A revitalised Abycine Lanza gets a make-over
- The fifth edition of the Audiovisual Market for Independent Spanish Film is taking place from 22-24 October, with 22 projects taking part and various novelties on the menu
On 22, 23 and 24 October, the fifth edition of the Abycine Lanza Audiovisual Market for Independent Spanish Film is being held as an integral part of the 22nd Abycine – Albacete Film Festival. Its CMM Abycine Lanza Project Forum will welcome representatives of 18 works, while the Abycine Lanza WIP Forum will invite eight titles at the post-production stage, and another four feature-film projects will partake in the brand-new AB Audiovisual Forum section. A clutch of experts will choose the best ones in each strand, after they have battled it out for two prizes worth €17,250 in the first, €7,000 in the second and €3,000 in the third. In addition, meetings and one-to-one sessions will be organised in order to seek out partners and collaborators for every single one.
The projects in CMM Abycine Lanza will broach a broad range of subjects such as childhood transsexualism (20.000 especies de abejas by Estíbaliz Urresola), prostitution (Ana no duerme by Daniel Gil Suárez), neighbourly disputes (Calle de los Ángeles by Silvia Rey) and the burden of family inheritance (El peso by Tamara Lucarini). Furthermore, things will get more daring with a diverse batch of experiments, such as a cinematic art piece about urban planning (Almanaka by Jorge Moneo Quintana), time-travelling encounters (Anoche conquisté Tebas by Gabriel Azorín) and much-needed fantastical comedies (Golem by Burnin’ Percebes), among others.
There will also be cause to celebrate the return of the collaboration between Álvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro with the comedy-drama Hawai, 11 years after Me, Too [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]; the new project by Pedro Aguilera – Las iluminaciones – following the hard-hitting Sister of Mine [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pedro Aguilera
film profile]; the directorial debut by actress Aina Clotet, entitled Oh Nora; the allegorical journey offered by Mauro Herce in Strange Fruit, which comes on the heels of the fascinating Dead Slow Ahead [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mauro Herce
film profile]; and the non-fiction flick Muyeres, written and set to be directed by Marta Lallana, one-half of the duo behind Ojos Negros [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo
film profile].
In the Work in Progress Forum, eight films engrossed in post-production will be presented (see the full list below), while in the new AB Audiovisual Forum strand, intended for shoots taking place in the Castilla-La Mancha region, there will be four: Celestina 2022, written and produced by Tina Olivares; La promesa, due to be helmed by Manu Montejo; Sainetes del más allá by Enrique Buleo; and Sebastián en la laguna by Arantxa Echevarría, the award-festooned director of Carmen & Lola [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Arantxa Echevarría
film profile].
Here is the complete list of projects taking part:
CMM Abycine Lanza Project Forum
20.000 especies de abejas – Estíbaliz Urresola
Producer: Gariza Films
A la cara – Javier Marco
Producer: Langosta Films
Almanaka – Jorge Moneo Quintana
Producer: Kalakalab
Ana no duerme – Daniel Gil Suárez
Producer: Solita Films
Anoche conquisté Tebas – Gabriel Azorín
Producer: DVEIN Films
Calle de los Ángeles – Silvia Rey
Producer: Quatre Films
El padre de todos nosotros – David Desola
Producer: Zabriskie Films
El peso – Tamara Lucarini
Producer: Katz Estudio
Golem – Burnin’ Percebes
Producer: Aquí y Allí Films
Hawai – Álvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro
Producer: Amoros Producciones
Las convulsiones – David Gutiérrez Camps
Producer: Timber Films
Las iluminaciones – Pedro Aguilera
Producer: Gonita
Lo que queda de ti – Gala Gracia
Producer: Potenza Producciones
Muyeres – Marta Lallana
Producer: Corte y Confección de Películas
Oh Nora – Aina Clotet
Producer: Ikiru Films
Perseidas – Ignacio Lasierra Pinto
Producer: Inés Laporta
Strange Fruit – Mauro Herce
Producer: El Viaje Films
Tetuán – Iratxe Fresneda
Producer: Pimpi & Nella Films
Abycine Lanza Work in Progress Forum
918 Nights [+see also:
film review
film profile] – Arantza Santesteban
Producer: Txintxua Films
Amateur – Martín Gutiérrez
Producer: Martín Gutiérrez
Mighty Flash [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ainhoa Rodríguez
film profile] – Ainhoa Rodríguez
Producer: Tentación Cabiria
They Carry Death [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Samuel M Delgado and Helena…
film profile] – Samuel M Delgado and Helena Girón
Producer: El Viaje Films
Hada – Álex Maña
Producer: Turkana Films
La cocina de los hombres – Silvia Subirós Mercader
Producer: Cornelius Films
Magaluf Ghost Town [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Miguel Ángel Blanca
film profile] – Miguel Ángel Blanca
Producer: Boogaloo Films
Sedimentos [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Adrián Silvestre
film profile] – Adrián Silvestre
Producer: Adrián Silvestre
AB Audiovisual Forum
Celestina 2022 – Tina Olivares
Producer: Tina Olivares
La promesa – Manu Montejo
Producer: Prosonarte
Sainetes del más allá – Enrique Buleo
Producer: Quatre Films
Sebastián en la laguna – Arantxa Echevarría
Producer: Miguel Parra PC
(Translated from Spanish)
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