Catalan Films @ Berlinale - EFM 2020

Stand 24 MGB ___ Supporting the Catalan audiovisual industry worldwide

Berlinale - European Film Market Berlin, 21st February 1st March 2020

catalanfilms@gencat.cat www.catalanfilms.cat

Cover image: Las NiĂąas

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Catalan Films at Berlinale - EFM 2020 Generation KPlus 04 Las Niñas 04 Generation 14Plus 05 Panteres 05 Forum Expanded - 2020 Annivesary Programme

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El Cuarto Poder 06 Market Screenings 07 32 Malasaña Street 07 A Thief’s Daughter 07 Cross the Line 08 Madre 08 My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

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Ropes 09 Rosa’s Wedding 10 Salka in the no Man’s Land

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The Curse of the Handsome Man

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The Europeans 11 The Innocence 12 The Year of the Discovery

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Berlinale Talents 13 Screenings Schedule 14 Professionals attending the European Film Market

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GENERATION KPLUS

Las Niñas

by Pilar Palomero Produced by Inicia Films, BTeam Prods Sales agent: Film Factory Contact Manon Barat manon@filmfactory.es

“Schoolgirls” is a delicate coming-of-age drama set in the contradictory Spain of the 90s. A story of a confused generation of young women delivered by the producer of acclaimed “Summer 1993”.

Festival Screenings Sunday 23rd 13:00 Urania Monday 24th 14:00 Hau Hebbel am Ufer Monday 24th 15:30 Filmtheatre am Friedrichschain Wednesday 26th 17:00 Cubix 8 Friday 28th 09:30 Zoo Palast 1 Market Screening Sunday 23rd 11:00

CinemaxX 15

GENERATION 14PLUS

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Panteres by Èrika Sánchez Produced by Antivaho Cinematográfico Sales agent: The Open Reel Contact Cosimo Santoro

They are scarred, overweight, pregnant, shaved, or tattooed. In the locker room, Joana studies the physical conditions of other women and later of herself in the mirror.

Can your own body be modulated? Your gender? Your femininity? “Break Free” is written on her shirt - time for emancipation.

cs@theopenreel.com

Festival Screenings Sunday 23rd 15:30 CinemaxX 3 Monday 24th 20:30 Cubix 5 Queer Shorts Tuesday 25th 11:00 Cubix 8 Wednesday 26th 14:00 CinemaxX 1 Friday 28th 10:00 Fimtheater am Friedrichshain Saturday 29th 11:00 Cubix 8 Sunday 1st 16:00 International Queer Shorts

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FORUM EXPANDED – 2020 ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMME

El Cuarto Poder

by Helena Lumbreras, Mariano Lisa

In 1970, Spain was a dictatorship. The essay film El cuarto poder asks how the media behaved in response. The conclusion is depressingly clear: by toeing the line and being loyal to the regime. What can be done? A sceptical stance can be maintained and a counter-public created, for example, by reading between the lines, accessing foreign newspapers and forming one’s own channels of information.

Festival Screenings Sunday 23rd 20:00 Akademie der Künste Thursday 27th 15:00 Kino Arsenal 1

MARKET SCREENINGS

32 Malasaña Street

by Albert Pintó Produced by 4 Cats Pictures, Malasaña Movie AIE, Mr Fields & Friends, Bambú Producciones Sales agent Studiocanal Contact pauline.sainthilaire@studiocanal.com

Screening Thursday 20th 19:00 CinemaxX 2 Saturday 22nd 17:30 ZooPalast 4

Synopsis Madrid, 1976. The Olmedo Family moves to the capital, in the neighborhood of Malasaña. But they are not alone is their new home… A mysterious presence wants them out and will transform their life into the scariest nightmare.

A Thief’s Daughter

by Belén Funes Produced by Oberon Cinematográfica Sales agent Latido Films Contact fabrizia@latidofilms.com Synopsis Sara was alone all her life. Now she has a baby and wishes to have a family with her brother and her baby’s father. Manuel, her own father, decides to reappear in her life.

Sara knows he is preventing her wish from becoming true.

