Documentary Pitching Selection
5 Houses
by Bruno Gularte Barreto.
Brasil.
Creation documentary, Biography, Social issues.
01:30:00.
5 HOUSES and people who inhabit them. They talk about life, death, violence, prejudice, compassion and joy. They are humble and yet have much to teach. This film is a recollection of childhood memories. It’s about reconnecting, remembering, re-creating and listening to voices which are slowly fading away.
Director: Bruno Gularte Barreto / Producer: Jessica Luz / Production company: Besouro Filmes / Country: Brasil / Genre: Creation documentary, Biography, Social issues / Duration: 01:30:00 / Format: HD / Language: Portuguese.
Awards and festivals:
- Awarded with the IDFA Bertha Fund Classic for Project Development (The Netherlands), - Selected for 6th Brasil Cinemundi - International Coproduction Meeting (Brazil), - Awarded with the PRODAV 04/2014 Grant for Development (Brazil), - Selected for IDFA Academy 2015 (The Netherlands), - Selected for Pitching du Réel 2016 (Switzerland).
Bliblablublieren
by ZIta Erffa.
USA, Mexico, Germany.
Biography, Current affairs.
01:37:00.
A brother who is becoming a priest, and a sister who is becoming a filmmaker. Since seven years they barely communicate. The sister decides to visit his monastery and to confront him: How could he leave without saying goodbye? And why did he enter such an controversial order as the Legion of Christ? A film as an excuse trying to understand something that was suppressed for many years.
Director: ZIta Erffa / Producer: ZIta Erffa / Production company: CCC / Country: USA, Mexico, Germany / Genre: Biography, Current affairs / Duration: 01:37:00 / Format: 16:9 / Language: Deutsche, Spanish, English.
Building Bridges
by Heloisa Passos.
Brazil.
Creation documentary, Politics, Current affairs.
01:15:00.
Brazil, in the middle of a military dictatorship, undertakes large-scale constructions in a controversial project of industrialization, known as milagre econômico. Clearing ways and blowing out rivers, the largest hydroelectric power plant was built: Itaipu. The recent trajectory of our country and my memories are connected by a game of mirrors, starting with my own father, a civil engineer in charge of the construction of roads at that time.
Director: Heloisa Passos / Producer: Tina Hardy / Production company: Maquina Filmes / Country: Brazil / Genre: Creation documentary, Politics, Current affairs / Duration: 01:15:00 / Format: HD and 16 mm / Language: Portuguese.
Constructions
by Fernando Restelli.
Argentina.
Creation documentary, Current affairs, Social issues.
01:20:00.
Coral portrait and over time of the transformations that occur within an unconventional family of the Mataderos neighborhood of La Calera, Córdoba, about finding a home of their own. Composed as a family album, “Constructions” offers an intimate approach to the everyday life of the workers who build city and seek to build their own homes by occupying land.
Director: Fernando Restelli / Producer: Gastón Sahajdacny / Production company: Periferia Cine / Country: Argentina / Genre: Creation documentary, Current affairs, Social issues / Duration: 01:20:00 / Format: Digital Full HD / Language: Spanish.
Awards and festivals:
Special Mention at the TransLAB 2015 (Lima, Peru).
In the shadows
by Álvaro Torres Crespo.
Costa Rica, México.
Creation documentary, Social issues, Environment.
01:30:00.
“In the shadows” is an intimate, creative, observational documentary that follows a group of panners (who search for gold in rivers) through three years, deep in Costa Rica’s jungle, where they have lived like that for all their lifes. Now, the Government has decided to expel them, as they work in a protected area. This lyrical film captures the men’s struggle and questions Costa Riva’s conservationist fame.
Director: Álvaro Torres Crespo / Producer: Amaya Izquierdo / Production company: Betta Films / Country: Costa Rica, México / Genre: Creation documentary, Social issues, Environment / Duration: 01:30:00 / Format: HD 2k / Language: Spanish.
Life after Guantanamo (working title)
by Guillermo Rocamora.
Uruguay.
Human rights, Politics.
01:30:00.
After a twelve-year stint imprisoned in that hell on Earth that is Guantanamo, Muhammad is released and sent to Uruguay, in South America, where he will have to start a new life. A 36-year-old Arab man accused of being a terrorist seeks a second chance in an underdeveloped Western country which does not speak his language nor practice his religion and which has only one thing to offer him: a bit of freedom.
Director: Guillermo Rocamora / Producer: Santiago López / Production company: Oriental Features / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Human rights, Politics / Duration: 01:30:00 / Language: Arabic, English, Spanish.
Perkal, the story behind a name
by Paola Perkal.
Uruguay.
Creation documentary.
01:20:00.
The picture of a boy boarding a ship, behind him a war and remains of the horrors that no one else spoke anymore. 65 years pass from this photograph and the boy, my father, is fighting now cancer. The history of my time hooks me up with my family history and connects it to my silent past. I grab my camera trying to recompose oblivion.
Director: Paola Perkal / Producer: Valentina Baracco / Production companies: Perkitown / Monarca Films / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Creation documentary / Duration: 01:20:00 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish, Polish, English.
Awards and festivals:
Bolivia Lab - Documentary developping workshop 2014 - Award: Capibara Films Venezuela consultorship. Documentary developping workshop DocsBarcelona 2015. DocLab UY - Docmontevideo 2015. Support by Riggen Films Guadalajara and Dancing Bear Pics.
Story of my Name
by Karin Cuyul.
Chile.
Creation documentary, Biography, Current affairs.
01:35:00.
In 1987, a young woman appears tortured on TV. My mother named me after her: Karin. In 1997, her parents took a photo of me to bring it to her. This film is a letter to Karin Eitel and a search for that photo revealing on the way a common memory, in which the remembered and forgotten things are combined, creating an own version of our past.
Director: Karin Cuyul / Producer: Joséphine Schroeder, Dominga Sotomayor / Production company: Cinestación / Country: Chile / Genre: Creation documentary, Biography, Current affairs / Duration: 01:35:00 / Format: HD2K / Language: Spanish.
The beauty of shadows
by Sandra Luz López Barroso.
Mexico.
Creation documentary, Culture.
01:20:00.
In a small town in the Costa Chica of Guerrero lives Lizbeth, a transsexual woman who guides the souls of the deceased in their transit towards death. The beauty of shadows explores the complex universe of a character that makes us confront our own identity and invites us to discover the mysterious journey we’re all destined to make.
Director: Sandra Luz López Barroso / Producer: Maricarmen Merino Mora Country: Mexico / Genre: Creation documentary, Culture / Duration: 01:20:00 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish.
The Black Tree
by Damián Coluccio, Maximo Ciambella.
Argentina.
Culture, Human rights, Social issues.
01:10:00.
The black tree tells the story of Martin, a Qom community goat farmer from Santo Domingo, who doesn’t know why his animals are dying.
