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Querido Trópico

Selection:

Cinéma en développement 17 / 2022

Director:

Ana Endara

País:

Colombia
Panamá

Format:

Long-métrage

Tipo:

Fiction

Película presentada en Toulouse:

Para su tranquilidad, haga su propio museo, Documentary Competition.

Elenco previsto:

Marleyda Soto (Colombia) as Ana Maria and Margarita Kenéfic (Guatemala) as Mercedes.

Guionista(s):

Ana Endara

More informations about director

Datos del director:

anaendara@gmail.com

Biografia del director:

Ana Endara (Panama, 1976) holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from Florida State University and is a graduate of the Film Directing Department at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de Cuba (EICTV). In 2011 she founded Mansa Productora, an independent production company. She has directed four feature length documentaries and is currently developing her first fiction feature film.

Filmografía principal del director:

- Para su tranquilidad, haga su propio museo, 2021
IDFA Envision Competition 2021
Cinelatino 34 - Official Documentary Competition

- La felicidad del sonido, 2016
IDFA Competition for Mid-Length Documentary 2016
BAFICI Argentina
IFF Panama

- Reinas, 2013
BAFICI Argentina
30th Chicago Latino Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Documentales, Santiago, Chile – FIDOCS
DOC Buenos Aires

- Curundú, 2017
Festival Internacional de Biarritz, Francia
Festival Documenta Madrid
Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de São Paulo

Nota de intención:

Querido Trópico was born out of a news story about a woman in Panama who stole a baby and was caught. It was revealed that she had faked a pregnancy, even deceiving her own partner, in order to carry out her plan. I still ponder the motivations behind such an act: could she be motivated by the need to love? by loneliness? to satisfy the desire imposed by society on every woman? Querido Trópico addresses these questions with the clear intention of not judging this woman for what she did.

Sinopsis:

Ana María is an illegal Colombian migrant in Panama. She has just turned 40, has no family and is alone. She faked a pregnancy so that they would take pity on her and give her a job in a nursing home. Jimena arrives at the nursing home desperately looking to hire someone to take care of her mother Mercedes, who has already fired four girls in a month. Ana Maria starts working at Mercedes' house, a sullen aristocrat who is aware of how Alzheimer's is devouring her. Mercedes does not fire her immediately and Ana Maria gradually begins to win her sympathy. As time goes by, Ana Maria finds it harder to get out of her own lie. Or maybe she wishes her pregnancy was real? In a tropical garden, these two women share a friendship and for a time save each other from isolation and loneliness.

Concepto visual:

This an intimate film, with few locations where Ana Maria's character is always present. The heart of this film is the relationship built by the two actresses. I imagine a drama film with a realistic tone and tropical texture. With unexpected moments like those that the Panamanian weather can give; on a sunny day we are surprised by a downpour or in the middle of the rain the sun comes out. Although this film speaks of loneliness, in the midst of a sad situation a smile can shine through.

Más informaciones

Objetivos buscados en Cinéma en Développement:

We are interested in a European partner to help us complete the financing of the project.

Fecha de rodaje prevista:

January 2023

Locaciones previstas para la grabación:

Panama City (Panama)

Percentage del financiamento obtenido:

70%

Presupuesto:

$970,000

Fondos obtenidos y pedidos:

In 2020 we obtained development funds from the Panama Film Fund and the Ibermedia Fund. In 2021 we obtained the first place for production support from the Panama Film Fund, and with it we have secured 70% of our budget. In April 2022 we will apply to the Ibermedia Co-Production Fund together with Colombia and in July to Colombia's minority co-production fund, to cover 15% of the financing. And between July and September through a European co-production we will apply to the World Cinema Fund, Vision Sud Est, Hubert Bals Fund for the remaining 15% of the financing.

Estado de la escritura del proyecto:

Financing

Productora:

Mente Pública

Biografia del productor:

Isabella Gálvez is a producer at Mente Pública, an organization dedicated to filmmaking, dissemination and training in Panama since 2010. She is coordinator of the Training Program of the Panalandia Poor Film Festival and instructor of audiovisual production in community film programs.

Perfil de la productora:

Mente Pública is a Panamanian audiovisual production company dedicated to produce, promote training and film exhibition initiatives in Panama. We have more than 15 years of experience in fiction, documentary and television productions, and management of cultural programs with social projection.

Coproduction:

Big Sur Películas

Mansa Productora

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