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CIIF Market has selected the following film and audiovisual projects in development for the global market, taking into account criteria of quality, talent of producers and directors, viability of the financing plan and international projection.

A FAT MONSTER

Type: Feature film
Genre: Fantastic drama, Coming of age
Country: Argentina
Director: Agustín Falco Vázquez
Producer: Arturo Castro Godoy
Company: Cooperativa Muchasiesta
Delegate at CIIF Market: Agustín Falco Vázquez / Director, Guionist

Synopsis:

Muchasiesta is an audiovisual cooperative based in Santa Fe, Argentina, rooted in collective production and cultural identity. It develops films and series with strong territorial and community focus. Partner of INCAA and co-producer with Aleph Cine and Alto Cine. Its support reflects its commitment to global south narratives and sustainable filmmaking.

ALL IS WELL

Type: Feature film
Genre: Black comedy-domestic, Noir
Country: México, Spain
Director: Mateo Garlo
Producer: Alejandra Cárdenas, Sofía Bruquetas
Company: Sin Sentido Films S.A. de C.V.
Delegate at CIIF Market: Sofía Bruquetas Díaz de Rada / Producer

Synopsis:

Mexican production company. We co-produce and have provided services to companies such as Lionsgate, Fox, and AppleTV. We produce our own content: 12 feature films that have been shown in commercial theaters and at international festivals. In 2024, we will release Jugaremos en el bosque and No negociable. We are currently co-producing the film La noche cerrada with Spain, which is about to be shot.

HUAYO

Type: Feature film
Genre: Adventure, Family, Amazonian
Country: Perú
Director: Dorian Fernández Moris
Producer: Nevenka Yankovich Pérez
Company: Audiovisual Films
Delegate at CIIF Market: Dorian Fernandez, Director & Producer / Andrea Moberg / Producer

Synopsis:

The Arbubuelo, the oldest tree in the world, gives life to Huayo, a magical fruit that will embark on a grand adventure alongside a boy from the forest and a girl from the city, to save the Magic Forest, the last sacred space of the Amazon, which is on the verge of being destroyed by the greed of a deranged scientist.

MENARCHE

Type: Feature film
Genre: Rural drama, Coming of age, LGTBQ+
Country: Panamá, Chile, Perú
Director: Jairo Ramos Alvarado
Producer: Tania Medina Caro
Company: Infocus Video Factory Cine & TV
Delegate at CIIF Market: Jairo Ramos Alvarado / Director, Productor, Guionist

Synopsis:

Edna (12) is an androgynous girl who lives in the Panamanian countryside with her parents. Shortly after her father passes away, Edna gets her first period, forcing her to confront the inner conflict sparked by her female condition and the role she wishes to assume at home with her mother.

MOTOCABRO

Type: Feature film
Genre: Action, Drama, LGTBIQ+
Country: Perú
Director: Jeff Calmet García
Producer: Francisco Bardales Ramirez
Company: Río Verde Films
Delegate at CIIF Market: Nevenka Yanovich Pérez / Producer

Synopsis:

Antuco is a shy teenager living in a poor and troubled family in Belén, a conflict-ridden area of the Amazon. He faces bullying at school and the hostility of his addicted mother. Amid these hardships, he meets Juana, a strong woman who becomes his mentor, and César, a charismatic mototaxi driver with whom he experiences his first love, confronting violence and crime in a hostile environment.

ROCASANTA

Type: Feature film
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Director: to be confirmed
Producer: César Martínez Herrada
Company: Dexiderius Producciones Audiovisuales
Delegate at CIIF Market: César Martínez Herrada, Producer / Rodrigo Martín Antoraz Pedro García Ríos, Guionists

Synopsis:

Idaira, a veteran official of Maritime Rescue in Rocasanta’s island, succors the first dinghy in canary island’s route. While a builder tries to construct a luxury hotel in a protected space, she organizes an immigrants welcome. The healthy neighborhood coexistence explodes when the councilor for the environment is murdered. Everything targets a young Nigerian man, who Idaira decides to hide.

SOLO

Type: Feature film
Genre: Dramedy
Country: Portugal, Brasil
Director: Hermano Moreira
Producer: Hermano Moreira, Cao Quintas
Company: Manilha Filmes
Delegate at CIIF Market: Hermano Moreira / Director, Producer

Synopsis:

At the Solo bar, only unaccompanied guests are allowed in, and customers must log off by handing over their cell phones at the entrance. Marco, Cristina, Efraim, and Alexia, four strangers, seize the opportunity to fulfill their greatest desires while escaping all the prejudices and high expectations of the real world.