Director: Damián Coluccio, Maximo Ciambella / Producer: Damián Coluccio / Production company: Surubí cine / Country: Argentina / Genre: Culture, Human rights, Social issues / Duration: 01:10:00 / Format: FULL HD 1080 x 1920 / Language: Qom, Spanish.
The Crowd
by Felipe Rugeles.
Colombia.
Creation documentary, Politics, History.
01:10:00.
In Jordan no one seems to live anymore, it is the loneliest town in Colombia. Nobody says anything, they all seem dumb or without memory . Only a few dare to remember that some years ago they filmed a movie about its dramatic past where historical bandits paradoxically acted as tyrants , cheered for the Conservative Party and ran dead villagers. Today the town will face for the first time the unreleased film Return to Nowhere.
Director: Felipe Rugeles / Producer: Soledad Torres Aguero, Rodrigo Dimate / Production companies: SAKI CINE / Tourmalet films / Country: Colombia / Genre: Creation documentary, Politics, History / Duration: 01:10:00 / Format: HD-DVCAM / Language: Spanish.
The man without the crowd
by Orisel Castro, York Neudel.
Ecuador.
Creation documentary, Culture.
01:00:00.
Dr Rota is a man full of conflicts and desires at his age of 78. He is a complicated character but searches all the time for recognition with a fixed idea of aesthetics which he uses to perform himself. He lost contact to his daughters and wants to make this film as a memorial and to avoid loneliness.
Director: Orisel Castro, York Neudel / Producer: Orisel Castro / Production company: Cactus & Hedgehog / Country: Ecuador / Genre: Creation documentary, Culture / Duration: 01:00:00 / Format: HDV / Language: Spanish, English, Portuguese.
Under the Radar
by Beth Formaggini.
Brazil.
Human rights, Politics, Current affairs.
01:20:00.
A schizoanalytic session between a psychologist and a murderer responsible for incinerating the bodies of those who stood against the Brazilian dictatorship.
Director: Beth Formaggini / Producer: Beth Formaggini / Production company: 4Ventos / Country: Brazil / Genre: Human rights, Politics, Current affairs / Duration: 01:20:00 / Format: HD, 16x9 / Language: Portuguese.
Series Pitching Selection
Cumbia Steps 1&2
by Vincenzo Cavallo.
Chile, Kenya.
Culture, Music, History.
22 episodes.
00:53:00.
Cumbia Step it’s a road documentary, the trip of a musician Cuti Aste who is traveling for different countries that are some how related to the origin and contemporary diffusion of Cumbia music. This musical genre is the result of different cultural elements coming from Africa, Latin America and Europe. This is why Cuti’s trip starts in Nigeria Lagos and contiues in Cameroon and different other countries of Latin America until United States.
Director: Vincenzo Cavallo / Producer: Cristóbal Braun / Production companies: CBRA films / Los Pasos / Cultural Video Foundation / Country: Chile, Kenya / Genre: Culture, Music, History / Duration: 00:53:00 / Episodes: 22 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish.
Web: http://www.pasosdecumbia.tvIn the name of the people
by Ariel Piluso.
Argentina.
Politics, Current Affairs, Culture.
6 episodes.
00:48:00.
In the name of the people puts forward a great trip through Latin America, where the political communication is the core, and the people and its leaders are the protagonists.
Director: Ariel Piluso / Producer: Andrea Paola Suárez / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Andrea Paola Suárez / Production company: Germina Films / Country: Argentina / Genre: Politics, Current Affairs, Culture / Duration: 00:48:00 / Episodes: 6 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish, Portuguese.
Awards and festivals:
Pitching Río Content Market 2015.
Materia Prima
by Luis Fernando Villa.
Colombia.
Current affairs, Creation documentary.
9 episodes.
00:11:00.
Materia Prima is a web documentary series, 9 episodes per season, 11 minutes each. It shows the characters and ingredients behind the world of kitchens and food production within Colombia and around Latin America. A story that uses what is served and shared in a table as an excuse to reflect on culture and that which connects us as human beings.
Director: Luis Fernando Villa / Producer: Juliana Moreno / Production company: Drama Queen / Country: Colombia / Genre: Current affairs, Creation documentary / Duration: 00:11:00 / Episodes: 9 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish.
Media on the Move
by Marcelo Ernandez.
Brazil.
Social issues, Current affairs.
4 episodes.
00:52:00.
The serie Media on the Move discusses the democratization of information in Brazil by presenting contributions, challenges and conflicts of seven communitarian and/or alternative communication groups of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, filmed between 2013 and 2015, time of intense social mobilizations. This serie is based on the produced material for the documentary film “Media on the Move”, to be launched in 2016.
Director: Marcelo Ernandez / Producer: Marcelo Ernandez / Production company: Laboratório de Comunicação Dialógica - LCD/UERJ / Country: Brazil / Genre: Social issues, Current affairs / Duration: 00:52:00 / Episodes: 4 / Format: Full HD / Language: Portuguese.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/midiamovimento/
Mi Casa My Home
by Oscar Jaime Molina.
Colombia, United States.
Politics, Social issues, Current affairs.
3 episodes.
00:80:00.
While living and working in their host countries, many migrants in the world invest years of savings and a great transnational effort to build the dream house where they want to live upon returning to their homelands. As the years go by, these houses stand incomplete, derelict or uninhabited for years, turning themselves into large-scale containers of the deferred dream of returning home and a visual testament to an illusory economic viability.
Director: Oscar Jaime Molina / Producer: Oscar Jaime Molina, Monica Arroyave / Production company: Uxinteraction / Country: Colombia, United States / Genre: Politics, Social issues, Current affairs / Duration: 00:80:00 / Episodes: 3 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish, English and others.
Polyphony Latin America
by Mana García.
Argentina.
Culture, Music, Soccial issues.
8 episodes.
00:26:00.
32 ARTISTS. INSPIRED by 8 words. ADDING their own voices. CREATING various works. MEETING in the same space. MAKING one POLYPHONY.
Director: Mana García / Producer: Federico Consgilieri / Production company: Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero / Country: Argentina / Genre: Culture, Music, Soccial issues / Duration: 00:26:00 / Episodes: 8 / Format: XDCAM 1080P25 / Language: Spanish.
Web: http://polifonia.tv/Some Place
by Jose Miguel Amín Martelo.
Colombia.
Culture, Environment, Social issues.
20 episodes.
“Some place” is a documentary series that make a portrait of some latin american towns where the geography, clime or traditions have established the lifestyle of the population, and makes them unique and extraordinary places.
Director: Jose Miguel Amín Martelo / Producer: Angélica Clavijo Ortíz / Production company: Negrita Films S.A.S. / Country: Colombia / Genre: Culture, Environment, Social issues / Episodes: 20 / Format: HD Pro Res / Language: Spanish.
The Age of Dreaming
by Daniel Casabé.
Argentina.
Creation documentary, Culture, Science and technology.
8 episodes.
00:26:00.
The series is both simple and powerful as dreaming. The characters are eight kids from very different locations, who will share a dream they had. They will have a professional assistant to put their images into a film. The Age of Dreaming invites the audience to go back in time, to travel to other worlds and see through a kid’s eyes and dreams.
