Catalan Films @ IDFA 2020

IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Your window to the Catalan audiovisual industry

18th November 6th December 2020

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cover photo: Facunda

GENERATION

Catalan Films at IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Luminous Programme 04 IDFA Forum 06 IDFAcademy 10 Docs For Sale 12 Upcoming Catalan Docs 15 Catalan Delegation 26

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IDFA 2020 | LUMINOUS PROGRAMME

IDFA 2020 | LUMINOUS PROGRAMME

Facunda Fascinated by the character and manner of her great-aunt Facunda, Marta and a small film crew decide to move to the depths of La Mancha for a season. The objective is to document the passing of the days of this octogenarian who, every summer, returns to her hometown to live alone in her lifelong home. But Facunda has proposed a mission: the relentless boycott of the film.

Screenings Fri 20 Nov 20:45 Tuschinski 4

(Premiere Screening) Thu 26 Nov 17:00 Online Screening Thu 3 Dec 17:00 Online Screening

Director: Marta Romero Production: Allegra Films World Sales: Allegra Films

Contact in IDFA Mayca Sanz mayca@allegrafilms.com

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IDFA 2020 | FORUM

Ă ngel, Diary of a Planned Death Angel waited years for an euthanasia law to be passed to help his wife have a dignified death. But he had to sacrifice himself to push the change.

IDFA 2020 | FORUM

Fernando González Started his career as a communicator at national radio, but soon moved to television, becoming scriptwriter and the face of some of the most viewed reportage programmes on national TV. He specialises in investigative reporting and has a real passion for social issues and human right stories. He is also the author of 2 books All for my country (2015) and My borders (2019).

Original title: Ángel, diario de una muerte planeada Estimated time: 52’-90’ min Original language: Spanish Budget: € 246,000 Funding confirmed: € 18,000 Partners already attached: TV3 – Televisió de Catalunya

Producciones del Barrio Non-fiction production company that produces narrative, cinematic and journalistic content.

Unprecedented access to key international figures is one of our assets. Amongst our recent productions is Match Day (2019), an observational documentary series following the inside story of FC Barcelona’s 2018-19 season, or the documentary features Andrés Iniesta: the unexpected hero (2020) and Astral (2016), about the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean.

Goals in IDFA 2020 Our main objective in IDFA is to find international broadcasters interested in co-producing and pre-buying the film. We are particularly looking for partners in Germany and France (ARTE), Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, but opened to any other territories and options that would help us with the financing of the film.

Contact in IDFA Laura Collado lcollado@delbarrio.tv

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IDFA 2020 | FORUM

Burn the Cuckoo’s Nest Immersive documentary on the medical and scientific revolution around psychedelic drugs, through the intimate document of personal transformation and physical healing with new psichodelic treatments.

IDFA 2020 | FORUM

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Jo Sol Jo Sol is a cinema director and scriptwriter with a long trajectory in fiction and documentary films and the conception of new audiovisual formats. His films have been distributed internationally and obtained recognition in festivals such as San Sebastian, Locarno, Bafici, Tallinn, among others.

Shaktimetta Shaktimetta is a production company specialized in the production of fictional and documentary feature films with a marked political and social character. We are committed to renewing narrative languages and new formats that can add value to our content.

Original title: Burn the Cuckoo’s Nest Estimated time: 60’ dome format / 75’ cinema tv Original language: Catalan / Spanish/ English Budget: € 235,000 Funding confirmed: € 30,000 Selected at: IDFA Forum 2020 Partners already attached: Eyesberg Studio

Goals in IDFA 2020 Funds, co-production (Nederland, Canada, US, Mexico), sales broadcast, distribution, specialized immersive companies VR/ Dome formats.

Contact in IDFA Jo Sol info@ shaktimettaproductions.com

IDFA 2020 | ACADEMY

A Sad and Vulgar Loner Ernesto, as a young man, finds himself being violent and jealous when he has emotional relationships. He got married and had a son, but three years later he almost killed them both. He would have succeeded had it not been for his mother calling the police, having seen that he was mentally ill. After many years of repeating this pattern of jealousy, he finally understood his issue and wrote an autobiography.

