Catalan Films at Locarno Film Festival

Locarno Film Festival

2– 12 August 2023

Catalan Films at Locarno

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The Permanent Picture 04 Negu Hurbilak 05 De Imperio 06 The Shape of Things to Come 07 Catalan companies attending Locarno 08

by Laura Ferrés

In a town in rural Southern Spain, Antonia, a teenage mother, disappears in the middle of the night. Fifty years later and many kilometers up North, Carmen, an introverted casting director, looks for people to share their experiences when arriving in a new city. In her search, Carmen will meet Antonia, an impulsive woman who will intrude into her loneliness. Who says that time heals all wounds?

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The Permanent

Produced by Fasten Films, Materia Cinema, Le Bureau Sales Agent Be for Films Contact sales@beforfilms.com festival@beforfilms.com Screenings Sun 6 09.00h Teatro Kursaal (Press screenings) Sun 6 14.00h Palexpo (FEVI) (Film Premiere) Mon 7 18.00h L’altra Sala Tue 8 21.00h La Sala

Negu Hurbilak

by Negu Collective

Produced by Cornelius Films, Maluta Films

Contact mikelmas@corneliusfilms.com

2011. ETA announces the definitive cessation of its armed activity. In this historic moment of the Basque conflict, a young woman flees with a clear goal: to cross the border. She knows this will take her away from her home and roots, where she is no longer safe. During her escape, she arrives in Zubieta, a border village where ancient myths and modern conflicts seem to converge. Hidden in the attic of one of the town’s houses, she begins to observe an unchanging everyday life. Time passes a hazy, indefinite passage where days blur into nights and nights into days. Her escape becomes increasingly complicated and labyrinthine...

Screenings

Tue 8 16.30h Teatro Kursaal (Press screening)

Wed 9 11.30h PalaCinema1 (Film Premiere)

Thur 10 21.00h L’altra Sala

Fri 11 13.30h PalaCinema 2 & 3

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De Imperio

by Alessandro Novelli

Produced by Studio Kimchi, BAP Animation Studios

Sales agent

Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency

Contact agencia@curtas.pt

During a quiet night, a group of fugitives try to find their way to the centre of the building, where all the resistance members are gathering. Avoiding surveillance, they pass through each of the Giants’ rooms and witness their macabre rituals.

Screenings

Sun 6 14.30h La Sala (Film Premiere)

Mon 7 17.30h PalaVideo

Tue 8 09.00h L’Altra Sala

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The Shape of Things to Come

by Víctor Checa

Produced by Doce Entertainment, Pierrot Films, Salamandra

Producciones

Sales agent

Outsider Pictures

Contact paul@outsiderpictures.us

Teo, an intrepid child, lives with his father Luis in Lima, an electrician devoted to the creation of a strange machine. Lured by a feeling of independence, Teo joins a gang of young criminals, bringing turmoil to the relationship with his father. Screenings