Screening Friday 21st

09:30 Parliament Studio

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MARKET SCREENINGS

Cross the Line

by David Victori Produced by Filmax Sales agent Filmax Contact c.carro@filmax.com Synopsis Dani is a decent young man, who has dedicated the last few years to taking care of his sick father. After his death, Dani decides it’s time to get back to his own life.

Screening Thursday 20th Sunday 23rd

12:40 Russian House 15:00 Cinemobile

BUYERS ONLY

Madre

by Rodrigo Sorogoyen Produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures, Amalur Pictures AIE, Malvalanda Caballo Films Sales agent Le Pacte Contact y.tamer@le-pacte.com

Screening Thursday 20th

Synopsis Elena’s six-year-old son has disappeared on a beach in France. Ten years later, on this same beach, she meets a teenager who reminds her of him. This new relationship will sow chaos and distrust around them.

11:20 dffb Cinema

MARKET SCREENINGS

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My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

by Stefano Cipiani Produced by Neo Art Producciones, Paco CinematogrĂĄfica Sales agent Vision Distribution Contact lucia.ceresa@visiondistribution.it Synopsis Jack has a brother, Gio, who has Down syndrome. As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Gio was a special being with superpowers, as in a comic book.

Screenings Thursday 20th Friday 21st

09:20 CinemaxX 12 18:30 CinemaxX 14

Ropes

by JosĂŠ Luis Montesinos Produced by Bastian Films, Gaia Audiovisuals Sales agent Reel Suspects Contact info@reelsuspects.com

Screening Tuesday 25th

Synopsis Elena, a young quadriplegic, has retired to a country house with her father. There she has the help of Athos, a Belgian pastor. The dog, supposed to be her best friend, contracted a strange disease and turned into her worst enemy.

16:00 CinemaxX 18

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MARKET SCREENINGS

Rosa’s Wedding

by Icíar Bollaín Produced by Setembro Cine, Turanga Films, La Boda de Rosa La Película AIE, Tandem Films, Halley Production Sales agent The Match Factory Contact info@matchfactory.de Synopsis Rosa, about to turn 45, realises that she has always lived for others, so she decides to shake things up. She soon discovers that changing her life is going to be anything but easy since it is not in the family “script”.

Salka in the No Man’s Land

by Xavi Herrero Produced by Cosersinhilo Producciones Sales agent ibizacinefest Contact ibizacinefest@yahoo.com Synopsis Salka decides to leave Mauritania and emigrate to Europe in a clandestine way, so he must travel on the Sahara train from his hometown of Zuarate to Nouadibhou on the Atlantic coast.

Screening Monday 24th

12:30 Marriott 2

MARKET SCREENINGS

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The Curse of the Handsome Man

by Beda Docampo Produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures, Cados Producciones AIE, Dammed Bello, Zarlek Producciones Sales agent Filmax Contact c.carro@filmax.com

Screenings Friday 21st Monday 24th

Synopsis A father and his estranged son become caught up in a tangled web of lies, where no one is who they claim to be. Will they manage to put the past behind them and rebuild their relationship?

12:55 dffb Cinema 17:45 Parliament Studio

The Europeans

by Victor Garcia LeĂłn Produced by Los Europeos la PelĂ­cula AIE, Gonita Films, Apache Films, A Contraluz Sales agent Filmax Contact c.carro@filmax.com Synopsis Spain, late 1950s. Miguel and Antonio, two thirty-something bachelors, travel to Ibiza, attracted by the sexual myth of liberal women from other European countries and the promise of freedom.

Screening Sunday 23rd

12:10 CinemaxX 18

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MARKET SCREENINGS

The Innocence

by Lucia Alemany Produced by Un Capricho de Producciones, Turanga Films, Lagarto Films Sales agent Filmax Contact c.carro@filmax.com Synopsis Summer in a small Spanish Mediterranean village... friends, fun, fiestas and a whole load of dreams just waiting to come true.

Lis will never be the same again, in this coming-of-age dramedy.

