The Toronto International Film Festival will celebrate its 2019 edition from September 5th to the 15th, and Chile will make itself present with a delegation of professionals backed on-location by ProChile subsidiary CinemaChile. National films will be presented in the competition, while projects in development will participate in different market instances, offering connections and networking with international film industry professionals.<\/p>\n
Chilean participation in Toronto includes the arrival of four national producers that will attend thanks to backing by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage through its Support Program for International Market Participation, belonging to the Council of Art and the Audiovisual Industry (CAIA). They are Omar Z\u00fa\u00f1iga<\/strong> from Cinestaci\u00f3n, Roc\u00edo Jadue<\/strong> from F\u00e1bula, Francisco Herv\u00e9<\/strong> from Panchito Films, and Giancarlo Nasi<\/strong> from Quijote Films.<\/p>\n Z\u00fa\u00f1iga<\/strong> is a producer and director at Cinestaci\u00f3n, a creative platform for emerging filmmakers in Latin America. The production company boasts broad experience with diverse authors, cultivating new talents and presenting their work to an international audience. Its productions have been recognized by festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Locarno, and Valdivia.<\/p>\n Among the projects he\u2019s taking to Toronto are Los Fuertes<\/em><\/strong>, a film he also directed, which participated in Works in Progress at the 2016 San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival, and is currently seeking festivals; 1976<\/em><\/strong>, directed by Manuela Martelli<\/strong>, a project in development in search of financing; and Penal Cordillera<\/em><\/strong> by Felipe Carmona<\/strong>, which requires co-producers.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Jadue will arrive in North America in representation of F\u00e1bula, Chilean production company founded by Juan de Dios Larra\u00edn and Pablo Larra\u00edn in 2004. F\u00e1bula\u2019s work includes film, television, advertising, and production services, and it has acquired international recognition for films like No<\/em><\/strong> (2012), Neruda<\/em><\/strong> (2016), A Fantastic Woman<\/em><\/strong> (2017), and Gloria Bell<\/em><\/strong> (2018). Jadue will attend with two projects in development: Los Brujos<\/em><\/strong> by Christopher Murray<\/strong>, in need of financing, and La Tierra de los Salvajes<\/em><\/strong> by Fernando Guzzoni<\/strong>, in search of co-producers.<\/p>\n Herv\u00e9 will attend with Panchito Films, a production company that proposes to tell stories that help us understand human fragility, with a sense of humor, representing humankind\u2019s contradictions. The projects he\u2019s taking are Anacoreta<\/em><\/strong> by Francisco Bermejo<\/strong>, currently in post-production and seeking a world premiere after having participated in Rotterdam Lab 2019 and Doc Corner at March\u00e9 du Film; Gran Avenida<\/em><\/strong> by Mois\u00e9s Sep\u00falveda<\/strong>, in post-production with sights set on finding distribution; and Immersion<\/em><\/strong> by Nicol\u00e1s Postiglione<\/strong>, in development and in search of co-producers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Toronto International Film Festival will celebrate its 2019 edition from September 5th to the 15th, and Chile will make itself present with a delegation of professionals backed on-location by ProChile subsidiary CinemaChile. National films will be presented in the competition, while projects in development will participate in different market instances, offering connections and networking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"loftloader_page_shortcode":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n