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SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016 Industry

Six films to be presented in San Sebastián’s Films in Progress 30

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- The gathering for the Latin American and European audiovisual industry will run on 19, 20 and 21 September

Six films to be presented in San Sebastián’s Films in Progress 30
El silencio del viento (Silence of the Wind) by Álvaro Aponte-Centeno

Six films have been selected for Films in Progress 30, to take place during the San Sebastián Film Festival from 19 to 21 September, from among a total of 121 submissions from 23 countries.

During the event the Films in Progress Industry Award is given out, meaning the companies Daniel Goldstein, Deluxe Spain, Dolby Iberia, Laserfilm Cine y Video, Nephilim Producciones, No Problem Sonido and Wanda Visión will assume the post-production of a film until obtaining a DCP with English subtitles and its distribution in Spain.

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Some of the directors presenting works in Films in Progress have already participated in San Sebastian, such as Adrián Biniez, who brought Gigante [+see also:
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 to Horizontes Latinos in the 57th edition and Álvaro Aponte-Centeno, who presented Silence of the Wind, formerly Noli, Ibermedia Project at the III Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum, while for the remainder this is their first participation in San Sebastian.

Films in Progress is a must-attend gathering for the Latin American audiovisual industry. Four of the films presented at the last edition of Films in Progress at San Sebastian can be seen in Horizontes Latinos following their screening at international festivals. These include Rara by Pepa San Martín, which won the Generation Kplus International Jury Grand Prix at Berlin and Much Ado about Nothing [+see also:
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by Alejandro Fernández Almendras, selected for Sundance, Berlin and winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cartagena de Indias Festival. Also competing in Horizontes Latinos are El Amparo (formerly Sobrevivientes), by Rober Calzadilla and the winner of the Films in Progress Industry Award at the last edition, The Cambridge Squatter [+see also:
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by Eliane Caffé, both world premieres.

The list of projects selected (more about them here): 

Silence of the Wind – Álvaro Aponte-Centeno (Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic/France)
Rey’s Education [+see also:
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 – Santiago Esteves (Argentina)
La familia [+see also:
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(The Family)
Gustavo Rondón Córdova (Venezuela/Chile/Norway)
Las olas (The Waves)Adrián Biniez (Uruguay/Argentina)
MedeaAlexandra Latishev Salazar (Costa Rica/Chile)
Un gran dragón (A Great Dragon)Jaime Osorio Márquez (Colombia)

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