Emiliano De Pablos Gabriel Martins’ family drama “Marte Um” (“Mars One”) has won Ventana Sur’s Paradiso WIP Award, the new prize jointly instituted by Brazil’s Projeto Paradiso and the Cannes-backed Argentine market-festival.Produced by Thiago Macêdo Correia at Filmes de Plástico, “Mars One” will receive a $10,000 prize and a special screening during the upcoming edition of Ventana Sur, running Nov.
29-Dec. 3.For Ventana Sur, only projects in post-production with a majority or minority Brazilian participation were able to apply for the Paradiso WIP Award.
These projects can also apply to Ventana’s Primer Corte sidebar.A special jury appointed by Ventana Sur chose the winning film.The Paradiso WIP Award is a philanthropic initiative.
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