Now he wants to make a fiction film about it. Two directors who are interested suggest making a documentary instead. The film will track these events in Ernesto’s past. He will review his past and share his point of view and theory of jealousy. Some of his violent memories will be reconstructed by actors and with the help of a therapist, who will guide him through the regression experience. This will trigger a possible change in him.

IDFA 2020 | ACADEMY

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Efthymia Zymvragaki Master’s degree in Artistic Productions and Research, Fine Arts UAB. Photographer trained at the IEFC, Barcelona. Degree in Psychology - University of Crete, Greece. She directed the short documentary Refrán. DOP of several short films. Dop: Rocco Has Your Name, feature film by Angelo Orlando (2015) Co-producer: In Loco Parentis (School Life), creative Documentary by Neasa Ni Chianáin and David Rane (2017). Dop / producer: You will be a man, creative documentary by Isabel de Ocampo (2018).

GrisMedio Production company based in Barcelona, Spain, specialising in creative documentaries and authorial feature films. The company focuses on each project’s special needs and the filmmaker’s vision. The films the company has co-produced have been selected to festivals like Sundance, IDFA, Vision du Réel, have received multiple awards and a nomination to the European Film Awards.

Original title: Un vulgar y triste solitario Estimated time: 85’ Original language: Spanish Budget: € 485,500 Funding confirmed: € 110,000 Selected at: L’Alternativa Mentoring Projects - Barcelona (2019), LSD Workshop with Fernanda Rossi - Barcelona (2019), WEMW co-production Forum Pitching session - Trieste, Italy (2020). CIRCLE Women´s Doc Accelerator (2020), Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-production Forum 2020 (68 SSIFF), IDFAcademy 2020.

Partners already attached: CCMA, Tv3, ThurnFilm

Goals in IDFA 2020 Our aim is to connect with key players in the international film industry and explore the strategies and possibilities of international financing and co-production, as well as to get creative consultancy. Co-production/co-producers, TV / Broadcaster co-financing/co-production, Production funds, World Sales Agent, Impact Producer.

Contact in IDFA Efthymia Zymvragaki info@grismedio.es

IDFA 2020 | DOCS FOR SALE Blues for Teheran

Contact in IDFA: Quatre Films Alejandra Mora amora@quatrefilms.com

Director: Javier Tolentino Production Companies: Quatre Films, Eddie Saeta International Sales: Quatre Films Country: Spain, Iran Year: 2020 Runtime: 80’ Synopsis: A tragicomic and poetic journey to the anonymous faces of Iran. Different characters show us a country where tradition and modernity coexist and confront each other.

Through music and poetry, our characters reveal the dreams that remain hidden in their souls.

Erasmus in Gaza

Contact in IDFA: Java Films Kathryn Bonnici kathryn@javafilms.tv

Directors: Chiara Avesani, Matteo Delbó Production Companies: Arpa Films International Sales: Java Films Country: Spain Year: 2020 Runtime: 82’ Synopsis: Riccardo, an Italian final-year medical student, is the first student ever to go on Erasmus to Gaza, a war zone. His experience will determine the success of the exchange programme.

IDFA 2020 | DOCS FOR SALE

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Facunda

Contact in IDFA: Allegra Films Mayca Sanz mayca@allegrafilms.com

Director: Marta Romero Coll Production Companies: Allegra Films International Sales: Allegra Films Country: Spain Year: 2020 Runtime: 17’ Synopsis: Distinctly untypical portrait of an elderly Spanish woman who calmly does what the director, her grandniece, tells her to do. In between all the instructions, disarming and true-to-life moments arise that are beyond anyone’s control.

The Man Who Wanted to See It All

Contact in IDFA: Feelsales Pablo Briseño Galván pablobriseno@feelsales.com

Directors: Albert Albacete Production Companies: Loto Films, Gaia Audiovisuals, Televisió de Catalunya, Tana Films International Sales: Feelsales Country: Spain Year: 2020 Runtime: 92’ Synopsis: On August 22, 1960, Heinz Stücke left Hövelhof with his bike, now he is 72 years old and stops for the first time.

