After beating record number of entries for virtual pitching sessions - with 100 projects submitted - to Expocine 2020 announces the official list of 10 finalists that will be presented to national and international producers and distributors during the event (15 and 16 October).
The selection of projects was carried out on days October 7 and 8 with a valuation bank of professionals Regimenados: Daniel Van Hoogstraten (Syndrome Films), Daniela Pfeiffer (Cultural Pfeiffer), Irina Neves (Ananã Productions), Susana Campos (From Mines Productions) and Lyara Oliveira (X-Reality Usp/Apan Festival).
The projects covered a great diversity of gender and formatsbetween documentaries, fiction and animation. . The sessions also had two projects indicated by Spcine through their affirmative policy announcements. pitchings will have more than 30 high-level players, including Disney, Warner Bros., Showcase Movies, Paramount, Paris Filmes and Gallery Distributor.
Once again, the creator of Mahon PressKrishna Mahon will be the mediator of pitching sessions.
"The bank emphasized the importance of the pre-selection phase adopted in this year's edition, highlighting the need for prior development of the project and presentation at this stage. The ten selected projects reflect current and relevant themes, which will certainly arouse the market interest next week," said Thiago Pavarino, responsible for the dynamics of pitchings in Expocine 2020
Check the selected ones:
Early stage projects (day presentation) 15/10):
1) “Astromelia" - Ricardo Santos Sant'Anna (Fiction)
2) “Hater" - Board Movies (Fiction)
3) “Elderly and Dangerous" - Raphael Aguinaga (Fiction)
4) “Nico and the Ghosts" - Filmerama Productions Ltda (Animation)
5) “So many Marys" - MM Movies (Fiction)
Projects in advanced stage (day presentation) 16/10):
1) “Still" - Arissas (Fiction)
2) “Made Pipa" - Deberton Films and Productions Ltda (Fiction)
3) “Wolf" - Has Dendê Productions (Fiction)
4) “In the Money Track" - Jacqueline Films (Documentary)
5) “Under the Mermaid Sign" - Rafael Silva Caldo (Documentary)
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