Director: Daniel Casabé / Producer: Alejandro Israel / Production company: Ajimolido Films / Country: Argentina / Genre: Creation documentary, Culture, Science and technology / Duration: 00:26:00 / Episodes: 8 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish.
The B Side of Art
by Fabio Brasil.
Brazil.
Culture, Current affairs, Biography.
5 episodes.
00:26:00.
What’s the relationship between the world of arts and the world of crime? You will know the collections of major investors in Brazil, their aesthetic preferences and the origin, often obscure, their fortunes. The B Side of Art tells the story about the third largest market in financial movements on the world, losing only to trafficking in firearms and drugs, and how it attracts the attention of politicians, bankers, dealers and businessmen.
Director: Fabio Brasil / Producer: Ana Bravo Pérez / Production company: Puksar Filmes / Country: Brazil / Genre: Culture, Current affairs, Biography / Duration: 00:26:00 / Episodes: 5 / Format: HD 16:9 / Language: Portuguese.
The Invention
by Pablo Bielli.
Uruguay.
Science and Technology, Education.
13 episodes.
00:24:00.
Story and present of Latin American inventions and innovations, and its creators . A tour, guided by the local scientist in each participating country of the series, in search of the key that make that a good idea turns into a brilliant invention.
Director: Pablo Bielli / Producer: Lucía Fernández Cordano / Production companies: Antídoto Films / Trocadero.GabineteDiseño. / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Science and Technology, Education / Duration: 00:24:00 / Episodes: 13 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish.
Selección Meetings
327 Notebooks
by Andrés Di Tella.
Argentina, Chile.
Creation Documentary, Biography, Culture.
01:21:00.
Ricardo Piglia, one of the great novelists of the Spanish language, returns to Argentina after many years abroad. He sets himself out to revise exhaustively his private diaries, a record of his life over 50 years. The documentary accompanies this process during two years, as a kind of film diary. But something happens and everything is now different.
Director: Andrés Di Tella / Producer: Gema Juárez Allen, Alejandra Grinschpun, Jennifer Walton, Andrés Di Tella / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Andrés Di Tella / Production companies: Gema Films / Lupe Films / Country: Argentina, Chile / Genre: Creation Documentary, Biography, Culture / Duration: 01:21:00 / Format: DCP / Language: Spanish / Year: 2015.
35 and single
by Paula Schargorodsky.
Argentina, Uruguay, Italy and India.
Creation documentary, Biography.
01:13:00.
I’m Paula. 35. Argentine. Over the past 10 years I’ve been compulsively shooting everyone and everything for no particular reason. All my love stories and breakups have been recorded and systematically stored. While I kept changing boyfriends every 2 years, I shot my friends with their boyfriends, husbands, their bellies and now surrounded by children. Yes, some of us just don’t follow the norm. Should I settle down or remain a free spirit?.
Director: Paula Schargorodsky / Producer: Paula Schargorodsky, Julie Goldman, Gabriel Amdur / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Paula Schargorodsky / Production companies: Dream Big Pictures / Motto Pictures / Talatala Filmmakers / Country: Argentina, Uruguay, Italy and India / Genre: Creation documentary, Biography / Duration: 01:13:00 / Format: Blu-Ray o DCP (HDV) / Language: Spanish, Italian, English / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
World Premiere at Guadalajara IFF, México, march 2016. Atlanta FF, USA Premiere, april 2016. Documenta Madrid, European Premiere, may 2016. Rough cut at BAFICI (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente), april 2015. Señal Colombia Award at DocMontevideo 2014., -Selected for the Rough Cut Lab DocMontevideo 2014 (Niels Pagh Andersen), -Power to the Pixel 2013, Arte International Prize., -DocMontevideo Pitching Forum 2012, NFB Prize for an Interactive component development ("Get over it").
A Marriage
by Monica Simões.
Brazil.
Creation documentary, Biography.
01:20:50.
“A Marriage” is documentary about a wedding which narrative is built through the confrontation of memories: the subjective memory, composed by the memories of the bride – the main character – as well as by the memories of the bride’s daughter – the film director – against the concrete memory which is represented by domestic films, photos, love letters and the family’s home.
Director: Monica Simões / Producer: Beatriz Carvalho / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Beatriz Carvalho / Production company: Klaxon Cultura Audiovisual / Country: Brazil / Genre: Creation documentary, Biography / Duration: 01:20:50 / Format: Full HD, DCP / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2016.
Authors Live
by Álvaro García (Image) - Diego Verdier (Audio).
Uruguay.
Music, Culture, Creatrion Documentary.
140 episodes in 12 seasons episodes.
01:00:00.
Authors live it is a cycle produced by AGADU (colective managment asociation from Uruguay) driven in order to assist the development of national artists and authors. Recorded in HD quality in the Theatre of AGADU “Sala Blanca Podestá” provide the opportunity to meet the talent of these authors in an intimate yet strong impact on the intensity of the proposal.
Director: Álvaro García (Image) - Diego Verdier (Audio) / Producer: Maxi Suárez - Alejandro Ferradás - Diego Drexler / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Maxi Suárez - Alejandro Ferradás - Diego Drexler / Production company: Agadu / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Music, Culture, Creatrion Documentary / Duration: 01:00:00 / Episodes: 140 episodes in 12 seasons / Format: HD 16:9 1920 X 1080 / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Special Mention Premios Graffiti | Morosoli Award 2014.
Capoeira, inside the game
by Jorge Itapuã.
Brazil.
Creation documentary, Culture.
01:15:00.
In this hybrid road movie, Ella and Itapuã, two traveling capoeira practitioners, disciple and master, go on a world tour teaching capoeira and documenting their experiences along the way. Together, they travel across Europe and visit Israel, India, USA, Japan and Indonesia. However, as she becomes an increasingly experienced capoeira practitioner, he loses his loyal disciple.
Director: Jorge Itapuã / Producer: Carolina Benjamin and Danielle Villanova / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Jorge Itapuã / Production company: Daza Filmes / Country: Brazil / Genre: Creation documentary, Culture / Duration: 01:15:00 / Format: HD - DCP, DVD, Bluray / Language: Portuguese, English / Year: 2016.
Web: http://dazafilmes.com.br/project/capoeira-um-passo-a-dois/CENTRAL
by Tatiana Sager and Renato Dornelles.
Brazil.
Social issues, Human rights, History.
01:27:50.
Constant news in the intenacional, the “Presidio Central”; at Porto Alegre is the focus of the documentary Central. Through the reports of the prisoners, militar police and visitors, besides of authorites analyses, are characterized the everyday and the hard reality of the prision, which was denuced to the OEA for breach the human rigths and defined as the “The Dungeon of 21 century”; by the CPI of the brasilian prison system.