TENANTS

Type: Feature film
Genre: Terror, Comedy
Country: Perú, España
Director: María Paz Barragán
Producer: Norma Velásquez
Company: Suena Perú
Delegate at CIIF Market: Norma Velásquez / Producer, Maria Paz Barragán / Director

Synopsis:

Our first feature film, “Los caminantes de la calle” an Argentina-Peru co-production, will have its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. We also have the feature film “Suiza” a Peru-Argentina co-production, in post-production, and the feature films “Cuarzo” and “Un hombre en un puente,” both co-produced by Spain and Peru, in pre-production.

THE BORN LOSERS

Typo: Feature film
Genre: Road movie
Country: Spain
Director: Álvaro Ortega Sanahuja
Producer: Javier Albert Cervera / Marco Lledó
Company: Panoram 5 Pictures
Delegate at CIIF Market: Javier Albert Cervera, Marco Lledó Producers / Álvaro Ortega Sanahuja, Director

Synopsis:

After a failed suicide attempt by throwing herself in front of a moving car, Clara — a lonely young woman who has lost all hope in life — crosses paths with Tom, the driver. Together, they set out on a journey to reclaim the happiness they lost long ago.

THE COLLAPSE

Type: Feature film
Genre: Drama, Coming of age queer, Emotional distopia
Country: Spain, Argentina, Luxemburg
Director: Marco Berger
Producter: Alberto Masliah
Company: Damita Joe
Delegate at CIIF Market: Alberto Masliah, Producer

Synopsis:

Javier, a reckless young man, falls for his cousin’s husband in a world on the brink of war. His obsession triggers misunderstandings and revelations that disrupt everyone around them. As tensions rise, Javier and Federico become isolated, forced to confront their desires and the chaos they have unleashed.

THE IMAGE

Type: Largometraje
Genre: Drama, Memory, Thriller
Country: Spain, Belgium, Lithuania
Director: Miguel Ángel Calvo Buttini
Producer: Miguel Ángel Calvo Buttini, Antonello Novellino
Company: Salto de Eje, PC
Delegate at CIIF Market: Antonello Novellino / Producer

Synopsis:

John, an applicant top international role, discovers a decades-old interrogation video featuring a man identical to himself. As he delves into the mystery, buried secrets of his past emerge, forcing him to question his own identity. Torn between uncovering the truth and preserving his reality, he must confront the fragile nature of memory with a
mother with Alzheimer.

THE WHISPERER

Type: Feature film
Genre: Terror
Country: Chile, México
Director: Carla Sierra, Ale García
Producer: Valentina Vio, Antonio Urdapilleta
Company: La Vieja Rara Producciones
Delegate at CIIF Market: Valentina Vio / Producer

Synopsis:

After losing her husband and son in a brutal brawl between hooligans following a soccer game, Alba accepts her family’s forbidden cult: the Virgin of the Whisper, which grants power in exchange for flesh and soul. Her revenge unleashes a spiral of mutilation and bloodshed, turning her into a carrier of an ancient horror she can no longer control.

THIS BOLERO IS FOR ITA

Type: Feature film
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia, Spain
Director: Felipe Holguin Caro
Producer: Juan Sebastián Caballero Riaño
Company: Red Collision Studios
Delegate at CIIF Market: Andrés Ferro / Producer

Synopsis:

Gustavo, an elderly radio host, travels from Táchira, Venezuela to Colombia in order to get his mixing console repaired. When the border suddenly closes, he’s left stranded, whilst his wife, Gloria, feels abandoned back home. That’s when Gustavo resorts to broadcast the very first bolero he ever dedicated to her over the airwaves, using that nostalgia as a last effort to reconcile with her.

VINEYARDS

Type: Series
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Director: Marina Seresesky
Producer: Álvaro Lavín
Company: Meridional Producciones
Delegate at CIIF Market: Álvaro Lavín, Executive Producer / Francisco Carrasco, Mauricio Cuffaro, Producers

Synopsis:

Lian Yun, a successful businesswoman, arrives from China to seek revenge on the Clark family, owners of Mendoza’s most productive vineyards, for having enslaved hundreds of Chinese workers decades ago to build the railroad in Argentina. Revenge, betrayal, impossible love, and a police investigation shape this explosive series set among the world’s most beautiful landscapes.

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