award, consisting in an invite to take part in a manufacturing lab set for August within the Chilean capital.
The Movies to Festivals distribution award, in the meantime, went to Ariel Gutiérrez and Víctor Léycegui’s Mexican work “Toda una vida” and Francesca Canepa Sarmiento and Enid Marie Campos León’s Peruvian undertaking “La Otra Orilla.”
The winners of the three Acorde/Music Library had been: Arima León and Daute Campos’ Spanish undertaking “Tal Vez,” which acquired the Ladies Display Trade award; Cristian Lagos Soto and Maximiliano Bolados’ Chilean undertaking “Madres de Octubre,” which took the Ibero-American prize; and Marilina Calós and Soledad San Julián’s Argentine work “Moxos,” which received the Latin American award.
The Elamedia-Sideral worldwide distribution prize went to Rakesh Narwani’s Spanish undertaking “El Gran Bazar de Mis Padres,” additionally a part of 2023’s Netflix-Dama variety program, Cambio de Plano.