Screening Friday 21st

16:20 CinemaxX 18

The Year of the Discovery

by Luis Lรณpez Carrasco Produced by La Cima Producciones, Alina Films Contact luisferron@lacimaproducciones.com Synopsis Seemingly incidental conversations in a bar in Cartagena, Spain, expose an almost forgotten piece of social history.

Screening Tuesday 25th

16:10 CinemaxX 14

BERLINALE TALENTS

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Professionals Selected at Berlinale Talents Lara Sousa Filmmaker

Carla Sospedra Producer carlasospedra@gmail.com

BERLINALE TALENTS - DOC STATION

O Navio e O Mar (The Ship and the Sea)

by Lara Sousa Produced by La Selva, Laranjeira Filmes, Kinotop Filmes, Mosic

Synopsis Logline: What does it mean to be an African or an Afro-descendant? Two female directors from Brazil and Mozambique visit each other’s country and their travel diaries structure this filmic essay on black identity inside and outside of Africa.

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SCREENINGS SCHEDULE

Thu 20 Feb

Fri 21 Feb

Sat 22 Feb

Sun 23 Feb 11:00 CinemaxX 15 13:00 Urania

Las Niñas 15:30 CinemaxX 3

Panteres 20:00 Akademie der Künste

El Cuarto Poder 32 Malasaña Street

19:00 CinemaxX 2 09:30 Parliament Studio

A Thief’s Daughter Cross de Line Madre My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

17:30 ZooPalast 4

12:40 Russian House

15:00 Cinemobile

11:20 dffb Cinema 09:20 CinemaxX 12

18:30 CinemaxX 14

Ropes Salka in the no Man’s Land The Curse of the Handsome Man

12:55 dffb Cinema 12:10 CinemaxX 18

The Europeans The Innocence The Year of the Discovery

16:20 CinemaxX 18

SCREENINGS SCHEDULE

Mon 24 Feb

Tue 25 Feb

14:00 Hau Hebbel am Ufer 15:30 Filmtheatre am Friedrichschain 20:30 Cubix 5 Queer Shorts

11:00 Cubix 8

Wed 26 Feb

Thu 27 Feb

Fri 28 Feb

17:00 Cubix 8

09:30 Zoo Palast 1

14:00 CinemaxX 1

10:00 Filmtheatre am Friedrichschain

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Sat 29 Feb

Sun 1 Mar

11:00 Cubix 8

16:00 International Queer Shorts

15:00 Kino Arsenal 1

16:00 CinemaxX 18 12:30 Marriott 2 17:45 Parliament Studio

16:10 CinemaxX 14 Festival Screenings

Market Screenings

Professionals attending the European Film Market Production Companies A Contracorriente Films Manuel Monzón Executive Producer

A Contracorriente Films Fernando Riera Director of Co-productions

manuel@ acontracorrientefilms.com

fernando@ acontracorrientefilms.com

Alba Sotorra Alba Sotorra Administrator

Alba Sotorra Júlia Parés Content Development

alba@albasotorra.com

info@albasotorra.com

Alba Sotorra Andrea Vilches Production

Alhena Production Norbert Llaràs Producer

production@albasotorra.com

nllaras@alhena.cat

Alhena Production Eva Pauné Development

Andergraun Films Montse Triola Producer

epaune@alhena.cat

triola@andergraun.com

Andergraun Films Clàudia Robert Producer

Andergraun Films Albert Serra Film Director

andergraunfilms@gmail.com

Àngela Bosch Àngela Bosch Associate Producer for Pauxa Films, La Claqueta, Solworks aboschrius@gmail.com

Antivaho Cinematográfico Èrika Sánchez Filmmaker and Producer

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Antivaho Cinematográfico Xavier Esteban Producer and Editor

