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Conecta Fiction Pitches: What Spanish Screenwriters Are Working On
The titles include historical and crime dramas, comedy fare and social justice-tinged narratives.
Heading to the forum are six projects from writers and filmmakers Roberto Márquez, Borja Echevarría, Samu Fuentes, David Caiña, Vicenta Ndongo, Diego Sabanés, Ignacio del Valle and Rai García. Echevarría, who wrote “The Lost Voices” alongside Carlos Suara, relays that the project is one of rebellion, which “vindicates a female historical figure who was misunderstood in her time and who, in essence, criticizes the remnants of patriarchy throughout history.” Based on the true story of 200 women who staged a four-year lock-in at the IKE shirt factory to retain their livelihood, the project offers “an extraordinary example of resistance and a process of collective female empowerment that deserves to be rescued from oblivion,” according to Fuentes.
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