Sanfic Documentary Lab Gets Personal, From Focusing on Mortality in ‘Tantas Nenas’ to Reckoning With Generational Trauma in ‘Death of the Sun’ (EXCLUSIVE)
08.08.2023 - 13:33
/ variety.com
Holly Jones Oh My Gómez! Films’ Ramiro Pavón, producer of Ana Katz’s Sundance title “El perro que no calla,” and Rocío Romero Quintana, behind 2016 Berlinale Generation 14+ winner “Las Plantas,” will both pitch their latest doc projects at this month’s Sanfic Industria, one of the biggest industry forums in South America. Another project at its Documentary Lab is sourced from Paula Zyngierman at Argentina’s MaravillaCine, which backed “That Weekend” and “Marilyn.” “This year we received a large number of applications from both directors and producers with large experience as well as projects by new talents,” Gabriela Sandoval, head of Sanfic Industria, told Variety, noting that some projects have been sourced from allied international industry platforms such as Industria Guadalajara, DocsMx, Fidba, Taller de productores de Panamá, Arca Residencia.
The 10 Documentary Lab projects will be presented in Santiago de Chile over August 23-26 with the final pitch on Aug. 26 before a live and online jury.
Group and individual pitch training will be guided by Consuelo Castillo at Colombia’s DOC: CO, along with Santiago Maza, at Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna-founded La Corriente del Golfo, Pablo Mondragón, “Chile 76” producer Juan Pablo Gugliotta and Eloisa López will advise on marketing, financing, budget and broader distribution. Here are takeaways on this year’s selection, drawn from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia.
More Than Just Cinema “All My Nenas,” directed by Chile’s Kamila Véliz Hermosilla, documents her mother’s death from cancer while subsequently centering on the role of the caretakers alongside her. In addition to the film, the team is creating the Mi Nena Foundation to help and accompany women with breast
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