Karnawal

During Carnival, on the Argentina-Bolivia border, a young dancer prepares for the most important competition of his life when his highway-robbing, ex-convict father returns and jeopardizes everything.

Juan Pablo Félix

Juan Pablo FÉLIX (1983, Buenos Aires, Argentine), réalisateur et producteur, diplômé de l’ENERC Argentina National Film School, a réalisé des longs-métrages documentaires, des séries télévisées, des courts-métrages et des publicités. Karnawal est son premier long-métrage de fiction.

Filmography

2020 – Fuerzas vivaselva – Documentaire – 17 min.

Production notes

Bikini Films is a film production company founded in Buenos Aires by Edson Sidonie, an Argentian-French producer based in Argentina, and Juan Pablo Félix. We focus on quality feature films, with strong impact and personality. In Bikini we seek to make films that move us to new worlds, and we regard international coproduction as an opportunity to potentiate our stories.

Support

INCAA Opera Prima 2015 Award – ANCINE-INCAA 2017 Bilateral Co-Production Award – IMCINE-INCAA / FOPROCINE 2018 Bilateral Co-Production Award – CNCA-INCAA 2017 Bilateral Co-Production Award – IBERMEDIA 2018 Co-Production Award – SORFOND 2017 Award – Efads-Caci Co-Production Award at the Co-Production Forum San Sebastian Festival 2016 – Patronage Buenos Aires 2017

Original title
Karnawal
Direction
Juan Pablo Félix
Country
Norvège, Mexique, Chili, Brésil, Bolivie, Argentine
Année
2020
Scenario
Juan Pablo Félix
Picture
Ramiro Civita
Cutting
Eduardo Serrano, Luz López Mañe
Music
Leonardo Martinelli
Actors
Martin López Lacci (Cabra), Alfredo Castro (Corto), Monica Lairana (Rosario), Diego Cremonesi (Eusebio)
Awards

PRIX CINÉMA EN CONSTRUCTION TOULOUSE au festival Cinélatino 2020

Spoken language
Array
Production
Bikini films
Coproduction
Picardia films, Phototaxia Pictures, Norsk Filmproduksjon, Melocoton Films, Londra Films, 3 Moinhos