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Catalonia Ups International Partnerships, a World-Class Genre Tradition
Once a production hallmark around the turn of the century, genre is lifting off once more in Catalonia.
“When we launched, the goal was to provide Catalan producers with the best conditions and framework to enhance and promote their creative, professional and artistic exchanges in the international arena,” says Edgar Garcia, director of the governmental culture industry unit ICEC, which operates the fund. There are two fund films at Cannes: Alain Guiraudie’s “Misericordia,” which bows in the festival’s Premiere sidebar, and Antonella Sudasassi Furniss’ Berlin Panorama Audience Award winner “Memories of a Burning Body,” which will unspool at a market screening. According to Ivan Díaz, head of international at Barcelona’s Filmax, one of the biggest challenges facing local producers today is finding new filmmakers to continue the region’s strong genre traditions.
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