SAN SEBASTIAN 2023 San Sebastian Industry
Onze projets répartis entre les deux volets WIP de la 71e édition du Festival de San Sebastian
par Alfonso Rivera
- Cinq projets européens seront présentés dans la section WIP Europe et six projets latino-américains (dont trois coproduits avec l’Europe) dans la section WIP Latam dans l’espace industrie du festival

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There are five productions in the of WIP Europe selection, the industry initiative of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival to be held from 25 - 27 September and is aimed at films of primarily European production currently in the post-production phase and detailed below.
German director Michael Fetter Nathansky (You Tell Me [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film]) will present Every You Every Me [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Michael Fetter Nathansky
fiche film] (working title: Mannequins), provisional title of his second film, a drama about the magic of falling in love and the painful process of falling out of love. Sima’s Song [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film] is the second feature film by Afghan film maker Roya Sadat (A Letter to the President), a Spanish co-production with the Netherlands and France set in her home country before the outbreak of the civil war, telling story of a confrontation between two friends with opposing political positions.
Rock Bottom [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film], a co-production between Spain and Poland and the work of Maria Trénor,is an animation inspired by the life and music of Robert Wyatt. Hungarian film maker Mihaly Schwechtje (Hope you’ll die next time :-) [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film]) is included with his second feature film, A Hunt for Hedgehogs, about a student opera singer who looks after her cousin's children. The final entry in this WIP section is the début work from Turkish film maker Zeynep Köprülü, On the Water Surface (Suyun Yüzü), in which the main character travels to her hometown to attend her mother’s second wedding, which takes her own her own inner journey.
The WIP Europe Industry Award consists of the post-production of one of the candidate films into a DCP subtitled in English and Spanish, as well as distribution in Spain.
Meanwhile, six Latin American feature films (three of them in co-production with Europe) in the post-production phase will be up before the professionals in the WIP Latam on the same days in September and will be eligible for the WIP Latam Award and the EGEDA Platinum Industry Award, with 30,000 euros gross for the full production of the winning project.
The Argentine playwright Lola Arias (Theatre of War [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film]) will present Reas [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Lola Arias
fiche film], co-production between her country, Germany and Switzerland that moves between reality and fiction, starring former inmates who reconstruct their lives as a musical. Another co-production between Argentina and Switzerland as well as Italy is Most People Die on Sundays [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film], the second film by Iair Said (Flora's Life is No Picnic), a bittersweet comedy about the vicissitudes of a young Jewish homosexual when he returns home to face his father in his last days.
Mi bestia [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film] is the first feature film by Colombian film maker Camila Beltrán, a co-production with France set in a Bogotá where there are continuous power cuts and rumours about the coming of the Devil, and how this affects the adolescent protagonist.
Camilo Becerra and Sofia Paloma Gomez (director and screenwriter, respectively, of Sleep Disorders and Dead Dog) will be presenting the co-production between Chile and Argentina, Maybe it's True What They Say About Us [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film], which focuses on the relationship between a psychiatrist and her daughter who is in a cult.
Big Shadow, by Argentinian Maximiliano Schonfeld (Jesus Lopez [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film]), is set in a place inhabited by descendants of German immigrants, where a group of friends make a film about an extinct language. Colombian film makers Juan Miguel Gelacio and Esteban Hoyos will present their first feature film, Selva, which follows its protagonist after receiving an mysterious phone call at work, while a plague of flamingos flies over the city.
Selected projects:
WIP Europe
Every You Every Me [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Michael Fetter Nathansky
fiche film] - Michael Fetter Nathansky (Germany)
Production: Contando Films
Sima’s Song [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film] - Roya Sadat (Spain/Netherlands/France)
Production: Alba Sotorra, S.L.
Rock Bottom [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film] - María Trénor (Spain/Poland)
Production: Alba Sotorra, S.L.
A Hunt for Hedgehogs - Mihály Schwechtje (Hungary)
Production: Kino Alfa
On the Water Surface (Suyun Yüzü) – Zeinep Köprülü (Turkey/Germany)
Production: Periferi Film
WIP Latam
Reas [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Lola Arias
fiche film] - Lola Arias (Argentina/Germany/Switzerland)
Production: Gema Films
Most People Die on Sundays [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film] - Iair Said (Argentina/Italy/Switzerland)
Production: Campo Cine
Mi bestia [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film] - Camila Beltrán (Colombia/France)
Production: Felina Films
Maybe it's True What They Say About Us [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film] - Camilo Becerra and Sofía Paloma Gómez (Chile/Argentina)
Production: Storyboard Media
Jungle (Selva) - Juan Miguel Gelacio and Esteban Hoyos García (Colombia)
Production: Selva Producciones
Big Shadow (Sombra Grande) - Maximiliano Schonfeld (Argentina)
Production: Monte Total
(Traduit de l'espagnol)
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