Arcadia Motion Pictures Ibon Cormenzana Producer & Director

xavisteban@gmail.com

ibon@ arcadiamotionpictures.com

Arcadia Motion Pictures Ignasi Estapé Producer

Arcadia Motion Pictures Sandra Tàpia Producer

ignasi@arcadiacapital.es

sandra.tapia@ arcadiamotionpictures.com

Ayhe Productions David Aymerich Executive Producer

Cosersinhilo Xavi Herrero Director & Producer

davidaymerich@ ayhecommunication.com

ibizacinefest@yahoo.com

Distinto Films Miriam Porté Producer

Distinto Films Gerard Marginedas Head of Development

miriam.porte@distintofilms.com

gerard.marginedas@ distintofilms.com

Eva Parey Eva Parey Producer & Filmmaker

Fasten Films Adrià Monés Producer

eva@evaparey.com

adria@fastenfilms.com

Gadea Films Patricia Franquesa Director & Producer

Gadea Films Cordelia Alegre Director

patricia@gadeafilms.com

cordelia.alegre@gmail.com

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Limmat Films Marc Chica Executive Producer

Marineda Films Alexia Muiños CEO

marc.chica@limmatfilms.com

alexiamuin@gmail.com

Mediacrest Entertainment Daniel Domenjó Executive Director

Mediacrest Entertainment Josetxu Palenzuela Chief Content Officer & International Business

info@mediacrest.es

info@mediacrest.es

Mediacrest Entertainment Pablo Barrera Head of Fiction

Nanu Films Harbyn Patiño Producer

info@mediacrest.es

hap@nanufilms.tv

Nanu Films Alain Garibi Series Creator

Nanu Films Fernando Bofill Producer

nanu@nanufilms.tv

nanu@nanufilms.tv

Nanouk Films Andrés Mellinas Executive Producer

Nanouk Films Sergi Cameron Producer

andres.mellinas@nanouk.tv

cameron@nanouk.tv

No Hay Banda Martin Samper

Primo Inés Massa Executive Producer

martinsamper@nohaybanda.es

imassa@primocontent.com

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Segarra Films Ramon Térmens CEO

Toned Media Toni Espinosa Producer

ramon.termens@ segarrafilms.com

toni@tonedmedia.com

Broadcaster TV3 - Televisió de Catalunya Víctor Carrera Brusotto International Sales vcarrera.x@ccma.cat

Distribution Alfa Pictures David Alfaràs CEO

Alfa Pictures Juan Herrero-Giménez Acquisitions Executive

david@alfapictures.com

joan@alfapictures.com

Alfa Pictures Rocío Giménez-Frontín Marketing & Advertisement

A Contracorriente Films Adolfo Blanco CEO

rocio@alfapictures.com

adolfo @acontracorrientefilms.com

A Contracorriente Films Paz Recolons Partner

A Contracorriente Films David Mitjans Head of Acquisitions

paz@acontracorrientefilms.com

david @acontracorrientefilms.com

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Artaire Films Toni Segura President

Capricci Cine Diana Santamaria

tsegura@artairefilms.com

diana.santamaria@ capriccicine.es

Cesca Films Francesca Ibáñez CEO

DeaPlaneta Ignacio Segura General Manager

francesca@cescafilms.com

international@deaplaneta.com

DeaPlaneta Javier Roiz Head of Marketing and Publicity

DocsBarcelona Salima Jirari Distribution Manager sjirari@docsbarcelona.com

jroiz@deaplaneta.com

Drac Màgic Marta Nieto Co-Director

Filmin Jaume Ripoll Founder, Head of Content

martan@dracmagic.cat

jaume@filmin.es

Filmax Carles Rojano Acquisitions & Business Managing Director

La Aventura Audiovisual Ferran Herranz CEO ferran@laaventuraaudiovisual.com

filmaxint@filmax.com

La Aventura Audiovisual Pep Tito VP Acquisitions

La Aventura Audiovisual Aida Méndez Acquisitions

tito@laaventuraaudiovisual.com

aida@laaventuraaudiovisual.com

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Movies for Festivals Johanna Tonini Distributor and Film Festivals Strategist

