Festival In Focus: How San Sebastian Has Positioned Itself As A Bridge Between Europe & Latin America
deadline.comFor more than 70 years the San Sebastian International Film Festival has been considered the premiere hub for connecting Europe’s film industry to Latin American cinema and filmmaking talent.
The festival has long supported the early works of famed Latin American filmmakers ranging from Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles to Argentina’s Daniel Burman whose respective early works Foreign Land and A Chrysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas both screened at the festival.
In more recent years, Spain’s most prominent festival has made strides in strengthening the special relationship between Europe and Latin America through the creation of sections such as Works in Progress Latam (established in 2002) and its Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum (established in 2012).
It was in the former that esteemed Chilean director Sebastián Lelio was given the WIP Latam Award in 2012 for his project Gloria. “We have a very special relationship with the Latin American market,” says San Sebastian festival director José Luis Rebordinos. “We are one market with more than 500 million people.
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