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IDFA 2020 | DOCS FOR SALE

The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo

Contact in IDFA: The Party Film Sales Théo Lionel theo.lionel@thepartysales.com

Postwar Album

Contact in IDFA: New Docs Luisa Schwamborn luisa.schwamborn@newdocs.de

Director: Javier Polo Production Companies: Japonica Films, Los Hermanos Polo International Sales: The Party Film Sales Country: Spain Year: 2020 Runtime: 83’ Synopsis: Documentary about an eccentric character and his unusual quest to reveal the true story behind the hot pink queen of kitsch: the pink flamingo.

The protagonist gathers together theories and interpretations from a bizarre selection of sources that eventually lead him to discover the influence these birds have on the world around us.

Directors: Angel Leiro, Airy Maragall Production Companies: Lukimedia International Sales: New Docs Country: Spain Year: 2020 Runtime: 83’ Synopsis: 25 years after the siege, Spanish war reporter Gervasio Sánchez returns to Sarajevo, where he meets with adults he photographed as children. How did the war change their lives?

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IDFA 2020 UPCOMING CATALAN DOCS Wednesday 25 th 14.00-15.20 IDFA Online Platform

IDFA 2020 | UPCOMING CATALAN DOCS

I am Inspired by the idea that love educates and that conversation in the classroom is a key piece for the development of good learning, the documentary I am is a journey around being, growing and learning from the same class in a primary school in Barcelona. During 8 years, from 4 years old to 12, we observed the living portrait and the continuity of a group of children. Their relationships, their frustrations, their yearnings, and joys that year after year are changing or perpetuating in their personalities.

IDFA 2020 | UPCOMING CATALAN DOCS

Patricia M. Félix Patricia developed her career as a director at the International School of Cinema of Cuba and at The New York Film Academy. She has worked on artistic projects covering a wide range of works from artistic visuals, social documentaries, music video-clips and commercials. Her greatest talent is the vision, care, creative and artistic touch, she entrusts in each and every project she is tasked with.

Original title: Jo soc Estimated time: 90’ Original language: Catalan Budget: € 120,000 Funding confirmed: € 20,000 Selected at: DocsBarcelona Partners already attached: Not yet

Diana Toucedo Films In 2018 Diana Toucedo produced her first feature film Trinta Lumes and was premiered at the Berlinale Panorama 2018 and awarded in several international film festivals.

WKND WKND is a production company based in Barcelona that has produced the feature live action The Nice Unfaithful Husbands Club and the animated TV series Tender Metal.

Goals in IDFA 2020 We are looking for a distributor to handle the international sales and we are also looking for TV broadcasters and VOD platforms interested in acquiring the rights.

Contact in IDFA Patricia M. Félix patrimfelix@gmail.com

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IDFA 2020 | UPCOMING CATALAN DOC

Muyeres In the Asturian mountains of Cangas de Narcea live the last guardians of a centuries-old tradition, the oral transmission of songs, romances and legends. These women were taught by their ancestors, but now no one continues their legacy and their voices are muted. A visitor comes to the valley with an old recording device that guards the voices of these women recorded years ago. Obsessed with these deep songs, he decides to start his search in order to find them.

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Marta Lallana Marta writes, produces and directs her first film Ojos Negros in 2019, winner of the Biznaga de Plata for Best Spanish Film at the Málaga Festival. In 2017, she works as co-writer and assistant director of the short Restos de cosas, produced by Nanouk Films. She was runner-up for the EuropeanTV contest Master of Photography (2016), supervised by photographers like Alex Webb or Bruce Gilden.

Corte y Confección de Películas Production company specialized in genre and art-house films, producing films, series and documentaries. Used to work in co-production, our goal is to produce quality genre and auteur movies with worldwide relevance. We work in tight collaboration with writers and directors, establishing long-lasting relationships and develop ambitious and international projects.

Original title: Muyeres Estimated time: 90’ Original language: Spanish / Asturian Budget: € 600,000 Funding confirmed: € 360,000 Selected at: Málaga Work in Progress winning the REC and FIDBA awards in this edition.

Margins Work, Script / Doc Check + Development Advice

by Europa Creativa Desk Media Catalunya, Cinespaña Lab, Abycine Lanza and Catalan Films Matchmackings Sitges Festival.