Noucinemart Carlos R. Ríos Director carlos@noucinemart.com

info@moviesforfestivals.com

Noucinemart Loles Fanlo International Relations

Pack Màgic Alfred Sesma Sales & Acquisitions

loles@noucinemart.com

packmagic@dracmagic.cat

Segarra Films Ramon Térmens CEO

Segarra Films Xènia Puiggrós Distribution manager

ramon.termens@ segarrafilms.com

xenia.puiggros@ segarrafilms.com

Selecta Vision Jorge Gabarró CEO

Selecta Vision Teresa Zafino Head of Acquisitions

jgabarro@selecta-vision.com

tzaffino@selecta-vision.com

Selecta Vision Miquel Royo Sales Manager

Twelve Oaks Pictures Ignacio Lamarca CEO

mroyo@selecta-vision.com

ilamarca@ twelveoakspictures.com

Twelve Oaks Pictures Mar Abadin Head of Acquisitions mar.abadin@ twelveoakspictures.com

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Sales Agents DeaPlaneta Ignacio Segura General Manager international@deaplaneta.com

DeaPlaneta Yolanda del Val Head of Theatrical & Acquisitions international@deaplaneta.com

Film Factory Entertainment Vicente Canales Managing Director

Film Factory Entertainment Manon Barat Sales & Marketing Executive

info@filmfactory.es

manon@filmfactory.es

Film Factory Entertainment Maite Pascual Head of Servicing

Filmax Iván Díaz Head of Sales

maite@filmfactory.es

i.diaz@filmax.com

Filmax Cristina Carro Sales Executive

TV3 - Televisió de Catalunya Víctor Carrera Brusotto International Sales

c.carro@filmax.com

vcarrera.x@ccma.cat

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Festivals Barcelona International Women’s Film Festival Marta Nieto Codirector

D’A Film Festival Barcelona Carlos R. Ríos Director carlos@noucinemart.com

martan@dracmagic.cat

D’A Film Festival Barcelona Loles Fanlo International Relations

DocsBarcelona Diego Mas Trelles Head of Industry

loles@noucinemart.com

diego.mas.trelles@ docsbarcelona.com

DocsBarcelona Pol Roig Turrí Programmer

Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya Mónica García Director of the Foundation

proig@docsbarcelona.com

monica.garcia@ sitgesfilmfestival.com

Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya Angel Sala Festival Director

Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya Diego López Programming Committee

angel.sala@ sitgesfilmfestival.com

brigadoon@ sitgesfilmfestival.com

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Services Barcelona Film Commission Montserrat Guiu BFC Manager

Filmarket Hub Bernardo Gรณmez Co-Founder & COO

filmcommission3@bcn.cat

berni@Filmarkethub.com

Filmarket Hub Joanna Nelson Partnerships Manager

Figtree Studios Andrew Galletly Director

Joanna@Filmarkethub.com

andrew@figtreestudios.tv

Figtree Studios Silvia Masdeu Production Manager

Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya Cristina Bradner CEO

hola@figtreestudios.tv

cristina.brandner@ parcaudiovisual.com

Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya Pere Claveria Terrassa Film Office Director

Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya Oriol Moreno Sales Manager

pere.claveria@ parcaudiovisual.com

oriol.moreno@ parcaudiovisual.com

Queralt Pons Film Marketing & Consultancy

Trafalgar13 Music House Patrick Hoogvliet Director

qpons10@gmail.com

patrick@trafalgar13.com

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Institution Institut Ramon Llull SĂ­lvia GonzĂĄlez Delegate in Berlin sgonzalez@llull.cat

Exhibitor Cinemes Girona Toni Espinosa Exhibitor toni@cinemesgirona.cat

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ICEC representatives attending the market ICEC Miquel Curanta Director

ICEC Maria Basora Market Development Department

ICEC Francisco Vargas Film Fund Manager

Catalan Films & TV Mar Medir Coordinator mmedir@gencat.cat

Catalan Films & TV Clara Bofill Communication

Catalan Films & TV Neus Mèlich Delegate in Berlin

cbofillp@gencat.cat

nmelich@gencat.cat

Catalunya Film Commission Carlota Guerrero Manager

Europa Creativa DeskMEDIA Catalunya Àlex Navarro Coordinator

cguerrerob@gencat.cat

europacreativamedia@ gencat.cat

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