08 · 23 · 12 Mexican works at Films in Progress Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Films in Progress is a joint initiative by the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine in Toulouse. The project, which will be held on September 25 and 26, is a program to aid Latin American cinema. Its goal is to help works in the post-production stage by presenting them to a group of professionals who will assist in their completion. The Instituto Cervantes world network will distribute all of the films in the project internationally. In addition, the films will compete for the following prizes: Norteado-Films in Progress Award: In appreciation for the awards the film Norteado received in 2008, which helped in its completion and distribution, the Mexican production companies Film Tank and Tiburón Producciones, CONACULTA through IMCINE, and the companies McCormick de México and IDN, will present a $5,000 dollar prize to one of the six participating films. Films In Progress Industry Award: This prize will assume the post-production of a film until obtaining a 35mm copy, with English subtitles, and its distribution in Spain. The companies sponsoring this award include Daniel Goldstein S. L., Deluxe Spain, Dolby Iberia, Imasblue, Kodak (División de Cine Profesional), Laserfilm Cine y Video, Nephilim Producciones, No Problem Sonido and Vértigo Films. The films that have been selected are: Asalto a la Fábrica de Caloventores, by Estanislao Buisel (Argentina) De Menor, by Caru Alves de Souza (Brazil) Gloria, by Sebastián Lelio (Chile) Las Horas Muertas, by Aarón Fernández (Mexico, Spain and France) Las Niñas Quispe, by Sebastián Sepúlveda (Chile, France and Argentina) Tanta Agua, by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge (Uruguay, Mexico and Holland) This year, the program "Ten Years with Latin American Cinema" will be presented to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Films in Progress. It will include the Mexican films: El violín (2005), by Francisco Vargas; Norteado (2008), by Rigoberto Perezcano; Entre la noche y el día (2010), by Bernardo Arellano; and La nana (2008), by Sebastián Silva (coproduction Chile and México). Here is a list compiled by IMCINE of all the Mexican productions that have participated in previous editions of Films in Progress: Fuera del cielo (before El Malboro y El Cucú), by Javier Patrón Sangre, by Amat Escalante (national premiere FICM 2005) El violín, by Francisco Vargas (presented at FICM 2005, in the section of Critics' Week) Familia Tortuga, by Rubén Ímaz Párpados azules, by Ernesto Contreras (presented at FICM 2007, in the section of Critics' Week) Mi últmo día (before Aurora boreal), by Sergio Tovar Velarde Acné, by Federico Veiroj (presented at FICM 2007) Juntos, by Nicolás Pereda El árbol, by Carlos Serrano Azcona La nana, by Sebastián Silva Norteado, by Rigoberto Perezcano (Official Selection FICM 2009) La yuma, by Florence Jaugey Perpetuum Mobile, by Nicolás Pereda A tiro de piedra, by Sebastián Hiriart (Official Selection 2010) Entre la noche y el día, by Bernardo Arellano El lenguaje de los machetes, by Kyzza Terrazas (Official Selection FICM 2011) Asalto al cine, by Iria Gómez Concheiro Un mundo secreto, by Gabriel Mariño Halley, by Sebastián Hofmann La Sirga, by William Vega