Director: Tatiana Sager and Renato Dornelles / Producer: Beto Rodrigues and Tatiana Sager / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Beto Rodrigues / Production company: Panda Filmes / Country: Brazil / Genre: Social issues, Human rights, History / Duration: 01:27:50 / Format: Blu-ray y DCP / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2015.
Awards and festivals:
FESTin - Portugal (Best Documentary).
CHICAGO BOYS
by Carola Fuentes, Rafael Valdeavellano.
Chile.
History, Human rights, Social issues.
01:25:10.
The economists behind the economic model of the most successful country in Latin America observe with surprise the discontent of its citizens. They recall how they became Milton Friedman’s students in Chicago in the 1950’s and what they were willing to do to pursue their extreme economic ideas under Pinochet’s dictatorship in the 70’s. A historic process that transformed the Chilean people and Chile in the country that it is today.
Director: Carola Fuentes, Rafael Valdeavellano / Producer: Carola Fuentes, Rafael Valdeavellano / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Rafael Valdeavellano / Production company: La Ventana Cine / Country: Chile / Genre: History, Human rights, Social issues / Duration: 01:25:10 / Format: DCP, ProRes, DNxHD / Language: Spanish, English / Year: 2015.
Awards and festivals:
Awards: Best Director - Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine (SANFIC 2015) | Festivals: Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine (SANFIC), -É Tudo Verdade, Festival Internacional de Documentários, -Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Cinema Novo
by Eryk Rocha.
Brazil.
Culture, History, Politics.
01:32:00.
CINEMA NOVO is a poetic essay which explores one of the most important cinematographic movements in Latin-America through the thoughts of its main auteurs with fragments of their work. The film immerses itself into the creative adventure of a generation of filmmakers that “created” a new way to make cinema in Brazil – with a political attitude, combining art and revolution.
Director: Eryk Rocha / Producer: Diogo Dahl / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: FiGa Films / Production company: Coqueirao Pictures / Country: Brazil / Genre: Culture, History, Politics / Duration: 01:32:00 / Language: Portuguese French / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Best Documentary Film, Cannes 2016.
Crespo (The persistence of memory)
by Eduardo Crespo.
Argentina.
Creation Documentary.
01:05:00.
After the death of his father, Eduardo Crespo embarks to film a movie. A film about Crespo, the town where they come from, and the relationship the father and son used to have. Now that the main character is no longer there, the film travels around the same places. Trying to put together, through the town collective memories and a personal memory, in order to reconstruct from all these details, the figure of that father who is not there anymore.
Director: Eduardo Crespo / Producer: Eduardo Crespo / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Paulina Portela - Obra Cine Country: Argentina / Genre: Creation Documentary / Duration: 01:05:00 / Format: DCP / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Premiere BAFICI, Argentinian competition.
DOCTV Latinoamérica
by Carlos Mignon, Lukas Jaramillo, PAtricia Velzasquez, Mohamed Hussain, Jose Charlo.
Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela,.
Culture, human Rights, Social Issues.
17 episodes.
00:52:00.
DOCTV Latin America is a program that supports the production and broadcasting of Latin American documentaries. It is an initiative of the Conference of Latin American Film Authorities – CACI and the Foundation of the New Latin American Cinema – FNCL, every two years opens a call in 17 countries in Latin America for the development and production of a documentary project by country. These 17 documentaries are final the serie of DOCTV.
Director: Carlos Mignon, Lukas Jaramillo, PAtricia Velzasquez, Mohamed Hussain, Jose Charlo / Producer: Carlos Mignon, Jorge Caballero, Luciana Grioni, Margarita Brum / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Laura Páez Castaño Country: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, / Genre: Culture, human Rights, Social Issues / Duration: 00:52:00 / Episodes: 17 / Format: Digital / Language: Spanish and Portuguese / Year: 2016.
Web: http://www.doctvlatinoamerica.com/Drag-se Docs
by Bia Medeiros.
Brazil.
Current affairs, Human rights, Youth.
13 episodes.
00:05:00.
Drag-se is a short format documentary series that follows a day in the life of thirteen young drag queens of Rio. Each episode has a drag as the protagonist. We follow his steps at work, at school, at home with the family, during the boy to drag transformation process and at a party. We intend to approach the public of art drag and generate discussions that will culminate in the reduction of prejudice LGBT culture.
Director: Bia Medeiros / Producer: Jonas Almeida Braga Amarante / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Jonas Almeida Braga Amarante / Production company: Suma Filmes Produções Cinematográficas Ltda. / Country: Brazil / Genre: Current affairs, Human rights, Youth / Duration: 00:05:00 / Episodes: 13 / Format: HD / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2015.
Eco Generation
by Pilar Piana.
Ecuador.
Environment, Youth, Educational.
72 episodes.
00:15:00.
The contestants, kids between tha ages of 8 and 11, use their audacity, creativity, knowledge and adventurous spirit, to accomplish determined missions. Through playful games, that are intelectual and physical, the kids get to know, explore and involve with its immediate natural surrounding; they specially learn about wild life animals that habit in their region, its role in the ecosystem and the reasons to conserve them.
Director: Pilar Piana / Producer: Jose Alcibar, Daniella Barzallo / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Pilar Piana / Production company: Ecohuellas / Country: Ecuador / Genre: Environment, Youth, Educational / Duration: 00:15:00 / Episodes: 72 / Format: HD Apple ProRes / Language: Spanish / Year: 2015.
Awards and festivals:
Finalist in premios TAL 2016. Previous sales: EcuadorTV.
Ecohuellas
by Pilar Piana.
Ecuador.
Environment, Current Affaires, Science and Technology.
24 episodes.
00:26:00.
In Ecohuellas with Pili Piana, Pili courses different parts of the planet –in this season in Ecuador- using her bike, in search of stories of common people whom, through ongoing projects, are motivating a change towards a more sustainable society.
Director: Pilar Piana / Producer: Jose Alcibar, Daniella Barzallo / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Pilar Piana / Production company: Ecohuellas / Country: Ecuador / Genre: Environment, Current Affaires, Science and Technology / Duration: 00:26:00 / Episodes: 24 / Format: HD Apple ProRes / Language: Spanish / Year: 2014.
Awards and festivals:
ATEI Award, Climate change category, 2010.
Embodied Letters
by Julián D'Angiolillo.
Argentina.
Current affairs.
01:17:00.
In Buenos Aires and its surroundings, residual areas of the city can become political propaganda. This story takes a close look into territorial conflicts, loyalties, and betrayals between brigades that fight each other over these illegal advertising spots. In the midst of a political campaign, during the last hours, Eze will find himself caught up in a territorial dispute over the wall space around the highway.
Director: Julián D'Angiolillo / Producer: Laura Bruno / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Paulina Portela (Obra Cine) / Production company: Los Andes Cine / Country: Argentina / Genre: Current affairs / Duration: 01:17:00 / Format: DCP / Language: Spanish / Year: 2015.
Family Recipes
by Raquel Valadares.
Brazil.
Culture, History, Current affairs.
13 episodes.
00:26:00.
