09 · 13 · 16 The Morelia International Film Festival announces the selection for Impulso Morelia Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard The Morelia International Film Festival is pleased to announce the titles selected to participate in Impulso Morelia, the festival’s section for films in postproduction and projects in development, which will celebrate its second edition during the 14th FICM. FICTION PROGRAM Postproduction: Cuadros en la oscuridad Dir. Paula Markovitch Production company: Cuevas de Altamira Extraño pero verdadero Dir. Michel Lipkes Production company: Películas Extrañas, S.A. de C.V. La caótica vida de Nada Dir. Marta Hernaiz Pidal Production company: Cine Vendaval Oso polar Dir. Marcelo Tobar Production companies: Zensky Cine / La Torre y el Mar Projects in development: ¡Ánimo juventud! Dir. Carlos Armella Production company: B Positivo Producciones Los amores modernos Dir. Matías Meyer Production company: Luc, la Película, S. de R.L. Sanctorum Dir. Joshua Gil Production company: Parábola Cine DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM Postproduction: La libertad del diablo Dir. Everardo González Production companies: Artegios Producciones/Animal de Luz Films Morir a los desiertos Dir. Marta Ferrer Production company: Pimienta Films/Cuadernos de Cine Los ojos del mar Dir. José Álvarez Production companies: Piano / Sutor Kolonko Projects in development: Encuentro en Juárez Dir. Maya Goded Production company: Bisturí A.C. Oxacalifornia: el retorno Dir. Trisha Ziff Production company: Berlin 212 S. de R.L. de C.V. Teresa Dir. Dalia Reyes Production company: EnAguas cine The films in the postproduction stage will be screened by their respective teams, exclusively, for national and international festival programmers, producers, distributors and sales agents, as a unique opportunity aimed at shared reflection and the conclusion, promotion and circulation of the proposals. The projects in development will also be screened for outstanding experts of the national and international industry, with the possibility for the films’ representatives to have personal meetings with them and engage in a direct and constructive dialogue that will contribute to the filmmaking process. Impulso Morelia grants important awards to the selected proposals. The jury in charge of selecting the winners will be composed of Lisa Marie Russo, outstanding British producer; Antonio Saura, producer and general director of the international sales agency Latido Films; and Vincenzo Bugno, director of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund. The company Cinépolis Distribución will offer one of the titles in postproduction a guarantee for national distribution, with terms that will be defined in agreement with the selected film. For the first time, one of the participating films will be granted the Tribeca Film Institute “Next” Award (sponsored by Canacine). The award consists of $10,000 USD for one of the films in postproduction, plus year-round mentorship support by TFI for the development of the filmmaker’s forthcoming project.
