Nativityproduced by Chilean filmmakers Francisca Alegria and Quijote Films and Madre Content won. Screen International The Ecam Forum Award highlights projects with international co-production and festival scope.
The project was selected by screen At the ECAM Forum industry gathering in Madrid, which will be held from June 10th to 13th.
Nativity, Magical realistic story The second characteristic of Alegria is about trauma, violence and redness The cow sung the song to the future It premiered at Sundance in 2022.
It is one of the international projects welcomed in the second edition of the ECAM Forum Pitching Session, designed to expand the international reach of Spanish productions and encourage co-producing with local talent.
The film proposed a total of 15 projects in the film section in the development and funding stages. Chilean led Nativity One of them, and the forum helped reach out to potential co-production partners. The contract is in a sophisticated stage with a Spanish production company.
Giancarlo Nasi of Quijote Films, the producer of the film, said: “Of the 25 films I produced, 24 are international co-productions. I am very familiar with the funding system of many countries. The ECAM Forum gave me the opportunity to pitch my project for the first time and work with my Spanish partners.
In anticipation of closing contracts for Spanish production companies, Nasi said the week in Madrid provided the opportunity to hold “very interesting consultations with other potential partners” from the Spanish region and other countries in Europe. “The meeting was also very helpful when it comes to feedback from potential partners,” he added.
“Bringing to Madrid was also a great opportunity to return to Earth,” said Nasi, who is based in Los Angeles. Flamingo’s mysterious gazeDiego Cespedes, who won the UN respect of Cannes, and Blue trail Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro-Quixote was a small co-producer. This won the Silver Bear Juju Award in Berlin.
Development Process
Quijote has begun development Nativity A year ago, I received funds for development in Chile with Alegria. The plan is to close all co-production deals by the end of 2025, raise funding in 2026, and enter production in the early 2027 in Chile’s summer. They are aiming for a $2 million budget, and the cast is likely to become international.
film It is the redeeming tale of Christian, a fisherman who abuses his partner, Lorna, and fights alcoholism. After discovering the cave in blind light while diving, he disappeared for several months and is presumed dead. When he returned, Lorna was gone and he began working as a gatekeeper for the hidden women.
Alegria, a writer, director and co-producer through company Madre content, has challenged him to Nativity “Themes of violence and the themes of violence against women. This is something that many of us have experienced and experienced. I have a great sense of responsibility.”
Asked about the magical realism aspect of film, she said, “It’s a literary genre that’s difficult to apply to film, but perhaps it best represents the Latin American tradition of metaphysical and surreal events.
After meeting a fisherman in northern Chile, Alegria is inspired to write a story and will continue to develop the script once her work is completed in the upcoming Prime Video series Spirit Housebased on Isabel Allende’s bestselling novels. Alegria works as a writer, director and showrunner on the series alongside Fernanda Urhora and Andre Wood. Allende and Eva Longoria are executive producers along with FilmNation Entertainment.
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