“Family Recipes”; is a TV series that addresses the multi-cultural formation of the Brazilian people from the various groups of immigrants who are part of its history. In each of the 26 minutes 13 episodes stories of immigrant families of different origins are shown, raising issues such as the perpetuation of traditions, the adaptation of immigrants to the habits of Brazil and the cultural diversity of the Brazilian culture.
Director: Raquel Valadares / Producer: Alexandre Sivolella / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Alexandre Sivolella / Production companies: Segunda-Feira Filmes / Anima Lucis / Country: Brazil / Genre: Culture, History, Current affairs / Duration: 00:26:00 / Episodes: 13 / Format: HD / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2015.
FINAL AUGUST
by Eduardo Sánchez.
Argentina.
Creation Documentary, Biography, History.
01:40:30.
A passionately and exciting research in the mysterious story of love and death of the millionaire and writer Raul Baron Biza and aviatrix and actress Myriam Stefford from Switzerland. A pharaonic monument erected in the vicinity of Alta Gracia preserves her memory and is visited in the long journey that the director of this film embarks behind many unanswered enigmas.
Director: Eduardo Sánchez / Producer: Pepe Tobal / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Pepe Tobal / Production companies: Hiperkinesis / Atrox / Country: Argentina / Genre: Creation Documentary, Biography, History / Duration: 01:40:30 / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
First Cousin Once Removed
by Alan Berliner.
United States.
Creation Documentary.
01:19:00.
FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, Alan Berliner’s deeply personal portrait of Edwin Honig, his “good friend, cousin and mentor,” is a first-hand look at Honig’s journey through the ravages of memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. It is an unflinching essay on the fragility of being human and a stark reminder of the profound role that memory plays in all of our lives.
Director: Alan Berliner / Producer: Alan Berliner Country: United States / Genre: Creation Documentary / Duration: 01:19:00 / Language: English / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Awards: Grand Prize for Best Documentary Feature IDFA (2012); Gotham Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature (2013); Cinema Eye Honors Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Directing (2014); Cinema Eye Honors Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Editing (2014); Short-Listed for Documentary Oscar Nomination (2014) | Festivals: World Premiere: New York Film Festival (2012); Internacional Premiere: IDFA (GRAND PRIZE, 2012); Ambulante Film Festival (Mexico); Arts & Ideas Festival (Yale University); Cable Car Cinema (Providence, RI); Cali International Film Festival; Camden International Film Festival (Maine); Cineteca Nacionale (Mexico City); CPH:DOX (Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival); Docaviv; Dochouse (London); doclisboa; DOC NYC; docsBarcelona; docsBarcelona+Medellin (Medellin, Colombia); Documentarist (Istanbul, Turkey); DocYard (Boston); DocZagreb; Dokufest (Kosovo); Edinburgh International Film Festival; Edocs (Quito, Equador); Festivaletteratura (Mantua, Italy); Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Durham, NC); Guth Gafa Film Festival (Ireland); iDocs Festival (Beijing, China); International Documentary Encounters (Bogota); International Festival of Arts & Ideas (New Haven, CT); International Festival of Science Documentary Films (Czech Republic); Istanbul International Film Festival; It’s All True (Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); La Casa Encendida (Madrid, Spain); Lake Placid Film Festival; Los Angeles Film Festival; Melbourne International Film Festival; Message to Man Film Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia); Montclair Film Festival; Moscow International Film Festival; New Zealand International Film Festival; Norwegian Short Film Festival; One World Int'l Human Rights Documentary Film Fest (Prague, Czech Republic); Planete Doc Film Festival (Warsaw, Poland); Punto de Vista (Spain); Quandrangle Film Festival (England); Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montreal; San Francisco Jewish Film Festival; Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival; SXSW (Austin, TX); Taiwan International Documentary Festival; University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA); VERZIO International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Budapest); Viennale (Vienna International Film Festival); Virginia Film Festival; Washington DC Jewish Film Festival.
Gauchos del mar
by Joaquin Azulay.
Argentina.
Social issues, Culture, Enviroment.
01:00:28.
Julián and Joaquín Azulay are two argentine brothers who made a trip on a truck starting from Los Angeles, CA and finishing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their dream of surfing the American Pacific Coastline lasted 403 days, where they drove more tan 30,000 kms across 13 countries; showing the Continent as a whole, through its different cultures, food, people, animals and landscapes while camping and surfing on their way back home.
Director: Joaquin Azulay / Producer: Joaquin Azulay / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Joaquin Azulay / Production company: Gauchos del mar / Country: Argentina / Genre: Social issues, Culture, Enviroment / Duration: 01:00:28 / Format: Full HD 1080p - DVD / Language: Spanish (English and Portuguese subtitles) / Year: 2012.
Awards and festivals:
Awards: 9 international awards at surf, adventure and outdoor festivals. Participate in more than 40 international festivals. Previous sales: FranceTV, Fuel TV Australia, Canal OFF Brasil, LAN TAM airlines, VOD platforms in Latin America and USA.
Going Back
by Rafael Figueiredo - Coopas Multimagens / Lúcia Araújo - Canal Futura.
Brazil.
Human rights, Social issues.
00:52:00.
Only four days of freedom. This is the greatest gift and the biggest conflict for Leandro, Midia, Sonia and Anderson at Christmas 2012. Arrested at different times, when returning home, each will be faced with the past and present remaining on the other side of the bars. The clock is ticking on this countdown, where every minute passed reveals what really matters in this life.
Director: Rafael Figueiredo - Coopas Multimagens / Lúcia Araújo - Canal Futura / Producer: Paula Lagoeiro - Coopas Multimagens / Joana Levy - Canal Futura / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Ludmila Figueiredo / Production companies: Coopas Multimagens / Canal Futura / Country: Brazil / Genre: Human rights, Social issues / Duration: 00:52:00 / Format: HD / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2013.
Awards and festivals:
-4th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival (India) – Best Documentary, 2015, -International Emmy Awards – Nominee, 2014, -Jade Kunlun - Special Jury Award, 2014, -III Mostra Iberoamericana de Programas (Medelín/ Colômbia) – Finalis, 2014, -Saheb Phalke Film Festival - Special Festival Mention, 2014, -Prêmios TAL - Winner as "Produção de Relevância Social", 2014, -PromaxBDA Latin America - Silver Medal, 2013.
Holidays
by Lucas Cilintano, Leonardo Pintos, Claudio Quijano.
Uruguay.
Current affaires, Youth.
9 episodes.
00:25:00.
Nine stories interwine along one year. Nine characters face different conflicts on several holidays and begin a new path.
Director: Lucas Cilintano, Leonardo Pintos, Claudio Quijano / Producer: Lucas Cilintano, Leonardo Pintos, Claudio Quijano, Rosalía Alonso / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Lucas Cilintano, Claudio Quijano / Production company: Manso Films / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Current affaires, Youth / Duration: 00:25:00 / Episodes: 9 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Awards: 2015 - Premio Montevideo Filma, TV fiction category. 2015 - Premio Montevideo Socio Audiovisual, Fiction category. 2014 - Premio Instituto del Cine y Audiovisual del Uruguay, Production TV Series category. 2013 - Premio Instituto del Cine y Audiovisual del Uruguay, Script development for TV fiction category. Festivals: 2015 - Selected toparticipate in the Mercado Audiovisual de Bogotá (BAM), Colombia.
