Red Hangar (pictured) is a political thriller directed by Juan Pablo Sallato and inspired by the autobiographical chronicle Disparen a la Bandada ( Shoot The Flock) by Chilean writer Fernando Villagrán. Nicolás Münzel’s Argentinian outfit Pensilvania Films (Escudero’s Two Faced-God) produces in partnership with Uruguay’s U Films (Lorena Muñoz’s I’m Gilda). The project blends thriller and psychological drama elements and follows a recently retired university professor who suspects she may have Alzheimer’s and decides to act when a serial killer strikes. In The Middle Of The Day’s Darkness ( A Plena Oscuridad Del Día) will be directed by Facundo Escudero, whose Broken took part in this year’s Tallinn Black Nights’ Goes to Cannes Showcase. Celso García, winner of the Glauber Rocha Award at 2015 Montreal World Film Festival for dramedy The Thin Yellow Line, will direct the story of a traveller artist who tries to revive his lost family circus after he inadvertently finds a priceless jewel. The Last Circus is a family drama with action elements and is produced by Mexico’s Guannaby Films and Colombia’s Dynamo. The Aspirant was named best project at Sitges FanPitch (formerly Sitges Pitchbox) and will be the first fiction feature of Spanish documentarian Juan Gautier. Spain’s Smiz and Pixel, Kabiria Films, Featurent Media and La Bestia produce. Psychological horror The Aspirant centres on two boys’ first day at a macho high school where they must endure a tough initiation. When she discovers her sister is about to get married to a charro, a Mexican cowboy, Ana finds a purpose and decides to stop the wedding. Without a stable job and mourning the loss of her mother in a car accident, Ana journeys to the idyllic beaches of Tulum in Mexico to reset her life. It follows Ana, a woman in her thirties going through an existential crisis. Mexico and Los Angeles-based Irreversible Pictures is producing in co-production with Cielo Content, 2Hand Productions, and TDO Media. Save Me From Myself ( Sálvame De Mí) is a dramedy directed by Uruguay-born Max Zunino, a best fiction winner at Guadalajara Film Festival with Open Cage, and a Fipresci Prize recipient at Montreal World Film Festival, both in 2014. Qualifying projects needed to have 30% of financing in place. The event wrapped on Friday (October 6) and the pitch selection comprised eight narrative features, a documentary, and an animated feature. Ten feature projects were pitched at Iberseries & Platino Industria’s first features co-production forum in Madrid supported by Secuoya Foundation, Spain’s producers’ rights collection society EGEDA, Ibero American producers’ federation FIPCA, and the city government.
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