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FILMS IN PROGRESS 44

Toulouse, March 27 and 28, 2025

Registration open

Whilst chaos and the state of violence are increasing crescendo upon the international scene, stories of our time are brought to the cinema by authors whose singularity expresses itself in staging, poetry, authenticity, emotion, imaginary, are building up complex and diverse worlds full of surprises and discoveries.

Films in Progress 44 will take place on March 27 and 28 of 2025, during the activities of Cinélatino, rencontres de Toulouse’s professional platform. This pioneer accompaniment dispositive for Latin-American movies at the stage of post-production convene cinema professionals able to intervene in the finalization and promotion of the selected movies.

Films in Progress sends these films on the international scene in order to ease their journey and their broadcast, and make the meeting and cooperation happen between directors and productors carrying projects, and the accredited professionals. Films in Progress acts as a launching pad for movies to come out of their screens and find their public, participating in the battle for exception and cultural diversity; especially useful when culture is left to be an adjustable variable for austere and authoritarian politics.

Since its beggining in 2002, in 43 sessions, 238 movies have been presented to a loyal and diligent professional public. Once finalized, many of these movies were selected in prestigious international festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venise, San Sebastián, Sundance, Locarno, Rotterdam.

Films in Progress, more than ever, claims the solidarity values and the founding challenges of this rendez-vous you can’t miss with the Latin-American cinema and the emerging talents carrying their new vision.

The selection of the six movies selected will be done by the comitee from Toulouse. This year, the call for entries will be limited to fiction feature films, hybrid, and animation movies.

Projects supported by Films in Progress

In 2024:

• • Yo vi tres luces negras, by Santiago Lozano Álvarez (Colombia, Mexico, France) was selected in the Panorama of the Berlinale, in the International Cinema Festival from Cartagena de Indias, in the International Festival of Guadalajara where it received best photography and best scenario, then in Biarritz, at the Vancouver Festival in the Vanguard selection, at the International Muestra of Cinema of Sāo Paulo, at the Filmar en America Latina Festival from Genève
•  Cidade; Campo, de Juliana Rojas (Brazil, France, Germany) after its presentation in Toronto in 2023, the movie got into the Encounters of the Berlinale and received the Jury’s Prize of best director, then pursued its journey to the International Cinema Festival from Cartagena de Indias, in San Sebastián and in Gramado in Brazil
• Levante, by Lillah Halla (Brazil, Uruguay, France) after winning the FIPRESCI Prize of First Feature Film in 2023 at the Semaine de la Critique, it received the Youth Prize in Rotterdam, in the Harbour section, and Best Ibero-American movie in the International Palm Springs Festival
• El otro hijo, by Juan Sebastián Quebrada (Colombia), was representing Colombia during the Goyas 2024 in Spain, was selected to compete at the International Cinema Festival of Punta del Este, at the San Sebastián Festival in the New Directors section, at the Biarritz Festival in the Official Selection, and in Bogota, in Rio de Janeiro, in Roma
• Jíkuri. Viaje al país de los Tarahumaras, by Federico Cecchetti (Mexico, France) does his World Première at the International Cinema Festival of Guadalajara, then pursued at the Festival of Monterrey and Viva Mexico in France
• No nos moverán, by Pierre Saint Martin (Mexico) does its World Première in Toulouse where it received three prizes : SFCC Prize of the Critique Française, Middle School Prize of Fiction and Gas Electricians Prize, the movie pursued its festival journey to the International Cinema Festival of Guadalajara where it received three more prizes : Mezcal Prize of the Best Mexican Movie, Public prize, best actress to Luisa Huertas and got mentioned for the Feisal Prize, to the International Cinema Muestra in São Paulo, at Trieste and Huelva Festivals
• Horizonte, by César Augusto Acevedo (Colombia, France, Luxembourg) was presented in Toronto, Discovery section and at the International Cinema Muestra in São Paulo
• Querido trópico, by Ana Endara (Panama, Colombia) after being presented in Toronto, Centerpiece section, pursued its journey to San Sebastián, (Horizontes Latinos), to Biarritz where it received the Best Actress Prize attributed to Paulina García and Jenny Navarette and the Fiction public Prize, then in Rome and in Genève at the Filmar en América latina Festival
• Sariri, by Laura Donoso (Chili) selected in Miami Festival, in Santiago du Chili SANFIC and in Huelva
• Filhos do Mangue, by Eliane Caffé (Brazil) competed in the Gramado Festival and at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
• Isla Negra, by Jorge Riquelme (Chili) Public Award at the Festival Filmar en América latina, Switzerland, Focus Sud section and presented at the Torino Film Festival, Out of Competition section

Huge fishpond of new talents, many skilled Latin-American directors were discovered with their first movies supported by Films in Progress : Pablo Larraín, Jayro Bustamente, Ciro Guerra, Emiliano Torres, Pepa San Martín, Christopher Murray, Juan Sebastián Mesa, Lorenzo Vigas, Mariana Rondón, Alejandro Fernández Almendras, Sebastián Lelio, Juan Andrés Arango, Amat Escalante, Benjamín Ávila, William Vega, Marcela Said, Niles Attalah, Nicolas Pereda, Ana Katz, Celina Murga, Federico Veiroj, Diego Lerman, Kyzza Terrazas, Marialy Rivas, Manuel Nieto, Benjamín Naishtat, Cristián Jimenez, Pablo Agüero, Rubén Mendoza, Sofia Quirós, Jorge Riquelme, Theo Court, Beatriz Seigner, Paz Fabrega, Alejandro Loayza Grisi, Ángeles Cruz, Lillah Halla... among others.

• Activités Sociales de l'énergie
  Is a 3 weeks residency in the CCAS center in Corse and 2 weeks in Paris in one of its residencies to ensure the post production or the promotion of the movie in France.
• A Fabrica Studio
  Offers a 15 000€ technical provision of sound cut or mix. Excluding technician's fees
• Cercle Rouge Productions
  Offers a consulting services for musical requirements and artistic, legal and financial expertise, as well as musical accompaniment and supervision of the film (5KE) and the mix of the film's music by Laurent Chassaigne (2KE), representing 2 days of studio time (excluding technician's fees and additional studio time).
• Eaux Vives Productions
  Eaux Vives Productions will coordinate the selected movie’s post-production with the partners of this prize, which includes one to two weeks of coordination representing up to 4600€
• French Kiss Studio (member of APIFA Occitanie)
  Is a service provision linked to the picture postproduction, up to 3500€ done in the French Kiss Studio (cut, color grading, lab). This amount in provision is to be done on the picture post-production accordingly with the 2024-2025 prices. Excluding technician's fee
• Titrafilm
  TITRAFILM gives to the selected movie’s productor a work envelope up to 3000€ in service provision (cutting, post synchro, sound mix, color grading) under the condition of the whole postproduction of your next movie being done by TITRAFILM.
   
• Ciné+ Festival In Progress
  Consists of a pre-purchase from the film's French distribution company for broadcast on Ciné+ Festival
   
• The European Distributors and Operators Award
  Europa Distribution, the international network of independent film distributors, will promote the award-winning film to its network of over 130 members in 32 countries in Europe and beyond.

  The CICAE, Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai, will promote the award-winning film, keep its 2,474 member cinemas informed and encourage the film's circulation by allowing them to screen it on the Cinando video library.
   

• The Film Français Award
  Is the possibility for the winning movie to have an article or an interview done in one of the editions of the Le Film Français magazine, or the Cannes Market News.
   

INFORMATIONS

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