Key Spanish Titles at the EFM
variety.comSpain has two films in this year’s main competition at the Berlinale, and a record haul of films participating across all sections.
Similarly, the country boasts an impressive list of productions looking for buyers at the festival’s EFM. Below, a list of standouts from Spain looking to make moves on the global market.“Prison 77” (Alberto Rodríguez)A potential jewel in Spanish cinema’s 2022 crown, “Modelo 77” is produced by Spanish pay TV-VOD giant Movistar Plus and Madrid-based Atípica Films, Rodríguez’s career-long producer.
S.A. Film Factory“Alcarràs” (Carla Simón)In Berlin’s main competition, the much anticipated follow up to Simón’s “Summer 1993,” “Alcarrás” tracks the final harvest at a multi-generational family farm.
Co-produced with Italy. S.A. MK2 Films “The Beast” (Rodrigo Sorogoyen)A Galicia-set thriller from Oscar-nominee Sorogoyen (“Mother”) and his regular co-scribe Esther Peña.“Beyond the Summit” (Ibon Cormenzana)Javier Rey and Patricia Lopez Arnaiz star in this mountain climbing metaphor for self-realization.
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