CIIF MARKET
AUDIOVISUAL PROJECTS
CIIF Market has selected the following audiovisual projects in development, taking into account the quality, talent of producers and directors, viability of the financing plan and international appeal.
A THOUSAND PIECES
Feature film
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Germany
Director: Sergio Castro San Martin
Production Company: Latente Films
Delegate at CIIF Market: Sergio Castro San Martín – Director, Producer, Scriptwriter
Synopsis:
Ana (8), Isabel (45) and Miguel (52) prepare a vacation trip to meet and camp in the place where Ana was born. The journey is long, through the vast desert of northern Chile, but an unexpected detour on the road leads them to an alternative path that ends in a tragic accident in the middle of a desolate ravine. The loss is total. Roma, Ana’s mixed-race dog disappears from the place; Isabel, apparently dead, falls into a coma and Ana dies in Miguel’s arms, the only one unharmed after the tragedy. Isabel wakes up from a coma, six months have passed since the accident, Miguel buries his daughter’s body with his camcorder. The gentle waves reach the shore where Ana’s body is buried. A soft light begins to dye the environment that merges with the movement of police officers, nurses and some police experts who cordon off the sector, police personnel begin to dig up Ana’s body…
ANTICHRIST
Feature film
Genre: Thriller
Country: Colombia
Director: David Herrera
Production Company: Fahrenheit
Delegates at CIIF Market: David Herrera – Director, Producer, Scriptwriter / Katherine Herrera -Executive Producer, Postproduction Director
Synopsis:
Year 2033, in a Latin American country oppressed by a military government, an unlikely hero emerges: Manuel, an immigrant journalist who becomes the only voice of protest through his digital platform, quickly amassing millions of followers. But his growing fame does not goes unnoticed, and soon he becomes the target of an insurgent group seeking to use him for its own purposes. Manuel is pressured to deceive the country and incite violent uprising, through an inflammatory and ultra-nationalist speech. The country plunges into chaos, with the masses desperate to break free from oppression, and Manuel leading a revolution that seems straight out of a reality show. But as violence intensifies, Manuel confronts his own demons, battling his thirst for power while trying to stay true to his ideals. In a race against time, Manuel must decide if his cause is truly just and if it is worth sacrificing everything for it. The line between hero and villain blurs in this epic tale of struggle and betrayal, where nothing is as it seems and the fate of an entire country is at stake.
BLACK WATER
Feature-Length Documentary
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Director: Natxo Leuza
Production Company: En Buen Sitio Producciones
Delegates at CIIF Market: Jokin Pascual – Producer / Marga Gutiérrez Diez – Production Director
Synopsis:
By 2050, Bangladesh will have approximately 220 million inhabitants and much of its territory will be permanently submerged. This could result in the forced displacement of between 10 and 30 million people from the country’s southern coastline, forcing many Bangladeshis to flee as “climate refugees”, a human population expected to reach 250 million worldwide by mid-century. On a planetary scale, we are talking about the largest mass migration in human history. How long will Dhaka cope with the influx of so many people? Where will all these people go when the cities collapse? Who will take them in? We are sitting on a huge time bomb.
BLOODY DUNES
Series
Genre: Thriller
Country: Lithuania
Director: Andrius Lekavicius
Production Company: Magic Film
Delegates at CIIF Market: Andrius Lekavicius – Director, Scriptwriter / Greta Akcijonaite – Producer
Synopsis:
A rebellious trio of high school girls forgo their prom’s sanctioned afterparty to indulge in an adrenaline-fueled weekend with older kite-surfers on the enigmatic Curonian Spit. As night falls, the group witnesses a chilling scene: shadowy figures dragging massive body bags. The next day, prom queen Nastia narrowly escapes death by drowning, only to vanish from the hospital after her friends arrive to visit. Determined to rescue Nastia, they return to the dunes and embark on a harrowing journey that leads them to the very edge of Kaliningrad, where they uncover a sinister organ trafficking network. Throughout the season, tension and suspense are expertly woven together as the characters band together to outwit the ruthless organ traffickers, ultimately fighting not for their friend’s life, but for their own survival.
BOOKS AND WINE
Feature film
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Director: Luis Fernando Zubieta
Production Company: Gala Producciones
Delegates at CIIF Market: Luis Fernando Zubieta – Director / Romina S. Courtade – Producer / Luis Díaz – Producer
Synopsis:
Diego, a young and successful writer who is stuck writing his second book, a few weeks before his wedding, finds an old cell phone with messages from an old flame. Now Diego must decide between finishing his book and getting married or leaving in search of the “love of his life” to La Rioja, Spain.
CALL THE MANAGER PLEASE!
