The latest projects from María Astrauskas, Laura Baumeister, Alvaro Brechner, Maitane Carballo Alonso, Ana Endara, Ignacio Juricic, Madiano Marcheti, Andrés Ramírez Pulido, Diego Martínez Ulanosky, Alejandra Moffat, Valeria Pivato, Francisco Rodríguez Teare, Pablo Stoll, Roxana Stroe and Jacques Toulemonde, are the fifteen proposals, from nine countries, at the San Sebastian Film Festival’s 14th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, selected from the 268 works submitted. This year’s edition will run from 22-24 September, and the projects will be presented by their representatives to potential partners with a view to completing their financing and improving access to international markets.

Eleven of the proposals will be the first or second films by their makers. Bringing their feature film debuts are Maitane Carballo Alonso with La boa y el bambú / The Boa and the Bamboo after having participated in the omnibus film Begirada (2020) and having directed the short documentary (Ez)Ezagun (2020); writer and screenwriter Alejandra Moffat with El atletismo y el amor; the also producer and screenwriter Diego Martínez Ulanosky with No es un río / Not a River; the visual artist Francisco Rodríguez Teare with No me dejen morir solo / Do Not Let me Die Alone; and the editor María Astrauskas with Patrimonio / Patrimony. Finally, Roxana Stroe, who participated in Nest with Black Friday (2015) and O Noapte în Tokoriki / A Night in Tokoriki, 2016), which carried off the Generation 14plus Special Prize at the Berlinale, will present the project for her first full-length film, Houses are Silent.

Also showing are the projects of the second works from directors who started out in San Sebastián: Elogio del crimen / Praise for Crime, by Andrés Ramírez Pulido, whose first film, La Jauría (2022), carried off the Semaine de la Critique Grand Prix at Cannes and was selected for Horizontes Latinos; Lo que sigue es mi muerte / What Follows is My Death, by Laura Baumeister, who participated in New Directors with La hija de todas las rabias (2022) after being awarded at the Co-Production Forum and WIP Latam; Mãe do Ouro / Mother of Gold, by Mariano Marcheti, who presented Madalena (2021) in Horizontes Latinos; Pacto Sublime, by Ignacio Juricic, who premiered his directorial debut, Enigma (2018), in Horizontes Latinos; and Victoria en las nubes / Victoria in the Clouds, by Ana Endara, who competed with Querido Trópico (2024) in Horizontes Latinos.

Returning to the Festival with their latest projects are renowned names such as Valeria Pivato, with her first solo feature, La ilusión de un paraíso / An Illusion of Paradise, after having competed in Horizontes Latinos with La novia del desierto (2017) and in New Directors with La llegada del hijo (2024), both co-directed with Cecilia Atán; Alvaro Brechner, with La piel del león, who participated in Horizontes Latinos with La noche de 12 años (2018); and Pablo Stoll, with Papá no es Punk / Dad Is Not Punk Rocker, who was selected for Perlak with Whisky (2004), co-directed with Juan Pablo Rebella.

Completing the selection is Hijas del agua, from Jacques Toulemonde, a film and television director and screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplays for Pájaros de verano / Birds of Passage, by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego (Perlak, 2018) and El abrazo de la serpiente / Embrace of the Serpent, by Ciro Guerra (Horizontes Latinos, 2015), amongst others.

Since its creation in 2012, the Forum has selected 215 projects, 106 of which have since been completed and commercially premiered at festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Sundance, Locarno and San Sebastián. In addition, El mensaje / The Message by Iván Fund carried off the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlinale in 2025; Un cabo suelto / A Loose End, by Daniel Hendler has been selected for this years Venezia Spotlight at the Italian fest; La virgen de la Tosquera / The Virgin of the Quarry Lake, by Laura Casabé, competed this year in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance, while 2024 saw the participation in Horizontes Latinos of Zafari, by Mariana Rondón, and El aroma del pasto recién cortado / The Freshly Cut Grass, by Celina Murga, after winning the Best Screenplay Award at the Tribeca Festival.

For further information on the success stories of participants in this initiative, consult this link.