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Six projects for Small is Biútiful

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- French producers and distributors meet today in Paris to unveil six Spanish projects in need of partners

Six projects for Small is Biútiful
Director and producer Lluis Miñarro

Co-production market Small is Biútiful has reached its 8th year. Today in Paris it will be bringing together just short of 30 French production and distribution companies as potential partners for six independent Spanish feature films with a capped budget of €2 million.

The pitches and interview session has already proven successful in the past, notably with Magical Girl [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Carlos Vermut
film profile
]
by Carlos Vermut (presented at Small is Biútiful 2012 – which triumphed last year in San Sebastian and will be released on 12 August across theatres in France, with the title La niña de fuego); Canni [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Manuel Martín Cuenca
film profile
]
bal [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Manuel Martín Cuenca
film profile
]
by Manuel Martín Cuenca (Small is Biútiful 2011) and La madre by Alberto Morais (Small is Biútiful 2014, chosen by the Cinéfondation Atelier of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival with filming scheduled to start this summer).

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Six projects have been shortlisted out of the 52 submitted this year: Ánimas [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 by Laura Alvea and José Ortuño (Acheron Films), La ciudad oculta by Víctor Moreno (El Viaje Films), Futuro perfecto by Alfredo Arciero (Gris Medio), Morir by Fernando Franco (Kowalski Films), 11247 by Gabriel Mamruth (Tornasol Films) and 3 Lorca 3 by Lluis Miñarro, Roberto Castón and Karim Ainouz (Bitart New Media).

Promoted by Espagnolas en Paris and the Commission du Film de la région Ile-de-France, with the support of Marché du Film de Cannes, this Friday Small is Biútiful will be teeming with personalities from Gaumont, Le Pacte, Memento Films International, Wild Bunch, Ciné-Sud Promotion, Noodles Productions, Scarlett Production, Urban Factory, Arsam International and Tu Vas Voir.

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(Translated from French)

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