Partners already attached: Public funds: ICAA, Private Funds of the production company and production company partners.

Goals in IDFA 2020 For the project Muyeres we are looking for an international sales agent to help the project having the best festival strategy and tour.

Contact in IDFA Marta Lallana emelallana@gmail.com

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Ole mi coĂąo, The Ransomware Case Ole mi coĂąo is a cinematic riposte to the stalker who stole my laptop and revealed my intimate photos. A documentary thriller on how I embark into a terrible blackmail situation. Shame, anger, and distress caused by months of brutal extortion transform into the need of sharing my experience. Realizing the inefficiencies of the legal/police process, I start my own investigation on the dangers and challenges of private data in our modern society.

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Patricia Franquesa Patricia has been part of the creative team of the Heymann Brothers Films and Medalia Productions in Israel. In 2019 produces with Laura Imperiale the feature doc La Mami (IDFA, SXSW, MoMA DocFortnight). Currently, she’s editing her first feature doc as a director Oh Dear Sara (ICEC, Film Center Serbia) co-produced with Serbia, and developing her new documentary project Ole mi coño.

Gadea Films A creative platform aiming to enrich and produce innovative storytelling while exploring meaning and direction to our time. We have produced the doc feature La Mami (IDFA, SXSW, MoMADocFornitght).

Original title: Ole mi coño Estimated time: 65’ Original language: Catalan, Spanish, English Budget: € 232,175 Funding confirmed: € 35,700 Selected at: Catalan Films Matchmackings Sitges Festival and Sources2 – Europa Creativa Media Desk Catalunya.

Partners already attached: Víctor Grifols Foundation and Televisió de Catalunya.

Ringo Media A production company based in Barcelona created by Mireia Graell (Goya Nominated 2018), which has produced Matria (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Short Film 2018) and is developing features and shorts.

Goals in IDFA 2020 We are looking for financiers such broadcasters, streaming platforms, international sales agents, film grants and connect with Class A film festivals’ programmers.

Contact in IDFA Patricia Franquesa patricia@gadeafilms.com

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IDFA 2020 | UPCOMING CATALAN DOCS

Pepi Fandango Pepi embarks on a journey from his home in Vienna (Austria) to the village of Paterna de Rivera in Andalusia (Spain) to face authentic flamenco song: music that causes him pain, awakening his childhood memories as a Holocaust survivor, and at the same time, relieves his internal suffering. Pepi Fandango is an intimate documentary, spanning seven decades and three European countries. Carrying the burden of childhood trauma, a man confronts his lifelong scars supported only by the power of music, humor and the transformative power of friendship.

IDFA 2020 | UPCOMING CATALAN DOCS

Lucija Stojevic Lucija’s documentary feature La Chana (2016) won 17 awards, including the IDFA Audience Award 2016. It showed at over 150 festivals worldwide, was distributed theatrically in eight countries and broadcast internationally.

She has also directed over 30 short documentaries for global media, such as The Guardian and The New York Times. She is currently directing and producing multiple projects.

Original title: Pepi Fandango Estimated time: 75’ – 55’ Original language: German, Spanish, French Budget: € 203,000 Funding confirmed: € 50,000 Selected at: MediMed 2019 Partners already attached: Public Funds: ICEC

Noon Films Independent production company focusing on powerful, character-driven films. Our feature documentary La Chana was shown at over 150 international film festivals, picking up 17 awards along the way. We have produced films for international clients such as Red Bull Media House and interactive documentaries for Barcelona City Hall and Doctors Without Borders, among others.

Goals in IDFA 2020 To find financing for the last part of shooting and post-production. Interested in broadcasters or distributors from Austria, Germany and France. Looking for audience developers/innovative film marketing consultants. We’d like to be able to engage the education market in Europe, as well as other French, Austrian and German producers.

Contact in IDFA Lucija Stojevic lucija@noon-films.com

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Tolyatti Adrift The old Russian city Tolyatti which once was a symbol of progress and socialist pride is nowadays the poorest in Russia. It was known for its car industry, mainly for the legendary car called LADA. Currently it’s a deteriorated place, stuck in the moment and with the highest youth unemployment rates in the country.

