“Akelarre,” (Pablo Agüero)A former San Sebastian Festival Co-Production Forum project, “Akelarre” is the latest from Cannes Jury Prize-winner Pablo Agüero (“First Snow”) and plays in this year’s main competition.
Heavily influenced by Jules Michelet’s novel “The Witch,” Agüero’s period drama came from a “feeling of injustice that almost all works of fiction dealing with witch hunts perpetuate, clichés first created by the Inquisition.” Seven companies combined on the ambitious co-production.
S.A. Film Factory“Patria,” (Aitor Gabilondo)HBO Europe’s original series about two families caught up in the Basque Country’s armed conflict with the ETA organization, “Patria” appears in line to set a new high-water mark for premium production in.
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