With its focus on Costa Rica, the Málaga Festival Industry Zone (Mafiz) is showcasing the central American country’s bourgeoning film sector and talent with presentations of feature films, works in progress, projects in development and the country’s scenic locations and support opportunties.
Costa Rican filmmakers and their projects are participating in Mafiz’s various sections, including the Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (Maff); Málaga Work in Progress; Málaga Talent and Hack Málaga.
Nicole Chi’s documentary “Guián” and Daniel Ross Mix’s “El Zoológico de la Milla 70” (“70 Mile Zoo”) are the two Costa Rican projects taking part in the Work in Progress section.
In “Guián,” Chi chronicles her own personal journey of discovery as she travels to China following the death of her grandmother Guián. She sets out to find the house her grandmother abandoned when she emigrated to Costa Rica years ago in the hope of finding...
Costa Rican filmmakers and their projects are participating in Mafiz’s various sections, including the Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (Maff); Málaga Work in Progress; Málaga Talent and Hack Málaga.
Nicole Chi’s documentary “Guián” and Daniel Ross Mix’s “El Zoológico de la Milla 70” (“70 Mile Zoo”) are the two Costa Rican projects taking part in the Work in Progress section.
In “Guián,” Chi chronicles her own personal journey of discovery as she travels to China following the death of her grandmother Guián. She sets out to find the house her grandmother abandoned when she emigrated to Costa Rica years ago in the hope of finding...
- 3/23/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Buzzy titles such as “Guián,” “Rhinoceros” and “Of Books and Women I Sing” are among the 14 titles at Málaga’s extensive Wip showcase, a springboard in the past for the discovery of titles such as Spanish horror thriller “The Platform” which, winning the Latido Films Prize at Wip, has gone on to become the second most-watched non-English language movie ever on Netflix.
Awarded the biggest plaudit at last year’s Malaga Wip, Adrián Silvestre’s “My Emptiness and I” made a splash at February’s Rotterdam Festival and now competes at Málaga.
In a 2022 spread of titles presented over March 22-25, six hail from Spain and eight from Latin-America
In addition to the Málaga Film Festival award, private-sector prizes from Aracne Digital Cinema, Damita Joe, Latamcinema.com, Latido Films, Music Library, Yagán Films– are also at stake.
The Spanish section’s jury comprises Madrid Film School’s Luis Ferrón, Quatre Films...
Awarded the biggest plaudit at last year’s Malaga Wip, Adrián Silvestre’s “My Emptiness and I” made a splash at February’s Rotterdam Festival and now competes at Málaga.
In a 2022 spread of titles presented over March 22-25, six hail from Spain and eight from Latin-America
In addition to the Málaga Film Festival award, private-sector prizes from Aracne Digital Cinema, Damita Joe, Latamcinema.com, Latido Films, Music Library, Yagán Films– are also at stake.
The Spanish section’s jury comprises Madrid Film School’s Luis Ferrón, Quatre Films...
- 3/23/2022
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
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