In this desolated context arises ‘Boyevaya Klassika’, a teenagers’ movement based on the idea of rescuing the old cars from the local factory. They aren’t only able to give these icons, a second chance but they also turn them into a distraction, rebelliousness and expression towards hope.

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Laura Sisteró In 2012 she graduated from ESCAC. She combines her work as an advertising director with more personal film projects. In 2014 she won a MEDIA scholarship with which she is developing her first feature film Jeena, currently in production. In 2016 she wrote and directed along with Alejo Levis the short film Waste. Tolyatti Adrift is her first feature-length documentary.

Boogaloo Films Creative group from Barcelona that works with new forms of production and storytelling. Their commitment goes through the reflection of current issues, with a vocation for internationalization of young talent, without forgetting risk and creative and artistic points of view. Their professional work has earned them more than 50 awards at national and international festivals.

Original title: Tolyatti Adrift Estimated time: 90’ Original language: Russian Budget: € 208,567 Funding confirmed: € 167,167 Selected at: DOK Leipzig Co-Pro Market, XIII Foro Lau Haizetara, FIPA Industry Pitch, Abycine Lanza 2018 Partners already attached: Les Films d’Ici, Radio Canada, France Télévisions, TV3, ICAA film fund, CNC Cosip, Procirep.

Goals in IDFA 2020 We are looking for sales agents, TV pre-sales and international distribution.

Contact in IDFA Bernat Manzano bernat@boogaloofilms. com

IDFA 2020 | CATALAN DELEGATION Production Allegra Films

Allegra Films

Marta Romero Coll

Mayca Sanz

Director

Producer

martaromerocoll@gmail.com

mayca@allegrafilms.com

Amici Miei

Boogaloo Films

Johann Kaucher

Bernat Manzano

Project Manager

Producer

johann@amicimiei.eu

bernat@boogaloofilms.com

Corte y Confección de Películas

Diana Toucedo Fims

Marta Lallana

Patricia M. Félix

Director

Director

muyeresfilm@gmail.com

patrimfelix@gmail.com

Eyesberg Studio

Gadea Films

José Vaaliña Fratini

Patricia Franquesa

Producer

Director/Producer

jose@eyesbergstudio.com

patricia@gadeafilms.com

Gris Medio SCP

La Ferida Produccions

Efthymia Zymvragaki

Gerard Gil

Director/Producer

Director/Producer

info@grismedio.es

gerardzul@gmail.com

La Selva. Ecosistema Creatiu

Lukimedia

Matheus Mello

Stephanie von Lukowicz

Producer

Producer

prod@laselva.coop

stephanie@lukimedia.com

CATALAN DELEGATION

Noon Films

Polar Star Films S.L.

Lucija Stojevic

Marieke van den Bersselaar

Director/Producer

Producer

lucija@noon-films.com

marieke@polarstarfilms.com

Producciones del Barrio

Producciones del Barrio

Enric Bach

Fernando Gonzรกlez

Producer

Director/Journalist

ebach@delbarrio.tv

fgonzalez@delbarrio.tv

Producciones del Barrio

Shaktimetta produccions

Laura Collado

Pau Milรกn

Producer

Producer

lcollado@delbarrio.tv

info@shaktimettaproductions.com

Shaktimetta produccions Jo Sol Director/Producer info@shaktimettaproductions.com

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CATALAN DELEGATION

Festival DocsBarcelona

DocsBarcelona

Diego Mas Trelles

Pol Roig

Head of Industry

Deputy Head of Programming

diego.mas.trelles@docsbarcelona.com

proig@docsbarcelona.com

Broadcaster Corporació Catalana de Mitjans

Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovi-

Audiovisuals (TV3)

suals (TV3)

Sílvia Pairó

Montse Armengou

Executive Producer

Commissioning Editor

spairo.z@ccma.cat

marmengou.z@ccma.cat

CATALAN FILMS & TV Mar Medir

Joan Ruiz

Coordinator

International Promotion

mmedir@gencat.cat

joan.ruizg@gencat.cat

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