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Madrid ECAM Forum Scores With Curated Program and Attendees, Awards Peruvian Doc ‘The Art of War’
The highly-curated Spanish co-production market and its new FINDE initiative scored high among its 800-plus attendees.
French-born ECAM manager Wystraëte underlined the hiked number of film co-productions between France and Spain in recent years, rolling off the long-term natural cultural and financial partnerships between two of Europe’s leading markets, and a new wave of Spanish talents attracting French investors, and strong public support in both nations. Next to Lebret, was French serial entrepreneur Frédéric Fiore of Logical Pictures, which has bankrolled 20 features in four years via gap/equity financing including Oscar-winning “Emilia Perez.” From Greece, Heretic co-founder Giorgos Karnavas talked raising equity funding for bigger English-language pics, while Arte/Cofinova’s Rémi Burah lauded the public-sector and Euro co-pro-financing models. Besides the winning titles, buzzy projects in development frequently cited by on-site programmers, producers or sales agents included Chile’s “ A Decorous Woman” by Natalia Luque and Iran-born Maryam Tafakory’s hybrid documentary “Hospital of Irremediable Desires,” tackling women’s involvement in Iran’s clandestine revolutionary groups of the 1970s.
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