THE ROAD MOVIE “LO CARGA EL DIABLO”, AWARDED AT CIIF MARKET, FINISHES SHOOTING IN THE CANARY ISLANDS
- Director Guillermo Polo ‘s debut feature film began its journey at CIIF Market (Canary Islands International Film Market) 2019, where it won theMusic Library & SFX Music Synchronization Awardandwas a finalist for the CIIF Market Award to the project with the greatest international projection.
- The film, produced by the Polo Brothers, Japónica Films, Volcano International Productions and Batiak Films, with the support of APunt Media, the Valencian Institute of Culture and the Government of the Canary Islands, was shot in Valencia, Alicante, Soria, Teruel and in recent weeks in different locations in Tenerife.
The fictional film “Lo carga el diablo”, the Valencian director’s debut feature film Guillermo Polo, produced by the Polo Brothers, Japonica Films, Volcano International Productions and Batiak Films, with the support of APunt Media, the Valencian Institute of Culture and the Government of the Canary Islands, has just finished filming in the Canary Islands.
It is a road movie with touches of black humor starring Pablo Molinero (“La peste”), Mero González “(Lo dejo cuando quiera”, “Valeria”), Isak Férriz (“Gigantes”), Antonia San Juan (“Todo sobre mi madre”, “El hoyo”) and Itziar Castro (“Vis a vis”).
“Lo carga el diablo” centers on Tristan, a frustrated writer who makes a living from writing the inspirational phrases on sugar packets. His routine life will change the day he accepts, under mysterious circumstances, to transport the frozen body of his conflictive brother Simon, from Asturias to Benidorm to fulfill his last wish: to be buried in the house where they both grew up.
He will soon discover that the obstacles and the different characters he will have to face in this strange journey, are perhaps his last chance to live a real experience, and, above all, to leave behind his pathetic conformism.
Producers Clara Santaolaya and Gerard Rodríguez have defined the film as “an Iberian road trip” that may remind us of the Coen brothers, “Wild Heart” or “Airbag”.
“Lo carga el diablo” participated prominently in CIIF Market (Canary Islands International Film Market) in its edition of 2019under the name “Pobre diablo” (Poor devil), being recognized with the Music Library & SFX Music Synchronization Award and also as a finalist of the CIIF Market Award for the project with the greatest international projection. Subsequently, it has had an extensive tour and mentions in festivals, markets and forums such as Austin Film Festival, FilmarketHub, MAFIZ Malaga, Cinema Jove Co-Production Forum, Abycine Lanza and Valencia Picht Forum, among others.
The film has been shot in Valencia, Alicante, Soria, Teruel and in recent weeks in different locations in Tenerife, where the director of CIIF Market, Guillermo Ríos, has come to congratulate the crew members for the completion of filming and wish them every success.
CIIF Market 2022
The The 18th edition of the Canary Islands International Film Market will be held from November 22 to 27 at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in which the following will meet authors, screenwriters, filmmakers, production companies, television channels, distributors, sales agents, investors and other industry players to foster film and audiovisual creation and to promote the development of co-production of feature films, documentaries and television series for a global market.
18 film and/or audiovisual projects in development will participate in CIIF Market 2022: 12 Spanish projects (2 in co-production with other countries: Spain/Chile, Spain/Portugal) and 6 Latin American projects (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba/Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay).
The 18 projects include 12 fiction feature films and 6 series (5 fiction and 1 documentary series). Within the fiction genres we find comedies, dramas, thrillers, fantastic genre, social cinema, etc. There are 9 projects directed by women (plus 2 that are co-directed).
The following sessions will be held pitching sessions, where participating projects will be presented to be evaluated for possible investment and one-on-one meetings will take place with film and television professionals, as well as panels, colloquiums and other market and networking activities, such as locations tours for producers.
The first edition of CIIF Market Lab – Laboratorio de Obras Literarias Canarias, created to promote the meeting and create synergies between executives from the audiovisual and publishing industries, as well as to highlight the value of local talent, will also be held in parallel.
CIIF Market is organized by Festeam Comunicación y Eventos S.Lwith the main sponsorship of Cabildo de Tenerife, Government of the Canary Islands, through the Instituto Canario de Desarrollo Cultural, Canary Islands Film and PROEXCA; Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council; Sociedad de Desarrollo de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife Film Commission, Clúster Audiovisual de Canarias y Macaronesia Films.
It has the collaboration of, among other entities, Adapta Market, ACTE Canarias, IsLABentura Canarias, River Flow Pictures, Filmarket Hub, Clúster Audiovisual de Canarias, MAFIZ (Málaga Festival Industry Zone), Music Library & SFX, Rahn Mercedes Benz, ZEC (Zona Especial Canaria), PNR (Plataforma de Nuevos Realizadores) and Cima Impulsa.
