At the 17th Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires, buyers and sellers working on sales titles and works in progress are pretty much in agreement: They want to entertain.
“Buyers are looking for fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, action, luxury productions or films starring well-known authors,” Latido’s Antonio Saura said ahead of the market’s final day on Friday (December 5). “What they’re looking for is drama.”
Saura is a film by Uruguayan film director Gustavo Hernández (silent house) whisper As part of a catalog full of genres, silvermanA hit comedy starring Guillermo Francella. clan Enrollment in Argentina reached 2 million.
One overseas salesperson pointed out, “Look at how far people have turned away from the drama.” “We removed the word ‘drama’ from the dramatic titles in our catalogues, because buyers look at the label and turn the page without reading further.” Another seller said with a mixture of amusement and alarm that a German sales agent told him, “Show me everything you’ve got. ‘Don’t think about it.'”
Adolfo Branco, CEO of Spain’s A Contracorriente Films, said: “Audiences are looking for genre above all, they want something without frills. We are coming out of a tough pandemic, but we are in uncertain times. People want genre, they want entertainment. And they want comedy.” Appearing on his calendar this Christmas – Cohn and Duprat silverman.
Pablo Guiza Kestinger, founder and CEO of distribution company Grupo Morbido and executive director of Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion, highlighted the unique strengths of the theatrical genre in Mexico. “It’s the genre that has an audience in Mexico. Last year there were 75 horror titles released, and every week there’s at least one new release, and people want to watch them together in theaters,” he said.
Guido Rudd of Argentina’s Film Sharks said: “Buyers need to seek radical innovation within the genre or by using genre elements more boldly. The market is saturated. We need fresher content.” He added: “Thrillers should strive for more impact and originality, and arthouses should pursue a more authentic tone, but that is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve.”
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VS Fantastic! This year the showcase announced 13 projects. Two standouts in the ongoing series of 5 titles are the Mexican and Argentine selections muggle By the Argentinian-Spanish project of Lucila de las Heras and Gonzalo Calzada for the first time of braid (braid,photograph). Three projects in the Lab sidebar are particularly noteworthy: Paul Urkijo’s The Escape from spain, Tamae Garateguy’s Brazil Project matchJulia Sofia Vega’s need to be loved Originally from Argentina.
Co-produced by Primer Corte, Costa Rica, Spain, Argentina, Brazil and Norway wait for the bird The book written by Sofia Quiroz has become a hot topic. her debut work land of ash is the first film by a Costa Rican director and was screened at Cannes Critics’ Week in 2019. There was also a lot of interest in co-produced works by Colombia, Canada, and Norway. the beginning of the river By Colombian-Canadian film director Juan Andres Arango, the beach DC is Columbia’s Oscar-nominated film, which premiered at Cannes in 2012.
Two more topical titles, this time the first and second features of the Proyecta series, were comedies. God’s favorite girl Ecuadorian coach Diego Ulloa culebra cut Works by Panamanian multidisciplinary artist Ana Elena Tejera.
VS animation! Pitching Sessions 2025 featured seven projects across television and features. Eric Rico’s Brazilian stop-motion fairy tale sunflower march Produced by Cup Filmes, Coala Filmes, Tubz Studio, and Columbia NoahThe film, directed by Diego Gaviria and produced by 3N+1, proved to be an outstanding work.
Animation, traditionally Ventana Sur’s specialty, also benefits from Annecy Festival’s selection of works in progress. In the five-title lineup, Wesley Rodriguez’s Brazil vs. France selection was chosen. bird kingdom (bird kingdom) and Toxic: Miracle in the Jungle (antioxidant), the Peruvian and Spanish entries by brothers Cesar and Jose Zelada were two of the highlights.
“Increasingly, we’re looking for niche films to sell in the U.S.,” said Paul Hudson of U.S.-based distributor Outsider Pictures. “That niche could be a country like Mexico, it could be a subject like The Camino de Santiago, it could be a genre like horror movies. It’s dramas and coming-of-age stories that are becoming increasingly difficult to distribute.”
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