13/08/2020 - The forum, which will run exceptionally online from September 19-21, will include works from Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain and Uruguay

Director György Pálfi, whose new project Hen has been selected for the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum

Eighteen projects from nine countries have been selected for the IX Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum. Set within the San Sebastian International Film Festival’s 68th edition, the activity will take place from 19 to 21 September, will run exclusively online due to the pandemic.

The market has recorded a total of 235 submissions this year. As usual, thanks to the festival's collaboration with Ventana Sur, the Marché du Film and Argentina's INCAA (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts), European projects selected for the forum have the opportunity to participate in Ventana Sur's Proyecta programme.

Regarding this year's selection, a few filmmakers of recognised career will be present with their latest projects: Argentina's Celina Murga (whose latest work The Third Side of the River premiered in competition at the Berlin Film Festival), Benjamín Naishtat (whose latest film Rojo [+see also:
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Six of the eighteen projects will be second works by their authors: Paraguay's Marcelo Martinessi (The Heiresses [+see also:
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Rounding off the selection are the first films by Colombia's Theo Montoya, Camila Beltrán and Juan Sebastián Quebrada, Mexico's Eduardo Esquivel and Peru's Daniel Vidal Toche.

The selected projects:

Who Killed Narciso? - Marcelo Martinessi (Paraguay/Germany/France)
Production: La Babosa Cine, S.A.

Ángeles - Paula Markovitch (Mexico/Argentina/France)
Production: Cuevas de Altamira Producciones 

Anhell69 [+see also:
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Production: Desvio Visual

Delirium - Alexandra Latishev Salazar (Costa Rica/Chile)
Production: La Linterna Films

Mi Bestia [+see also:
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Production: Día Fragma Fábrica de Películas, SAS

The Smell of Freshly Cut Grass - Celina Murga (Argentina/Germany)
Production: Tresmilmundos Cine

The Other Son [+see also:
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Production: Evidencia Films

Riders [+see also:
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Production: Un Puma

Hen - György Pálfi (Hungary/Mexico)
Production: FocusFox

The Anatomy of the Horse - Daniel Vidal Toche (Spain/Perú/Colombia)
Production: 93 Metros SL

Nearness - Jorge Thielen Armand (France/Venezuela)
Production: In Vivo Films

Eternal Adolescent - Eduardo Esquivel (Mexico)
Production: Tardigrada Cine

The Fever - Mateo Bendesky (Argentina/Brazil/France)
Production: Volpe Films

The Last Queen - Lucía Garibaldi (Uruguay/Argentina)
Production: Montelona

Memories of a Burning Body [+see also:
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Production: Substance Films Ltda

American Night - Nele Wohlatz (Argentina)
Production: Murillo Cine

Pobres pibes - Benjamín Naishtat (Argentina)
Production: Pucará Cine

Three - Diego Schipani (Argentina)
Production: El Borde

(Translated from Spanish)