Feature film
Genre: Comedy
Country: Portugal
Director: Hermano Moreira
Production Company: Manilha Films
Delegate at CIIF Market: Bruno Contin – Producer
Synopsis:
Workaholic Catarina is the manager of a traditional and bustling hotel in the center of Lisbon. She’s a smart, proactive woman, the kind who is always solving problems creatively, donating her time entirely to work, even sleeping many nights on the cramped couch in her office. Despite all her dedication and energy, her competence is put in check when, suddenly, the hotel is sold, and Telma, a representative of the new administration, begins to observe her closely for a whole day. Pressured and determined to stay in the position of manager, Catarina will have to prove herself a great leader of her clumsy employees, who do not collaborate in the slightest, while having to deal with the follies of eccentric guests from all corners of the world, making her day more and more unpredictable. As if all this were not enough, she still meets Luís, an old love from high school, who, staying at the hotel, will stir her most dormant feelings and unravel dark secrets of her past. Will Catarina be able to survive this never-ending day?
DECIBEL
Series
Genre: Thriller
Country: Argentina
Director: Pablo Aguero
Production Company: Thousand Monkeys
Delegate at CIIF Market: Pablo Agüero – Director
Synopsis:
MANGATA
Series
Genre: Thriller
Country: Chile
Director: Francisca Alegria
Production Company: Rio Estudios
Delegate at CIIF Market: Pablo Díaz del Río – Producer
Synopsis:
Isabel’s perfect life changes overnight when she is framed for the murder of her sister Rocío. To prove her innocence, Isabel must investigate Rocío’s recent life and delve into their past, until she realises that what she remembers as an old self-help and healing group was actually a dangerous cult led by Arturo, her sister’s husband, a powerful and attractive man who continues to claim victims. Remembering and resignifying dark corners of her adolescence, Isabel must fight to unmask Arturo, before it is too late.
MARS
Series
Genre: Thriller, drama
Country: Chile
Director: Victor Vidangossy
Production company: Trapo Films
Delegate at CIIF Market: Víctor Vidangossy – Director, Producer
Synopsis:
In a small town in the middle of the driest desert in the world, a humble young girl dreams of becoming an astronaut to go to Mars. But the mysterious death of her mother and the forced appearance of an unknown father lead her to lose all hope, jeopardising her chance to achieve her dream of going to Mars.
QUARTZ
Docu-fiction
Genre: Drama, Docu-fiction
Country: Spain
Director: Daniel Ortiz Entrambasaguas
Production Company: Danidog Films
Delegate at CIIF Market: Daniel Ortíz Entrambasaguas – Director, Producer, Scriptwriter
Synopsis:
Cuarzo is the feature-length extension of the short documentary with fictional recreations 7:11 Cuarzo, awarded by the Malaga Film Festival. As in the short film, the story will be based on other people’s lives and will focus on the same with absolute accuracy: the consequences, the different after-effects that can be left by child abuse. In particular, the aim is to show the different faces that the same truth can have. Beyond the desire to criticize, denounce or victimize, the intention is to look where no one is looking and to tell of a reality that leaves no one indifferent and acts invisibly in our society, such as child abuse and rape in the aberrant figure of more than 85% in the direct family environment. Thus, the main aim is to raise awareness and bring the viewer face to face with a truth that until then has been terribly invisible.
STOLEN KISSES
Feature film
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, Dominican Republic
Director: Fede Alonso, Luis Arambilet
Production Company: A Poco a Poco Producciones
Delegates at CIIF Market: Juan Miguel Botía – Executive Producer, Scriptwriter
Synopsis:
Margarita Ruiz is a brilliant psychologist who joins the staff of a 2nd division football team. Margarita is a modern woman, of her time, ambitious and a great professional. Her way of being contrasts with the deeply macho character of the football club. Soon a great conflict between Margarita’s ideas and the Club’s prejudices against women, especially rooted in its management team, will arise. Margarita’s relationship with Ivan, the team’s coach, will be tense from the start, and will bring us the unexpected outcome of a secret past they have kept together, broken by dramatic events. The players soon grow fond of the psychologist and will be her best allies in this tangled battle of sexes.
THE MAILMAN
Feature film
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Director: Andres Diaz
Production company: Inoxidable Films
Delegate at CIIF Market: Andrés Díaz – Director, Producer, Scriptwriter
Synopsis:
Tomas is finally out of prison, where he has spent the last forty years of his life. Upon returning home, he no longer recognizes the world. Tomas blames the world for wasting all this time and is annoyed with life itself. His fiancée stopped writing soon after his conviction. The letters he wrote every week were returned to him. At liberty, Tomas struggles to find a reason not to die. The prison system assigns him a job at the post office where he is closely watched by a bitter supervisor. Nothing works for him, until he finds a letter that has been missing for 30 years and decides that this is his mission: to deliver the letter.
THREE WOMEN. THE MURDER OF ISABEL CARRASCO
Series
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Director: Manuel Dañino
Production Company: Reverso Films
Delegate at CIIF Market: Sylvie Leray – Producer, Distributor
Synopsis:
May 2014, Spain has not yet overcome its great economic crisis. Isabel Carrasco, the president of León and the most powerful and hated politician outside and inside her party, is shot dead on a bridge in broad daylight. Two women, mother and daughter, are arrested as suspects. The mother is the wife of the police commissioner. The daughter is a former employee and former right-hand woman of Carrasco’s who was fired three years earlier. A political and psychological thriller, Three Women is a story of abuse and personal hatred in a context of crisis and corruption in Spain. A crime that shook a country.