Jonas and the Backyard Circus
by Paula Gomes.
Brazil.
Creation Documentary.
01:21:00.
Jonas is 13 years old and his life´s dream is to maintain the circus he created in his backyard. While he faces this challenge, he will live the adventure of growing up.
Director: Paula Gomes / Producer: Ernesto Molinero, Haroldo Borges and Marcos Bautista / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Paula Gomes / Production company: Plano 3 Filmes / Country: Brazil / Genre: Creation Documentary / Duration: 01:21:00 / Format: DCP and ProRes file / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2015.
Awards and festivals:
Awards: > Audience Award at Cinelatino, Rencontres de Toulouse, France 2016 > TFI Latin America Arts Fund Award 2014, granted by the Tribeca Film Institute. Festivals: >IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands 2015. > Cinelatino, Rencontres de Toulouse, France 2016 (Prix du Public). > "É Tudo Verdade" / It´s All True Festival , Brazil 2016. > Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Canada 2016. > DocsBarcelona, Festival Spain 2016.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/plano3filmes
Land of Patagones
by Joaquin Azulay.
Argentina .
Culture, Enviroment, Social issues.
01:14:24.
The Gauchos del Mar brothers pursue their goal of surfing at one of the southernmost areas of the world: “Isla de los Estados”. They travel with a truck and live in a tent across Patagonia during six months, where they share their experiences with native people and get to know their jobs, which are different from those in the cities. They show the endemic flora and fauna, and fight against the harsh weather conditions to reach Ushuaia.
Director: Joaquin Azulay / Producer: Joaquin Azulay / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Joaquin Azulay / Production company: Gauchos del mar / Country: Argentina / Genre: Culture, Enviroment, Social issues / Duration: 01:14:24 / Format: Full HD 1080p - DVD / Language: Spanish (English, German, French, Japanese and Portuguese subtitles) / Year: 2014.
Awards and festivals:
20 international awards at surf, aventure, cinema and outdoor festivals. Participate in more than 55 international festivals around the world. Previous sales: Canal OFF Brasil y VOD Platforms in Latin America and USA.
Latin American Church, The Option Fort the Poor
by Iair Kon.
Argentina.
Human rights, Politics, Social issues.
4 episodes.
00:30:00.
The election of a Latin American Pope with a strong social approach shifts back the focus of attention to the Catholic movements which questioned the role of the Roman Church during the 60s and 70s. This series looks into the lives and social commitment of Argentinian priests Carlos Mugica and Jaime de Nevares, Camilo Torres from Colombia, and martyr archbishop Óscar Romero from El Salvador.
Director: Iair Kon / Producer: Federico Consiglieri / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Federico Consgilieri / Production company: Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero / Canal Encuentro / Country: Argentina / Genre: Human rights, Politics, Social issues / Duration: 00:30:00 / Episodes: 4 / Format: 1920*1080 / Language: Spanish / Year: 2014.
Awards and festivals:
Special mention at the “Festival Internacional de Cine Político” (FICIP), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015.
Los de Siempre
by José Pedro Charlo.
Uruguay.
Socia Issues.
00:51:00.
On a very humble neighbourhood in Montevideo a group of neighbours got toghether to form a choir. Most of their members are about 70 years old and have lived the decay of the neighbourhood, its marginalization. The choir allows them to express themselves, overcome isolation, meet other people, share experiences. After the rehearsals or performances they must return to their realities.
Director: José Pedro Charlo / Producer: Margarita Brum Country: Uruguay / Genre: Socia Issues / Duration: 00:51:00 / Format: HD 1920X1980 25FPS / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Lucha, Playing the Impossible
by Ana Quiroga / Miguel Pérez.
Argentina.
Biography, Education, Current affairs.
01:33:40.
This is the story of Luciana Aymar, the best hockey player of all times, the Magician. A girl who found in hockey her place in the world and a woman who was twice a world champion, four times an Olympic medalist and eight times winner of the world’s best player award. This documentary is a journey through tournaments, victories and failures, glory and frustration. But it is also a self-discovery journey.
Director: Ana Quiroga / Miguel Pérez / Producer: Carlos Barrientos / Milagros Lay González / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Federico Consiglieri / Production company: Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero / Country: Argentina / Genre: Biography, Education, Current affairs / Duration: 01:33:40 / Format: DCP – DVD – BLU RAY / Language: Spanish / Year: 2015.
Migratory Ovenbird
by Francisco Lapetina and Sabina Harari.
Uruguay.
Music, Children, Educational.
18 episodes.
00:04:30.
Migratory Ovenbird is a lab-workshop of sound & visual exploration, an instant collective creation device where a innovative workflow is put into practice resulting in a musical theme and its respective audiovisual. It is done with rural school children, adolescents. Each chapter of this series shows, from it´s rural school, the reality of a different corner of the deep Uruguay.
Director: Francisco Lapetina and Sabina Harari / Producer: Sabina Harari and Miguel Grompone / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Miguel Grompone / Production company: PROAC / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Music, Children, Educational / Duration: 00:04:30 / Episodes: 18 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Nasha Natasha
by Martín Sastre.
Uruguay.
Biography.
01:40:00.
Nasha Natasha / НAШA НATAШA (Our Natalia) is a documentary about the life and growth of Natalia Oreiro as an international artist. Is a journey through her last Rusia Tour on 2014 and her own life, where she became from and who she has become. Is also about the bridge between herself and her beloved audience, mostly their beloved russia fans. Is an invite for the spectator who will identify with her achieves and efforts.
Director: Martín Sastre / Producer: Martín Sastre / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Martín Sastre / Production company: OS FILMS / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Biography / Duration: 01:40:00 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
New Venice
by Emiliano Mazza de Luca.
Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico.
Creation Documentary, Human Rights, Environment.
01:20:00 | 00:52:00.
Nueva Venecia; suspended between water and air, a small village surfaces amidst grieve, memories and bloodshed. To resist, the community joins efforts to recover their single meeting spot: the soccer field. “Nueva Venecia”; a tale of dreams, falls, and fresh starts.
Director: Emiliano Mazza de Luca / Producer: Martha Orozco, Emiliano Mazza, Diana Kuellar / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Martha Orozco, Emiliano Mazza / Production companies: Passaparola / Martfilms / Making Docs / Señal Colombia / Country: Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico / Genre: Creation Documentary, Human Rights, Environment / Duration: 01:20:00 | 00:52:00 / Format: Teatrical: 80min 5.1 DCP y HD | TV 52min. Stereo / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Awards: 52 min. version. Best Documentary nomenee at India Catalina. GoodPitch Argentina 2015 slection for Otreach and Engagement strategy. Ibermedia Developement Señal Colombia coproduction. Festivals: FICG 2016 - Mexico. SIFF - USA.
