San Sebastian will host its annual WIP Latam program this Sept. 23-25. The program will feature six of the hottest upcoming titles from across Central and South America.
A frequent stop for titles between San Sebastian’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum and one of the event’s finished film sidebars, WIP Latam has hosted several standout titles over the years, including Yennifer Uribe Alzate’s “Skin in Spring” and Lola Arias’ “Reas,” which premiered in the Berlinale Forum earlier this year. Other past participants include Sofía Paloma Gómez and Camilo Becerra’s “Maybe It’s True What They Say About Us” and “Most People Die on Sundays,” which will screen in this year’s Horizontes Latinos lineup at San Sebastian. Awards available to this year’s titles include the WIP Latam Industry Award, which includes the post-production services and Spanish distribution, and the Egeda Platino Industria Award of €30,000 ($32,800).
Below, a brief look at the half-dozen titles participating in this year’s WIP Latam pitches. “The Message,” Iván Fund (Argentina) Hendler returns to San Sebastian with “The Message,” which participated in last year’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, where the director described the film as “a Spielberg film shot by Cassavetes, a cross between an exciting sci-fi adventure film with an intimate and moving story of characters.” A road film set in the Argentine countryside, the film tracks a girl and.