Locarno Open Doors announces winners 2t3f3a

The Projects’ Hub jury consisted of Madeline Robert, Manager of visions sud est; Artistic Director of Fribourg International Film Festival Thierry Jobin; Michel Plazanet, Deputy Director of International Affairs at CNC; Head of Projects at ARTE Cinema Eva Pons; and Lasse Skagen, Head of Programming at the Films from the South Festival. Together, they decided on the following winners: 

Open Doors Grant 
A total of CHF 50’000 sponsored by visions sud est (with the of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), the City of Bellinzona and the Open Doors initiative. 

CHF 25’000 to Pantasma 

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras 

Directed by Gloria Carrión, produced by Leonor Zúniga 

CHF 20’000 to Tres balas (Three Bullets) 

Dominican Republic 

Directed by Génesis Valenzuela, produced by Wendy Espinal 

CHF 5’000 to Desidia 

Bolivia, Chile 

Directed by Leandro Grillo, produced by Alejandra Antequera 

CNC Development Grant  

EUR 8,000 for development provided by CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée 

LOA. Mata a tus amos (LOA. Kill Your Masters) 

Venezuela, Puerto Rico 

Directed and produced by Carlos Zerpa 

Prix ArteKino International 

EUR 6,000 for development provided by ARTEKino.  

Tres balas (Three Bullets) 

Dominican Republic 

Directed by Génesis Valenzuela, produced by Wendy Espinal 

Sørfond Award 

Participation in the project to the Sørfond pitching event in November including travel and accommodation. 

Libertinas (Libertines) 

El Salvador, Peru 

Directed by Leslie Ortiz, produced by Adriana Morán 

 

Additionally, several of Open Doors’ partners provided awards to participants across the three program strands: 

Open Doors – Rotterdam Lab Award 
Provided by the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).  One of the Producers’ Lab participants is offered the opportunity to take part in the next Rotterdam Lab, including accommodation covered by the International Film Festival Rotterdam along with a contribution to the travel's costs by the Locarno Film Festival. 

Ivana Urízar, Cine Mío (Paraguay) 

Open Doors – BR Lab Award  

Participation at the project development workshop BR Lab in Sao Paulo in November with travel and accommodation covered, provided by BR Lab. 
 

El último rey (Last of Kings) 

Peru, Mexico,  

Directed by Victor Checa, produced by Jimena Ospina 

Open Doors – World Cinema Fund Audience Strategy Award  
The award provided by World Cinema Fund offers a specific program tailored and geared to closely follow the development of an audience engagement strategy, to a participant from a country in the A region and part of the Open Doors focus.  

Tres balas (Three Bullets) 

Dominican Republic 

Directed by Génesis Valenzuela, produced by Wendy Espinal 

Open Doors – OIF – A – EU Award  

This collaboration provides a project or participant from an A country of the focus region with a consultancy for up to 18 months, script/treatment analysis, story editing and polishing of the film dossier based on the specific needs of the awarded project. Provided by the Organisation Internationale Francophonie (OIF) and Initiative Film. 

Raised by Goats 

Jamaica 

Directed by Gibrey Allen, produced by Nadean Rawlins 

Open Doors – LEXIA Insights Award  

This collaboration with experienced professionals will provide the awardee with research tools and methodologies to fine-tune the project's pitch, script, dossier, mood board and teaser. 

Via Láctea (Milky Way) 

Costa Rica, Uruguay 

Directed by Paz Fábrega, produced by Federico Moreira 

Open Doors - Moulin d’Andé-CECI Award 

Writing residency for the director of a first or second feature film project in development, with accommodation covered and a contribution to travel costs, provided by the Moulin d’Andé-CECI and the Locarno Film Festival 
 

Carlos Ormeño Palma, La Fiebre Films (Peru) 

During the Festival’s Independent Juries Award Ceremony on August 12, the Junior Jury will present a special award worth CHF 2,000 for the Short Film in the Open Doors Screenings that best illustrates the concept “Environment is quality of life”.  

The Open Doors Screenings, part of the Festival’s Official Selection and this year presenting feature-length, mid-length and short films and their makers from South America, will continue until Saturday 12 August.