No rip lacks for a patch
by Elena Quirici / Hernán Rodríguez.
Uruguay.
Social Issues, Current Affaires, Comedy, Docufiction.
9 episodes.
00:26:00.
MAJO (35) single and unfortunate in matters of the heart, has a job assignment to produce a series of documentaries about love for the television channel where she is employed. Determined to find out how love works, Majo will take the experiences of others into her own life, and will encounter surprising results.
Director: Elena Quirici / Hernán Rodríguez / Producer: Elena Quirici / Hernán Rodríguez / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Elena Quirici / Production company: Aceituna Films / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Social Issues, Current Affaires, Comedy, Docufiction / Duration: 00:26:00 / Episodes: 9 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Awards: 2012 - Premio Egeda Uruguay – Doc Montevideo Pitching Serie de TV, 2013 - Fondo de Fomento ICAU – Desarrollo, 2013 - Montevideo Socio Audiovisual – Desarrollo, 2015- FONDO DE FOMENTO ICAU + aporte TNU + aporte Tevé Ciudad | Festivals: 2012 - Doc Montevideo Pitching Series tv, 2015 - Doc Montevideo - Meeting.
Old Man’s Cars
by Raquel Valadares.
Brazil.
Biography, History, Science and Tecnology.
01:13:00.
Anísio Campos is a car designer responsible for creating more than fifteen cars between 1960 and 1990. These cars, known in Brazil as “special cars”; were almost all made by hand. Anísio’s hands made wonders on wheels. Anísio’s daughter, Raquel, the director, accepts the task of organizing all his files. In doing so, she gets to know stories about the life of his father and his cars.
Director: Raquel Valadares / Producer: Alexandre Sivolella / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Alexandre Sivolella / Production companies: Anima Lucis / Segunda-Feira Filmes / Country: Brazil / Genre: Biography, History, Science and Tecnology / Duration: 01:13:00 / Format: HD / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2014.
Awards and festivals:
Atlantidoc, Olhar de Cinema, Autorretratos, AutoMoto Films & Arts.
Oleg and the rare arts
by Andrés Duque.
Spain.
Creation Documentary.
01:06:00.
Oleg Nikolaevich Karavaichuk at 89 years of age continues to be a controversial and enigmatic figure for Russian culture. Who is this man who looks like character out of a story by Gogol? Is it a servant of the Tsar Nikolas II who was entrusted with the piano the palace to keep alive the spirit of the past? Oleg with his art challenges the identity of their country transforming and reinventing every moment.
Director: Andrés Duque / Producer: Marta Andreu, Tania Balló, Serrana Torres / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Marta Andreu / Production companies: Estudi Playtime S.L. / Intropiamedia S.L. / Country: Spain / Genre: Creation Documentary / Duration: 01:06:00 / Format: DCP, BLURAY / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
World Premiere at Rotterdam, Point of View (1st prize), Lincoln Center, Play-Doc, BAFICI, D’A (best director award), Beat Film Festival, Bilrausch, Olhar de Cinema, Munich Film Fest, États Géneraux du Film Documentaire, Riviera Maya, Lima Independiente, Odessa International Film Festival, New Horizons, DokuFest, Viennale, FIDOCS, Docs Lisboa, RIDM, FICCALI, Torino Film Festival, European Film Awards.
On the move
by Heloisa Passos, Marília Rocha and Katia Lund.
Brazil.
Social issues, Current affairs, Education.
13 episodes.
00:27:00.
Series with 13 episodes, tells the story of children, youth and adults who believe in his footsteps and in their searches. During these journeys many thing happens: love, friendship, desire , politics, work, Brazilian society. “On the Move” is a new way to discover Brazil in its geographical extent , economic , political and social. But above all, in their emotional and human dimension.
Director: Heloisa Passos, Marília Rocha and Katia Lund / Producer: Heloisa Passos, Luciane Passos and Tina Hardy / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Luciane Passos / Production company: Maquina Filmes Ltda. ME / Country: Brazil / Genre: Social issues, Current affairs, Education / Duration: 00:27:00 / Episodes: 13 / Format: HD / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2011.
Awards and festivals:
Best Documentary Series in Latin America by TAL TV - 2013.
On the road of flavour
by Cecilia González Spátola, Andrea Pozzolo.
Uruguay, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil.
Culture, Education, History.
23, 2 seasons episodes.
00:30:00.
Thousands of years ago there was a day when someone came up to cook food. A fact that would transform the life of humanity forever. The food became cuisine and one of the strongest identity traits of peoples. From the southern end of the continent to the heart of the Inca empire. “On the road of flavour” it’s an adventure looking for the history and secrets of the recipes that captivate Latin Americans.
Director: Cecilia González Spátola, Andrea Pozzolo / Producer: Cecilia González Spátola, Andrea Pozzolo / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Cecilia González Spátola, Andrea Pozzolo / Production company: Ombú Media / Country: Uruguay, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil / Genre: Culture, Education, History / Duration: 00:30:00 / Episodes: 23, 2 seasons / Format: HD / Language: Spanish / Year: 2015.
Awards and festivals:
Awards: Proyecto premiado por el Bicentenario Uruguayo, 2011, Fondos Concursables del MEC, 2012. Festivals: DocMontevideo ediciones 2012, 2013 y 2014. Previuos sales: TNU temporada Uruguay. Telesur temporada Uruguay y realización temporada LATAM.
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Peninsula Mitre
by Julián Azulay.
Argentina.
Culture, Enviroment, Social issues.
01:30:00.
The Gauchos del Mar brothers perform an unprecedented expedition by foot with 35kgs+ on their backs during 53 days on the most eastern tip of Tierra del Fuego Province, a pristine area where no one lives. With no communication whatsoever they document the region and decide to share their message of environmentalism, avoiding consumerism and living simply in order to protect Península Mitre forever!.
Director: Julián Azulay / Producer: Julián Azulay / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Joaquin Azulay / Production company: Gauchos del mar / Country: Argentina / Genre: Culture, Enviroment, Social issues / Duration: 01:30:00 / Format: Full FH 1080p - DVD / Language: Spanish (English, German, French, Japanese and Portuguese subtitles available) / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival, California.
SUNDAY BALL
by Eryk Rocha.
Brazil.
Creation documentary, Social issues, Culture.
01:11:00.
Sampaio is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro located just a few miles away from the mythical Maracanã Stadium where the 2014 World Cup final match took place. It is known for its sports tradition and folklore. Every year a Soccer Championship of local “favelas”, disputed by 14 teams, is held at its single soccer field. Each team represents the colours and rituals of its own community. Two of them will play the final match: GERAÇÃO X JUVENTUDE.
Director: Eryk Rocha / Producer: Samantha Capdeville, Eryk Rocha, Mônica Botelho / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Samantha Capdeville / Production companies: Filmegraph / Aruac Produções / Mutuca Filmes / Country: Brazil / Genre: Creation documentary, Social issues, Culture / Duration: 01:11:00 / Format: HD / Language: Portuguese / Year: 2014.
