Brazilian animation initiatives “Matías” and “Utopia,” arthouse titles “The Satan’s Effectively,” “Madre Pajaro” and “Lacking” and style pics “I Have to Be Beloved” and “The Braid” seemed like among the huge winners at this 12 months’s Ventana Sur.
Saying business prizes on Dec. 5 in Buenos Aires, the Latin American movie market unveiled a veritable slew of awards, normally in type, fairly often accreditation for different labs.
Directed by João Castro and produced by César Barbosa, “Matías” scored the coveted WBD + Mundoloco CGI | Launchpad Collection prize, consisting in a six-month improvement deal from Warner Bros. Discovery and Argentina’s Mundoloco CGI.
Sofía Quiros’ coming of age “Awaiting Birds” and Jairo Boisier Olave’s corruption drama “The Satan’s Effectively” swept 5 and 4 prizes a chunk in Ventana Sur’s Primer Corte, whereas “Lacking,” from Mexican auteur Kenya Márquez, scored three plaudits in its sister work in progress program Copia Last.
A more in-depth have a look at Ventana Sur’s largest winners this 12 months:
Primer Corte
“Awaiting Birds,” (“Madre pajaro,” Sofía Quiros, Argentina, Spain)
From the manufacturing staff behind 2019 Cannes Critics’ Week title “Land of Ashes,” led by Cecilia Salim of Murillo Cine and Mariana Murillo (Sputnik Movies), this coming-of-age story that follows Oliver (8), who stays along with his aunt Paloma (26) whereas his mom receives remedy within the capital. Supported by Ibermedia, El Fauno, Torino Movie Lab and Berlinale Skills.
“The Satan’s Effectively,” (“Los pozos del diablo,” Jairo Boisier Olave, Chile)
The drama, produced by Cangrejo Movies (Chile) with Caviar Movies (Argentina), Paideia Filmes (Brazil) and Mat Productions (France), follows Judith, a 15-year-old who can discover underground water, as she exposes a theft community linked to a robust avocado farm—and probably her father. Supported by Cinéfondation–Cannes, BAL-LAB Biarritz, and Proyecta Ventana Sur, it tells an pressing story of water shortage and corruption,” says producer Diego Pino Anguita.
Copia Last
“Lacking,” (“Se busca,” Kenya Márquez, Mexico)
Produced by Puerco Rosa Producciones and Rubicon Productions, led by helmer-scribe Kenya Márquez, Jacobo Nazar and Janeth Mora. René, a rebellious teenager, flees her suffocating dad and mom on a 1,243-mile journey to Juárez, Mexico, uncovering private revelations. The movie explores “motherhood, love, and household bonds from a female perspective,” says Márquez.
Animation!
“Matias,” (João Castro, Kaplow, Brazil)
Matias, a painfully introverted 20-year-old, tries to outlive maturity between awkward job interviews, disastrous dates and social traps. Described by producer César Barbosaas “a pointy dialogue-driven comedy concerning the absurdity of recent life.” From the inventive duo fashioned by directors-writers-producers César Barbosa and Castro, specializing within the improvement of animation initiatives and understanding of the Rio-based Kaplow.
“Utopia,” (Rafhael Barbosa, Ursa Cinematográfica, Brazil )
Function “Utopia”director Rafhael Barbosa’s follow-up to last-year’s well-received “Cavalo,”was the one different Animation! title to take two business prizes at Ventana Sur. The primary characteristic from Ursa Cinematográfica, based mostly out of Alagoas, northeast Brazil, it activates a slave rebel tat takes younger medium Dandalunda looking for Angola Janga, a utopian quilombo. A 2D epic journey drama set in 1695 Brazil and turning across the “the longest-lasting and most organized refuge for enslaved Africans outdoors of Africa,” Barbosa has instructed Selection.
Proyecta
“The Different Voice,” (“La otra voz,” Agustina Pérez Rial; Argentina, Spain, France)
Invited to subsequent 12 months’s San Sebastiá Co-Manufacturing Discussion board, drawing from an unseen non-public archive, the movie crafts an intimate portrait of Mercedes Sosa, Latin America’s legendary protest singer. Letters and images from her exile years reveal a girl caught between fame and displacement. Co-produced by Gaman Cine, Fiørd Studio and Lorolo and supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund.
“God’s Favourite Woman,” (Diego Ulloa Alvear; Spain, Mexico, Ecuador)
Simply boarded by Mexico’s Woo Movies, a satirical dramedy activates a 16-year-old lady who invents Marian apparitions to deal with her dad and mom’ divorce — solely to set off a nationwide non secular frenzy. The darkish comedy marks an additional worldwide step for Spain’s Funicular Movies, the label behind acclaimed collection “This Is Not Sweden.” Co-produced with Abaca Movies in Ecuador, it received prime honors at ESCAC Opera Prima Lab and Guadalajara’s BDC Award. “A satire about religion, fame and the absurdity of recent perception,” says producer Marta Baldó.
“False Constructive,” (“Falso Positivo,” Theo Montoya; Colombia, France, Spain, Netherlands)
Winner of an invite to the Premio Sørfond Pitching Discussion board.
Following the acclaimed “Anhell69,” Montoya delves into Colombia’s darkest chapter with a poetic reconstruction of the “false positives” killings. Produced by Desvío Visible with Parcelles, Amore and Baldr, the movie blends reminiscence, mourning and surrealism. “I don’t need to inform what we already know. I need the viewers to really feel what nonetheless hasn’t been understood,” Montoya says. Supported by the Cannes Movie competition’s Cinéfondation residency program and the Hubert Bals Fund.
Improbable!
“I Have to Be Beloved,” (“Necesito Que Me Amen,” Julia Sofía Vega, Argentina)
From Sewati Audiovisual, “a uncooked, crucial, unsettling work,” it has mentioned of “I Have to Be Beloved,” which took three prizes at Ventana Sur’s Improbable! Lab, together with participation at Sitges’ 2026 FanPitch, besting different favorites resembling Paul Urkijo’s “The Escape” from Spain and Tamae Garateguy’s“Match,” produced out of Brazil, and a double winner in Buenos Aires.
“The Braid,” (“La Trenza,” Gonzalo Calzada, Argentina)
A toddler lives as a prisoner tied by a braid to his twin sister, who died at delivery. Discovering that his mom is to hold out witchcraft with them, he determines to flee. A triple laureate at Improbable’s Screenings and the most recent from the Uruguayan helmer, behind “Nocturna.”
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