10 Spanish Female Producers to Track This Year
variety.comThese women are backing buzzed-about Spanish projects, many of them co-productions. With noteworthy titles — Goya-nominated “Advantages of Travelling by Train,” Locarno standout “The Sacred Spirit” — proud Basque Country native Apellaniz has grown step by step.
She is following “Samsara,” buzzed about at Berlin, with upcoming Henry Golding starrer “Daniela Forever,” directed by Nacho Vigalondo (“Colossal”).
She’s also committed to mentoring diverse voices, particularly female. “It’s not just about working with female directors but pushing opportunities for women across all departments.” Botrán has built on her international sales experience at Latido Films, representing Netflix hit “The Platform” and “Killing Jesus” while shifting into producing. “In international co-productions, each territory has its own cultural and technical characteristics.
This is the most enriching aspect on a personal level,” she says. A key part of Sideral, a new production-distribution-sales label, Botrán has raced out the block, exec producing “The Fantastic Golem Affairs” and Pablo Maqueda’s “Girl, Unknown.” “It’s only this year that I’m co-producing internationally on a more than an occasional basis,” says Delpierre, a doyenne of the New Catalan Cinema, producer of “Summer 1993,” “Schoolgirls” and “La Maternal.” Also behind top Berlin winner “20,000 Species of Bees,” she has found, or is closing, partners overseas for features from Paula Ortiz (“Teresa”), Adrià García (“The Treasure of Barracuda”) and Borja Cobeaga (“Los Aitas”). “I like repeating with talent, and films connected to reality but with multiple layers,” she says.
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