Awards and festivals:
-2016 - 11 MM International Futebol Film Festival Berlim, -2015 - Doxa Documentary Film Festival, - San Francisco International Film Festival, - Festival de Toulouse, France
, - MoMA`S Documentary Fortnigth, - Havana Film Festival, Cuba, -2014 - CPH: DOX Copenhague International Film Festival, Denmark, - BFI- London International Film Festival, UK, - Première of Festival do Rio, Brazil, - Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo, Brazil.
The last words
by Juan Pablo Tobal Claria.
Argentina.
Current affairs, Culture, Human rights.
8 episodes.
00:26:00.
A young — — decide to take it upon — – to travel throughout Latin America and visit its most remote indigenous communitites. Their goal is to document these cultures and their struggle to protect and prevent the extinction of their language and culture.
Director: Juan Pablo Tobal Claria / Producer: Jose Luis Tobal / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Jose Luis Tobal / Production company: Atrox, Fabrica de Imagenes / Country: Argentina / Genre: Current affairs, Culture, Human rights / Duration: 00:26:00 / Episodes: 8 / Format: Full HD 1920 x 1080 / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Selected at -Pitching Series RioContentMarket 2015, -Pitching Series Docmontevideo 2015 (won Señal Colombia award), -Mipcom 2015, -Miptv 2015, -Pitching Series Señal Colombia market 2015, -Ventana Sur 2015.
The Origin
by Facundo Ponce de León, Juan Ponce de León and Elisa Lieber.
Uruguay.
Education, History, Biography.
4 capítulos x 2 temporadas episodes.
00:53:00.
The stories behind the History. What can we discover about the most relevant people and facts of our country? “The Origin” is a history documentary serie and a format that presents an in depth investigation between the official and everyday history. The stories and the esthetic approach make an intense as much as entertaining account of history, ideal for adults and children to rediscover the milestones that forged a nation.
Director: Facundo Ponce de León, Juan Ponce de León and Elisa Lieber / Producer: Elisa Lieber / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Facundo Ponce de León, Juan Ponce de León and Elisa Lieber / Production company: Mueca Films / Country: Uruguay / Genre: Education, History, Biography / Duration: 00:53:00 / Episodes: 4 capítulos x 2 temporadas / Format: HD / FULL HD / Language: Spanish / Year: 2015.
Web: http://www.muecafilms.comThe Signal
by Leandro Pinto Le Roux.
Perú, Alemania.
Creation documentary, Education, Social issues.
01:35:00.
Is it possible to adapt a teaching methodology to the diverse realities in a country as Peru? THE SIGNAL investigates and discovers the potential and talents of children and their teacher, whose efforts are not always recognized by the education system, in a rural school in the Peruvian highlands.
Director: Leandro Pinto Le Roux / Producer: Miguel Barreda Delgado / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Yvonne Ruocco / Production companies: Vía Expresa Cine y Video / Sur Films / Country: Perú, Alemania / Genre: Creation documentary, Education, Social issues / Duration: 01:35:00 / Format: DCP, BD, DVD / Language: Spanish / Year: 2016.
Awards and festivals:
Documentary Film Contest Ministerio de Cultura, Perú.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/La-Se%C3%B1al-730235920445468/
The Volcano Children
by Jose Miguel Amín Martelo.
Colombia.
Human rights, Enviroment, Current affairs.
4 episodes.
00:50:00.
Documentary that shows the story of the communities that live in the influence zone of the four most dangerous volcanoes in Colombia (Ruiz, Cerro Bravo, Cerro Machín and Galeras), which are today about to erupt. Each chapter tells, through the inhabitants voices the relation between the volcanoes and their children, their daily lives the permanent risk and the love they feel for earth.
Director: Jose Miguel Amín Martelo / Producer: Wilson Pineda / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Wilson Pineda, Jose Miguel Amín Martelo / Production company: Negrita Films S.A.S / Country: Colombia / Genre: Human rights, Enviroment, Current affairs / Duration: 00:50:00 / Episodes: 4 / Format: BETACAM, .MOV, HDCAM / Language: Spanish / Year: 2014.
Awards and festivals:
Won Series Documentary Production scholarship 2012 - ANTV (Colombia). Nominated to Best photography - Awards at India Catalina 2015.
Uprising!
by Susanna Lira - Modo Operante Produções / Barney Lankester-Owen - JPB Embaúba / Lúcia Araújo - Canal Futura.
Brazil.
Human rights, Youth, Current affairs.
00:52:00.
A partnership between Modo Operante, Embaúba and Canal Futura, UPRISING! shows how new technologies can become a powerful tool to transform social realities. Each story features an audiovisual item produced by a local group (Brazil, Mexico, China and Gaza Strip) to adress social problems in their country. Made on cell phones, drones or tablets, these personal records reveal much more than conventional cameras ever could.
Director: Susanna Lira - Modo Operante Produções / Barney Lankester-Owen - JPB Embaúba / Lúcia Araújo - Canal Futura / Producer: Pedro Rosa - Modo Operante Produções / Tatiana Milanez - Canal Futura / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Ludmila Figueiredo / Production companies: Modo Operante Produções / JPB Embaúba Produções / Canal Futura / Country: Brazil / Genre: Human rights, Youth, Current affairs / Duration: 00:52:00 / Format: HD / Language: Portuguese, Spanish, English / Year: 2015.
Awards and festivals:
2015: -Antropofest (Czech Republic), -Tikinó (Spain), -One World Romanian Human Rights Festival 2015, -Festival Internacional de Cine por los Derechos Humanos (Colombia), -Arkipel International Documentary Film Festival (Indonesia). 2016: Emmy (United States), BANFF - Rockie Awards (Canada), Shanghai TV Festival (China), DocsDF (México), Prêmios TAL (América Latina).
Voices of Latin america
by Ignacio Robayna.
Argentina.
Social issues, Enviroment, Education.
01:04:06.
Feeling that the time had come to united his three passions, Ignacio Robayna, passionate for nature, world travelling and art, dives into the adventure of crossing Latin America, his aim: document the challenges that Mother Nature is undergoing today in Latin America. Forgotten ancient cultures, global deforestation and GMO’s, are between others the conflicts of this great trip.
Director: Ignacio Robayna / Producer: Ignacio Robayna / Masako Kano / Commercial contact for DocMontevideo: Ignacio Robayna / Production company: Bajo el sauce films / Country: Argentina / Genre: Social issues, Enviroment, Education / Duration: 01:04:06 / Format: HD / Language: Spanish / Year: 2015.
Awards and festivals:
Best Argentinian social film, Premios Latino 2016 Spain; Best Documentary about iberoamerican culture, Premios latino 2016, Spain; Official selection Sembrando Cine, Peru; Official selection Que Role Cine, Guatemala; Official selection Roots films festival, Portugal; Official selection Sky Film festival, Spain; selected at Alexander street platform.