Loba

Direction
Kiro Russo
Country
Bolivia
Format
Feature film
Type
Fiction
Original title
Loba
Scenario
Kiro Russo

Kiro Russo

Filmography

VIEJO CALAVERA (Feature) 2016. Special mention at Festival del Film Locarno and the San Sebastian Film Festival.Fifresci at Rio film Festival and Euro Rocks award at Entrevues Belfort film Festival. NUEVA VIDA (short) 2015. Special mention at Festival del Film Locarno and best shortfilm at San Sebastian Film Festival. Best shortfilm at Indielisboa and best short –documentary at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival. JUKU (Short) 2012. Best shortfilm at Indielisboa. Best shortfilm at the Festival Internacional de Cine Unam (Ficunam). Best shortfilm at Kaohsiung Film Festival and premieresd at Sundance Film Festival.  ENTERPRISSE (Short) 2010. Development Award Super 8 Cambridge International Film Festival. Bestshortfilm Price Toma Unica Madrid 2010. Main Competition fresh film Fest Praga 2010 and Official Selection L´Alternativa festival de cine independent.

Note of intent

I’m interested in making fiction movies through documentary filmmaking The premise of my work has always been based on two things: A cinematic study of space and a friendly relationship with the characters, which often inspire the stories I make or even the way I shoot them.
The story kicks off with two unlawful break‐ins and delves into the stories of two couples and two sex scenes. I intend to narrate two plotlines with antithetical elements.

Synopsis

Community Justice is very common in rural areas throughout Bolivia. Many times, dangerous criminals were put to justice; some other times, innocent people were set on fire by mistake. MAX is a vagrant, a real life Tramp that spends his time at the Marketplace, making the saleswomen laugh to survive. One day he breaks into a house to steal and finds himself locked in. He ends up having a relationship with ANGELA, a blind woman.
FANNY and GERARD a couple that are in love with American culture, haven’t been dating for long. Once on a trip, after having a fight, FANNY walks into the Woods and has a bizarre encounter with a beast. When Gerard finds her, they wind up getting lost and find shelter in a big colonial manor. Everything seems to be in its right place, but when the full moon comes up she becomes a she‐wolf and attacks Gerard.

Visual concept

The images of two couples are contrasted in stories with elements in common.
The game of mirrors in two opposite stories. Two houses. The mise-en-scene is repeated in some sequences in the two stories. The darkness, which confuses the depth of the corridors of a house with the night forest. The image of the shadows in the house and in the forest. Some couples get together, others separate. The beautiful beast.

Objectives sought in Films in Development

To find a french co-producer.

Shooting planned date

First semester 2018

Planned shooting location

LA PAZ and Countryside in COCHABAMABA (Bolivia)

Percentage of funding in place
$ 39 600 USD
Project's development phase

In development

Production
Socavón Cine