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Leticia Akel on Psychological Thriller ‘Shadow,’ Pitching at Sanfic Industria’s Lab Ficción (EXCLUSIVE)
Jamie Lang Chilean filmmaker Leticia Akel Escárate will be pitching her highly anticipated and well-studied debut feature project “Shadow” at this year’s online Sanfic Industria Lab: Ficción. It’s a return of sorts for Akel who, in 2010, won the Sanfic National Talent Short Film Competition with “Escarate.”“Shadow” is produced by Josemaría Naranjo from Chilean indie Cinestación, one of the region’s most exciting young companies which most recently produced Omar Zúñiga’s directorial feature debut “The Strong Ones,” picked up for North America by Breaking Glass after it won the Grand Jury Prize for nest international narrative feature and the Audience Award at OutFest LA as well as best narrative film at Florida’s OutShine Film Festival.
